PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Managing Director Brian Abernathy has announced his will be leaving his post.The region has come to know Abernathy over the past few months with the city's regular coronavirus updates.Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) According to the City of Philadelphia's website, Abernathy was appointed Managing Director by Mayor Jim Kenney on January 15, 2019.
He previously served as First Deputy Managing Director since January 2016, overseeing the city’s major operating departments and their day-to-day functions and he has had direct oversight of the city’s public safety functions.Speaking during a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Abernathy and Kenney echoed one another in saying the decision was.