Frank Martz is the City Manager of Altamonte Springs, Florida. Under his leadership, the city has become recognized internationally as a model of municipal innovation while maintaining one of the lowest tax rates in Florida, among the lowest utility rates in the region, and operating debt-free for more than thirteen years. Martz has redefined what innovation means at the city level. Altamonte Springs has earned national recognition for delivering world-class services at low cost while preparing the community to remain stable, sustainable, and economically competitive. These efforts helped the city earn placement as one of only three Florida cities in Money Magazine’s Top 50 U.S. cities to live and as the ninth-best city in the nation for small business by WalletHub. His leadership is recognized well beyond the city. The Orlando Business Journal named him one of Central Florida’s Most Influential Leaders. Frank is an executive board member of the ACES Mobility Coalition. He chairs Congressional District 7’s Transportation Advisory Committee and participates in international networks including Cities Today Institute and Harvard’s Technology & Entrepreneurial Center. He sits on the American Public Transportation Association’s national Autonomous Vehicle Committee, and he has chaired or sat on a variety of economic development and transportation boards. He was a Global Founding Member of MasterCard’s City Possible program and a speaker at NASA’s PowerSource Global Summit. He was named one of the Top 10 Public Sector Transportation Innovators in the United States by the Eno Center for Transportation, and his initiatives are featured in City Tech: 20 Apps, Ideas, and Innovators Changing the Urban Landscape, published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

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