Noel BernalConsulting Partner

Noel Bernal has a distinguished professional local government management career spanning almost fifteen years of service. From helping bridge the digital divide in one of the nation’s top five most disconnected cities, to supporting the remedial infrastructure needs of a rural community at age twenty-five, applying a civic entrepreneurship approach to professional local government has marked his career journey. In 2022, his contributions to professional municipal management were recognized by the Texas City Management Association (TCMA) as City Administrator of the Year for his management of Brownsville, Texas and contributions to his profession. His experience ranges from operating budget oversight of less than $5 million to $821 having served in communities with a population of 2,000 to over 525,000 in city and county management roles.

Noel is entrepreneurial at his core and wants to see more of those practices come into the public sector. Noel earned an undergraduate degree and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Texas Pan American. He is a Credentialed Manager through the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), a Certified Public Manager through the William P. Hobby Center for Public Service at Texas State University, a graduate of the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia and has completed the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. His professional involvement includes service on various committees with the TCMA, ICMA, and Board Director positions with the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) as ICMA representative, Local Government Hispanic Network (LGHN), and the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP).