The Roanoke City Council has announced its new city ... Acting City Manager during a transition of leadership. Dr. Lydia Pettis Patton, an Executive Manager with the Berkley Group, has served ...

She will take over for Dr. Lydia Patton, who has been serving as interim manager after the previous city manager Bob Cowell resigned in June, according to a report from Roanoke TV station WFXR.