Mike Futrell is an attorney, a retired United States Navy officer, and a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
17 Facts About Mike Futrell
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Mike Futrell then received a Juris Doctor degree from LSU Paul M Hebert Law Center and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Mike Futrell is a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, in Montgomery, Alabama.
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From 1987 to 1993, Mike Futrell served two tours of duty as an officer on nuclear submarines.
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Mike Futrell served on the commissioning crew of the submarine USS Kentucky operating out of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia.
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In 2006, Mike Futrell was recalled to active duty for twelve months during the Iraq War.
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Mike Futrell was assigned as the officer in charge of DRMS operations in Iraq, leading installations at four US bases in Iraq.
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In 2010, Futrell was again recalled to active military duty, this time on staff at US Pacific Command in Hawaii, as a Navy Captain, where he was the director of the Commander's Action Group, under the commander of US Pacific Command, Admiral Robert F Willard.
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In 1999 Mike Futrell was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives where he served on the Transportation Committee, House and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Local and Municipal Affairs Committee.
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Mike Futrell was re-elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2003.
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In 2005 Mike Futrell left the House of Representatives to join the staff of newly elected United States Senator David Vitter as State Director, responsible for all operations throughout Louisiana and principle state liaison to the Senator's Washington DC Office.
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In 2008, Mike Futrell left Vitter's office to work for the City of Baton Rouge under then Mayor-President Kip Holden as the assistant chief administrative officer.
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Walter Monsour, under whom Mike Futrell served, said that Mike Futrell earned his trust through the handling of the $1.2 billion municipal sewer program.
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In 2009, upon Monsour's retirement, Mike Futrell was elevated to chief administrative officer by Holden.
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In 2014, Mike Futrell became the City Manager for South San Francisco.
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Mike Futrell reorganized the city staff, hiring a number of new managers.
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In November 2022, Mike Futrell was confirmed as the next City Manager of Riverside and assumed the position in January 2023.