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, 2010 - March 31, 2011 Officers and Directors
 

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

1st VICE PRESIDENT
Ms. Charla Doucet
Chief of Administrative Services
Office of the Attorney General
500 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36130
(334) 242-7305 CDoucet@ago.state.al.us
2nd VICE PRESIDENT
Mr. Russell Raney 
 Director of Finance
Cullman City Schools
301 1st Street, NE
Cullman, AL 35055
(256) 734-2233 rraney@cullmancats.net
SECRETARY
Mr. Rod Morgan
Finance Director
City of Prattville
101 West Main Street
Prattville, AL 36067
(334) 358-3224 rod.morgan@prattville.com
TREASURER
Mr. Melvin Turner
Treasurer
City of Vestavia Hills
513 Montgomery Highway
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
(205) 978-0128 treasurer@ci.vestaviahills.al.us
DIRECTORS
Shelia Patterson (Term 2)
Budget Officer
Birmingham Water Works Board
3600 First Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35222
(205) 244-4073 spatterson@bwwsb.com

Derek Reeves (Term 2)
Associate Finance Director
City of Tuscaloosa
2201 University Blvd
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
(205) 248-5175 dreeves@tuscaloosa.com

Melinda James Lopez (Term 2)
Budget & Financial Manager
City of Hoover
100 Municipal Drive.
Hoover, AL 35216
(205) 444-7612
jamesm@ci.hoover.al.us

Carole Heggeman (Term 1)
Chief Financial Officer
Mobile community Corrections Center
111 Canal Street
Mobile, AL 36603
(251) 574-6460
cheggeman@alabamacourt.net

Keren Deal (Term 1)
Associate Professor
Auburn University Montgomery
P.O. Box 244023
Montgomery, AL 36124
(334) 244-3495
kdeal@mail.aum.edu

Larry Conwill (Term 1)
Accounting & Budget Supervisor
City of Huntsville
P.O. Box 308
Huntsville, AL 35811
(256) 427-5066
Larry.Conwill@hsvcity.com

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Mike Diehl (Term 2)
First Vice President
Institutional and Government Banking
Sun Trust Bank
220 West Garden Street
Pensacola, Florida 32502
(850) 435-1286
mike.diehl@suntrust.com
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Ms. Clara Myers
Finance Director
City of Orange Beach
P.O. Box 458
Orange Beach, AL 36561
(251) 981-6801 cmyers@cityoforangebeach.com
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
Ms. Jamie Moyers
158 Martin Dam Road
Tallassee, Alabama 36078
(334) 312-2770 gfoaa@aol.com
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 (deceased)
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
2008-10 Clara Myers
Finance Director, City of Orange Beach

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

Melinda Clack 2010

 

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
Andrea Jackson, City of Auburn 2010

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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