Hall, McLeod and Garimella to Lead NC League of Municipalities

Albemarle Mayor Pro Tem Martha Sue Hall will lead the North Carolina League of Municipalities as president over the next year.

Hall was elected by representatives from cities and towns across North Carolina, with her selection announced Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the League’s annual conference, CityVision, held in Greenville, NC.

Joining Hall as officers for the organization are Clayton Mayor Jody McLeod as first vice-president and Morrisville Mayor Pro Tem Satish Garimella as second vice-president. Durham Mayor Pro Tem Mark-Anthony Middleton will stay on the executive board as the immediate past president.

CityVision is the League’s premier event, gathering more than 600 municipal leaders and staff for three days of learning and networking at the Greenville Convention Center. Sessions included presentations and discussions of local economic development efforts, affordable housing solutions, zoning reforms, downtown revitalizations, leadership initiatives and more.

Hall’s selection as League president follows 22 years serving on the Albemarle City Council—as Mayor Pro Tem since 2015—and an additional six years of service on the Stanly County Board of Commissioners. During her elected public service tenure, Hall has held various leadership positions throughout the state, including serving on the Centralina Regional Council of Government Executive Board, the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force, the League’s Board of Directors for three terms and the League’s Risk Management Board of Trustees. Before retiring from the public workforce in 2014, Hall worked at the State of North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts. In this role, she helped develop and implement many influential programs that led to her receiving the Order of the Longleaf Pine award.

In her remarks at CityVision, Hall recounted her journey to where she is today. Including the pivotal relationships that encouraged her to lead and the various professional roles she held in the Office of the Courts, which gave her the expertise she needed.

“I stand here tonight in complete awe. I am so humbled, so appreciative, so blessed and so excited about the next 12 months serving as League President. What an opportunity to see, thank, encourage, challenge and work with a great board while enhancing and empowering our more than 540 towns, cities and villages in our great state,” said Hall in her remarks.

The League’s Executive Director, Rose Vaughn Williams, said, “Martha Sue Hall has deep roots in her community. She has the distinction of having served her community as both a county commissioner and a municipal elected official. She will be a great statewide leader for the League.”