Burghdoff oversees the Code Compliance, Library, Neighborhood Services, and Park & Recreation Departments, as well as Greenspace Initiatives and Planning Office.
Before accepting the position in 2020, Burghdoff worked for 13 years as Fort Worth’s assistant Planning & Development Director, eight years in various Fort Worth planning roles and five years as a planner for the City of Waltham, Massachusetts.
She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in urban studies and planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.