MARANA — After serving as the Interim Public Works Director for over 90 days, Mohammad El-Ali has been appointed as the Town of Marana’s Public Works Director. His tenure begins March 5.

“We are fortunate to have Mo already on the Marana team,” said Town Manager Jamsheed Mehta. “His prior experience in working with small, medium, and large-sized cities is an asset to our growing community.”

“I am humbled and honored to serve the Town and community in this capacity. The Public Works Department has amazing and hardworking employees and I am excited to be a part of this awesome team,” said El-Ali.

El-Ali has demonstrated the ability to develop and maintain comprehensive administrative processes for a team environment as a result of 31 years of progressively responsible planning and programming, project management, engineering design, construction, and maintenance management experience. Before working at the Town of Marana as the CIP Engineering Division Manager, he has served as the Assistant Public Works Director and Assistant Town Engineer for the Town of Sahuarita, the Capital Improvements Engineer for the City of Flagstaff, and the Transportation Administrator and City Engineer for the City of Tucson. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Engineering, is a registered professional engineer in Arizona and California, and has over 27 years of supervisory experience.