James Gatz has served as Mayor of Shepherdstown since July 2024. Professional experience includes more than 30 years of experience with the Federal government involving numerous assignments in policy development, planning and research, and program design and implementation at the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services. Educational credentials J.D. St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri M.P.A. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin B.A. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts