Michael Merrill was appointed as Interim County Administrator on June 16, 2010. On December 9, 2010 he was appointed as County Administrator. Mr. Merrill has been the director of the Hillsborough County’s Debt Management Department since 1988 and, in addition, was appointed in November 2008 as the Assistant County Administrator for Utilities & Commerce.

Prior to joining the county, he worked in Europe as a finance director, managing the subsidiaries of a publicly-held U.S. capital goods manufacturer. For eight years prior to that assignment, he worked in commercial real estate finance, corporate finance and public finance as vice president of a large commercial bank and, later with a regional investment bank.

He is a graduate of Marquette University, a member of the Government Finance Officers Association, and an adjunct instructor at the University of Tampa.