The Government Finance Officers Association of Alabama (GFOAA) was founded in 1984 and incorporated in January 1985. The GFOAA was established as a statewide organization that would focus on the needs of those individuals responsible for or involved in the financial arena of a governmental entity or other not-for-profit organizations.

Government Finance Officers Association of Alabama

April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009 Officers and Directors
 

PRESIDENT

Ms. Clara Myers
Finance Director
City of Orange Beach
P.O. Box 458
Orange Beach, AL 36561
(251) 981-6801 cmyers@cityoforangebeach.com

1st VICE PRESIDENT

2nd VICE PRESIDENT
Mr. Charles Clack, CGFO
Assistant Fiscal Officer
AL Department of Revenue
50 N. Ripley Street, Rm 4116
Montgomery, AL 36132
(334) 353-8070 charles.clack@revenue.alabama.gov
SECRETARY
Ms. Charla Doucet
Office of the Attorney General
11 S. Union Street , Room 303
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7305 CDoucet@ago.state.al.us
TREASURER
Mr. Russell Raney 
 Director of Finance
Cullman City Schools
301 1st Street, NE
Cullman, AL 35055
(256) 734-2233 rraney@cullmancats.net
DIRECTORS
Ms. Melinda Clack, CGFO (Term 2)
Supervisor, Accounting Operations
AL Dept of Mental Health
57 Blue Pine Lake
Wetumpka, AL 36093
(334) 242-3612 melinda.clack@mh.alabama.gov

Mrs. Veronica Harris, CGFO (Term 2)
Director of Accounting
Alabama Commission on Higher Education
100 North Union Street, 7th Floor, Suite 700
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 242-2256 veronica.harris@ache.alabama.gov

Mrs. Linda Bryant McKinney (Term 1)
Finance Supervisor
City of Decatur
P.O. Box 488
Decatur, AL 35602
(256) 341-4561 lmckinney@decatur-al.gov

Mr. Rod Morgan (Term 2)
Finance Director
City of Prattville
101 West Main Street
Prattville, AL 36067
(334) 358-3224 rod.morgan@prattville.com

Ms. Lisa Reeder (Term 2)
Assistant Finance Director
City of Dothan
P.O. Box 2128
Dothan, AL 36302
(334) 615-3140 lreeder@dothan.org

Ms. Donna Tidmore (Term 1)
Finance Director
Arab City Board of Education
750 Arabian Drive
Arab, AL 35016
(256) 586-6011 dtidmore@arabcityschools.org
 
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Patti A. Maner, Vice President  (Term 2)
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
Corporate Trust - Alabama
The Financial Center, 505 North 20th Street, Suite 950
Birmingham, AL 35203                  
(205)214-0224
patti.maner@bnymellon.com
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Ms. Penny Smith
Deputy Finance Director/Treasurer
City of Auburn
144 Tichenor Ave., Suite 5
Auburn, AL 36830
(334) 501-7223 psmith@auburnalabama.org
Public Information Officer

Mr. Charles Clack, CGFO
Assistant Fiscal Officer
AL Department of Revenue
50 N. Ripley Street, Rm 4116
Montgomery, AL 36132
(334) 353-8070 charles.clack@revenue.alabama.gov

 

GFOAA Administrative Assistant

Kelly Rhodes

Finance Management Supervisor
Alabama Department of Transportation
1409 Coliseum Blvd.

Montgomery, AL  36110

(334) 242-6365  rhodessk@dot.state.al.us

GFOAA Past Presidents
 
1985-86 Hoyt Bedingfield
Deputy Director of Finance, City of Birmingham
1985-87 Ruby C. Neely
Clerk-Treasurer, City of Huntsville
1987-88 Douglas F. Mackey
Chief of Budget Administrative, County of Jefferson
1988-89 Patrick W. Kelly
Executive Director of Finance, City of Mobile
1989-90

Sarah A. Mays (filled

unexpired term of Patrick

Kelly, and full term

1989-90)

Clerk-Treasurer, City of Pleasant Grove
1990-91 Ronnie M. Burlison
Director Internal Audit, Huntsville City Schools
1991-92 Robert E. Stabler
Assistant State Treasurer, State of Alabama
1992-93 Joy Hill
Finance Supervisor, City of Decatur
1993-94 Mike Wright
Finance Director, City of Tuscaloosa
1994-95 Linda Steele
Comptroller, City of Mobile
1995-96 Carol Prince
Custodian of School Funds, Lawrence County Schools
1996-97 Charles E. Haygood
Clerk-Treasurer, City of Huntsville
1997-98 Edward Kamnikar
Director-Alabama Office of Budget and Management Analysis
1998-99

Macaroy "Mac"

 Underwood

Finance Director, City of Birmingham
1999-2000 Rob Terry
Director of Internal Audit, Huntsville City Schools
2000-01 Sarah L. Williams
Assistant Director for Financial Analysis, AL Commission On Higher Education
2001-02 Travis Hulsey
Assistant Director of Finance, Jefferson County
2002-03 Judith Kamnikar
Professor of Accounting, Auburn University Montgomery
2003-04 Tracy B. Croom
Associate Finance Director, City of Tuscaloosa
2004-05 Steven Boone
Director of Finance/Assistant City Manager, City of Mountain Brook
2005-06 Roger Rendleman
County Administrator, Lee County Commission
2006-07 Bill Flowers
Assistant Director of Finance
AL Department of Transportation
2007-08 Penny Smith
Deputy Finance Director/Treasurer

GFOAA EMERITUS MEMBERS

Name

Year of Designation

Sam Austin

2000

Joy Hill

2000

Pat Kelly

2000

Sarah Mays

2000

Ruby Neeley

2000

Eugene Stabler

2000

Joan Ensley

2006

Carol Prince

2006

Dale Weaver 2006

Linda Steele

2007

 

Edward & Judith Kamnikar Award Recipients

Name

Year

Joe Kerr, Jefferson County Commission

2002

Gene Stabler, Retired

2003

Mike Wright, City of Tuscaloosa

2004

Sarah L. Williams, Office of the U.S. Bankruptcy Administrator

2005

Jim Schiefelbien, Bank of New York 2006
Tracy Croom, City of Tuscaloosa 2007

The Goals of GFOAA:

  • To promote the use of efficient financial management systems by governmental organizations within the State of Alabama.

  • To improve the knowledge and skills of all individuals concerned with governmental finance.

  • To promote development of accounting, budgeting and financial reporting procedures in cooperation with the Government Finance Officers Association, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board and all other organizations established with similar goals.

  • To provide a forum for the discussion and analysis of financial charters and ordinances and all other subjects of mutual concern to public finance officials.


Training... is the primary goal.

Accounting in the public sector is similar but uniquely different from the private sector. Managers in the public sector have additional information requirements than their counterparts in the private sector. Therefore, the methodology and format of the governmental accounting system carries with it a different set of training requirements. To this end, GFOAA devotes a significant portion of its energy and resources to identify, create and provide training specifically designed to meet these needs.

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