City of South Bend Leadership

Carl Buchanon is a Battalion Chief at City of South Bend; Warehouse Associate and Driver at University of Notre Dame; and South Bend Firefighter November 19th,1986 at South Bend Fire Dept. and is based in Indiana Area, South Bend. He has worked as High School Girls Track Coach at Clay, High School Track Coach at John Adams High School, and High School Track Coach at Clay. Carl studied at John Adams High School between 1976 and 1978, Hutchinson Community College between 1978 and 1980, and Western Michigan University between 1980 and 1982.

Dan O Connor III is a Chief Technology Officer at City of South Bend and is based in South Bend, Indiana. He has worked as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at STAR Financial Group Inc; Vice President, Information Technology at United Federal Credit Union; and AVP, Information Technology at United Federal Credit Union. Dan attended University of Notre Dame between 1985 and 1989 and St. Joseph High School between 1981 and 1985.

Dawn Ebersole is an Executive Assistant to Chief of Police at City of South Bend and is based in South Bend, Indiana. She has worked as Administrative Assistant at Town of New Carlisle and Administrative Assistant to Director of Public Works at New Carlisle, IN. Dawn studied at La Salle College High School between 1977 and 1977.

Kacey Gergely is a Chief Of Staff - Office of the Mayor at City of South Bend and is based in Indiana Area, South Bend. She has worked as Deputy Finance Director at Miller for Georgia, Finance Director at Mueller for South Bend, and Agriculture and Food Security Extension Agent at Peace Corps. Kacey attended Emory University between 2015 and 2017, University of Notre Dame between 2008 and 2012, and UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN between 2011 and 2011.

Nick Tekler works at City of South Bend and a Battalion Chief at City of South Bend and is based in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Riley.