Lamont McClure

County Executive Lamont McClure took office in January 2018. Previously, he’d served on Northampton County Council from 2006-2013. As Executive, Lamont moved quickly to protect open space, farmland and expand the county’s park system. He spearheaded the construction of the County’s first Forensic Center which included rooftop solar panels. In 2020, Lamont oversaw the response to the COVID-19 pandemic which included establishing drive-through testing sites and vaccination sites and distributing PPE. With the help of County Council, over $25 million in grants was distributed to over 1600 small businesses.

Under McClure’s leadership, a Suicide Prevention Taskforce has been formed and new Recovery Centers have been added to help residents struggling with addiction. He’s opened additional senior centers to serve older residents. He is also the survivor of two fraught elections he’d be happy to tell you about. A lawyer by training, Lamont attended Wilkes University, majoring in History and International studies with a minor in East European and Russian Studies and, in 1995, earned his Juris Doctorate from the Duquesne University School of Law. Early in his career, he fought for the victims of asbestos by focusing on product liability cases.