James Wagner

Background

About James Wagner

James Wagner is the Director of Working in Neighborhoods at the City of Tulsa. WIN's mission is to promote community education, develop and sustain private-public partnerships that enhance public safety, neighborhood revitalization and the quality of life of all residents within our city. From 2019-2022, he was the Director of Finance and CFO of the City of Tulsa. In this role, he oversaw the development and execution of a $900 million annual budget, financial reporting, utility billing, purchasing, treasury and the Office of Performance Strategy and Innovation. From 2016-2019 he was the Chief of Performance Strategy and Innovation (OPSI) in the Mayor's Office at the City of Tulsa. In this role he led a team that empowered the organization to use data to inform decision-making and lower barriers to innovation. From 2009-2016 he was the Principal Transportation Planner for INCOG, the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the metro Tulsa area. His work included public transportation planning, street planning, and bicycle/pedestrian project planning. At INCOG, he led major transportation planning projects such as the Fast Forward Regional Transit System Plan, the Peoria Bus Rapid Transit Plan, and the Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan. He managed the Peoria Bus Rapid Transit planning project which was approved for funding by Tulsa voters in 2013. The public engagement efforts on the Fast Forward plan led to national recognition by the American Planning Association in 2012 with the National Planning Excellence Award for Public Outreach. Mr. Wagner studied city planning and civil engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. At Georgia Tech he worked on projects involving traffic engineering, transportation planning, and transit.