Article submitted by City of Sedona AZ
Sedona AZ (October 21, 2015) – The City of Sedona is pleased to announce that Cherie Wright has been hired as its Director of Financial Services. Cherie brings to the City more than twenty-seven years of experience in both municipal and private section organizations. Most recently, she was providing accounting and financial consulting services to governmental entities, including the City of Sedona.
Prior to the Sedona consulting, Cherie worked as a partner for the offices of Heinfeld, Meech & Co., P.C., where she conducted internal administrative and operational functions, including financial process design and implementation, financial analysis, contract development, quality control development and monitoring, mentoring of managers and staff, development of internal standard documents and forms, and development and implementation of strategic planning initiatives. She was also responsible for project management and performance of numerous consulting engagements for governmental clients, including management advisory services, interim financial management services, financial statement preparation, performance audits, policy and procedure manuals, internal control reviews, special investigations, indirect cost allocation models, and budget report preparation.
Cherie’s past municipal experience includes proficiency and knowledge from positions at the cities of San Clemente, National City, and Royal Oak. At each of these cities, Cherie was responsible for day-to-day finance department operations and led major projects such as implementations of the financial and payroll software platforms and utility billing and business licensing programs. Additionally, she was responsible for the overall preparation of the cities CAFRs and annual budgets.
Cherie earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from the University of Arizona. She also holds credentials as a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified Governmental Financial Manager.
Upon learning of her new appointment, Cherie expressed that she was ecstatic to put down permanent roots in northern Arizona. She starts her new position on November 9, 2015, and, with the help of six staff members, will direct, manage and oversee the activities and operations of the Finance Department including accounting, revenue administration, treasury management, financial planning and budgeting.
The City of Sedona welcomes Cherie Wright as its new Finance Director.
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Interesting thing about this site are the stories that never go away. Look below the article and there are 5 other stories that tell a history. The city hired Tabitha Miller for the same job in January 2014. What happened to her? Look at her credentials! Look at the comments! What gives City managers? What’s wrong in the great halls?
Loving the info here.
Simple answer. Those with integrity move on once they become aware of the dirty politics and favoritism to select groups.
Look at Red Earth Theater to mention one. Over $60,000 for a one year lease contract (includes improvements paid for by City) paid to THEM when that Teen Center should be bringing in money to the City. That’s just one example.
Chamber of Commerce & “city” visitor center biggest ripoff of all. How could anyone with integrity go along with that type of manipulation of Sedona city taxes? It looks more and more like only city employees that continue to consider the Chamber of Corruption an official city department cut the mustard long enough to stake a claim to benefits that make it worth their while.
All you gotta do is look at the current and past councils and see who in management is still at the City of Sedona after all the changes. In a climate of dishonesty and corruption honest people leave.
Reminds me of a joke.:
Post turtle
“When you’re driving down a country road and you
come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top,
that’s a “post turtle”.
You know he didn’t get
up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he
doesn’t know what to do while he is up there, and you
just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up there in the
first place.
The lowest-cost bronze plans available on HealthCare.gov will see premiums jump an average 12.7% in 2016, an IBD analysis reveals. On top of that, deductibles for the cheapest plans will rise an average $420, or 7.4%, to $5,653.
Just wait until you see what the rest will pay – it’s higher!
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/cost-of-cheapest-obamacare-plans-to-jump-by-nearly-13-percent/ar-BBmrwcX?ocid=spartandhp
I never paid any where near that when I paid for my own. Rip off.