In August 2016, the Town's Mayor and Council voted unanimously to have Sheldon P. Hudson, the former assistant town manager, replace the long-serving and retired Faye L. Lingo as the municipality's chief administrative officer. A Sussex County native, Hudson's other previous experience includes serving as the director of risk management and human resources generalist for Trinity Logistics of Seaford, as a senior fiscal and policy analyst in the State of Delaware Office of Management and Budget, as an adjunct economics instructor at Delaware Tech in Georgetown, and as a fiscal analyst in the Queen Anne's County (MD Eastern Shore) Office of Budget, Finance, and Information Technology.

After attending Indian River School District schools, Hudson earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) and a master's in government from Regent University. In addition, he has 30 undergraduate credits in business administration from IWU and 12 doctoral credits in organizational leadership from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore-where Hudson was a member of the institution's chapter of the Golden Key International Honor Society.