{"id":73963,"date":"2025-12-07T22:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T03:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=73963"},"modified":"2025-12-07T22:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T03:15:37","slug":"gail-roper","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/bio\/gail-roper\/","title":{"rendered":"Gail Roper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-goldengov-county-executive-of-the-year\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">GoldenGov: County Executive of the Year<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gail Roper is the chief information officer of Montgomery County, Maryland. Before Montgomery County, Roper served as CIO for the cities of Austin, Texas, Raleigh, North Carolina and Kansas City, Missouri. 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