cityprofile: Tammy Sawyer

Tammy Sawyer has jumped from an airplane, been to Times Square on New Year’s Eve and seen the world’s biggest hamburger.

The new Executive Assistant to the Pickerington Mayor has a Life List, a compilation of 40 unique experiences she wants to accomplish. She hesitates to call it a “bucket list” due to the tragic implications of that terminology.

“I’m always adding to it,” she said. “After achieving something, I replace it with something else.” Other recent items that she’s checked off are seeing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and learning to speak Italian.

Sawyer’s work for the city entails handling all communication for Mayor Lee A. Gray; scheduling, developing and maintaining a mayoral budget; supervising the Facebook site; and doing the City’s event calendar. A media communication background has prepared her for the job.

Her most recent employment before her current position was as a news pro-