Esther Elizabeth Manheimer (born July 24,1971) is an American politician and attorney. She has served as the mayor of Asheville,North Carolina,since 2013.
Manheimer was born on July 24,1971,in the hamlet of Skyum Bjerge in Thy,Denmark,to American expat parents.[1] She has two siblings. Her family returned to the United States when she was three,and she lived in San Diego,Olympia and Spokane,Washington,and Bethesda,Maryland before moving to Asheville when she was 17.[2]
In June 2021,Manheimer was one of 11 U.S. mayors to form Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity (MORE),a coalition of municipal leaders dedicated to starting pilot reparations programs in their cities.[7] Earlier,in July 2020,the Asheville City Council had "voted to approve reparations in the form of investments in areas of disparity for Black residents."[8]
Mayor Manheimer meets speaker Mike Johnson in downtown Asheville.
Manheimer is married to Mark Harris,long-time educator and Hall of Fame wrestling coach at Enka High School. They have three sons.[2] She is the third Jewish mayor of Asheville,after Ken Michalove in 1989 and Leni Sitnik in 1997.[12]
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