Trent Epperson
 City Manager

  Contact Information 
  Mailing Address:
  City of Pearland
  3519 Liberty Dr.
  Pearland, Texas 77581

  Telephone: 281.652.1657
  tepperson@pearlandtx.gov

Trent Epperson has served as City Manager for the City of Pearland since 2023, leading a high‑performing organization focused on delivering exceptional services, advancing City Council’s strategic priorities, and strengthening operational accountability. Under his leadership, Pearland implemented the Strategic Priority Implementation Plan to align council priorities with departmental goals, initiatives, and measurable outcomes. He also established the Pearland Experience Team and the City’s People First customer service culture, enhancing responsiveness, issue tracking, and case close‑out for residents, customers, and businesses.

Epperson’s career with Pearland spans nearly two decades of transformative infrastructure and capital program delivery. Joining the City in 2006 as Director of Project Management, he helped prepare the 2007, 2019, and 2023 Bond Programs for a successful referendum; designed and implemented the City’s Project Delivery Model to improve cross‑department execution; launched a web‑based collaboration platform that strengthened project tracking, documentation, and accountability; and worked with Finance to develop Pearland’s first five‑year Capital Improvement Program budget. Between 2012 and 2022, as a Director and Assistant/Deputy City Manager he advanced thirteen transportation projects that secured over $200M of federal and state funding and oversaw the delivery of major capital projects that improved mobility, drainage, and quality of life across the community.

Epperson currently serves on the Houston‑Galveston Area Council (H‑GAC) Transportation Policy Council and is a past chair of the H‑GAC Technical Advisory Committee, Transportation Improvement Program Subcommittee, and Regional Transportation Plan Subcommittee. He is also a past president of the American Public Works Association (APWA) Southeast Texas Branch.

Epperson graduated cum laude from Texas A&M University in 1993 with a B.S. in Industrial Distribution. He and his wife, Johnna, live in Pearland and have two adult children: Ryan, a local dentist, and Emily, who is currently pursuing her dental degree.