Nancy Colbert Puff

Deputy City Manager

Nancy Colbert Puff is pleased to have served Portsmouth as its Deputy City Manager since 2016.  She brings over twenty years of municipal experience to her role, and was Town Manager in Kittery, Maine prior to working for the City.  As a professional local government manager, she is a member of the International City and County Management Association (ICMA), and she achieved Credential Manager status from the organization in 2018.  She holds an M.S. degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont, and graduated with a B.A. in History from Harvard College.