A woman with a long pedigree in city management work is being asked to fill the role of Johnson City manager. Johnson City Commissioners extended an offer to Cathy Ball, the current assistant city manager in Asheville, North Carolina, to fill the district’s city manager role.According to Ball’s LinkedIn, she’s worked as a city engineer, public works director, interim city manager among other roles. It also revealed she graduated from Western Carolina University with a masters degree in public affairs after obtaining her bachelors degree from Tennessee Technological University in 1987.