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NACo Officers / County Officials
• Beth Stenberg, chief financial officer of Jefferson County, Ky., was appointed by the Financial Accounting Foundation as the vice chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC). The GASAC provides counsel on technical projects, priorities and accounting issues to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
• On Feb. 28, NACo First Vice President Karen Miller (Boone County, Mo.) and Commissioner Chris Hart (Hillsborough County, Fla.) testified before the House Highway and Transit Subcommittee. Both testified on the reauthorization of TEA-21, with Miller presenting the rural view and Hart the urban view.
• The NACo Financial Services Center Board of Directors held its semi-annual meeting in San Diego Feb. 12–14. In attendance were: Supervisor Gerry Hyland (Fairfax County, Va.), Commissioner Randy Franke (Marion County, Ore.), NACo President Javier Gonzales, Supervisor Jerry Eaves (San Bernardino County, Calif.), Arizona Association of Counties executive director Jim Sawyer, and NACo Executive Director Larry Naake. Also in attendance were FSC partner David Davenport and his associate Peter Torvik. The board reviewed existing programs and developed a three-year plan for program development and growth at the FSC.
NACo Staff
• Beginning March 18, Stephanie Osborn will serve in the position of director of County Services in the NACo County Services Department. Osborn will be responsible for managing the grants and contracts division, securing new program grants for NACo, and coordinating presidential initiatives, and she will be a part of the management team in the County Services Department.
• In more changes in the County Services Department, Abigail Friedman and Gary Gortenburg have been promoted to Program Directors. They will oversee grants, contracts and deliverables and will coordinate with the Finance and Administration Department. Also, James Davenport has been promoted to Community Services senior associate and Jason Shedlock was promoted to Community Services associate.
• NACo Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Jeffery Arnold has been appointed to serve on the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s Data Management Improvement Act Task Force, Arnold was also selected as a member of the National Task Force on Interoperability.
• Jacqueline Byers, director of research, was recently invited to become a member of the Board of Editors of the State and Local Government Review. This publication, which is sponsored by the American Society for Public Administration, Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management, and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, publishes research and writings on issues of interest to governments.
• On Jan. 28–30, James Davenport represented NACo at the annual meeting of the National NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officers) Network held in Charleston, S.C. Davenport briefed the participants on current and future activities of NACo’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Project.
(M. Mindy Moretti, senior staff writer, compiles On the Move.)
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