Provide strategic leadership of Police and Homeland Security, Occupational Health and Safety, General Services, and Enterprise Risk Management. Annual budget of $75 million with 180 FTE positions. • Supervised a Bi-County Working Group to review WSSC Water’s System Development Charge’s (SDC) impact on economic development and identify policy and rate options to support smart growth. This effort included extensive outreach to and coordination with developers and other affected community stakeholders to incorporate their needs and perspectives in Working Group Recommendations; • Coordinated reorganization initiatives recommended in General Manager’s Transition Report including: creation of a new Office of Occupational Health and Safety as well as supporting the transfer of non-production maintenance responsibilities to the General Services Department to improve infrastructure maintenance;• Served as Acting Director of Human Resources and led the successful negotiation of the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) with the Teamsters Local 639 and American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 2898 for Fiscal Years (FY) 2024-25 as well as developing the Department’s FY 2025 Budget and annual work program with revised Key Performance Indicators;• Developed and implemented a financial strategy to address the assignment by Fitch Ratings in September 2021 of a Negative Outlook to WSSC Water’s AAA bond rating. This effort resulted in the Outlook returned to Stable in January 2024;• Planned and developed a successful revenue recovery strategy to reduce delinquent accounts through an innovative amnesty plan that resulted in a significant reduction in delinquencies and recovery of several million in water and sewer fees; and• Led a Bi-County Working Group to identify programmatic and financing options for wastewater system extensions to underserved communities in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, Maryland.

Provide strategic leadership of Finance, Supplier Diversity, Information Technology, Procurement, and General Services. Annual budget of $521 million with 306 FTE positions.• Oversaw the development and review of the Commission’s annual operating and capital budgets ($1.5+ billion) for FY20-24 as well as the development and review of the six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) ($4.0+ billion);• Coordinated the issuance of nearly $2.7 billion in debt including $1.6 billion in General Obligation (GO) bonds, $870 million in refunding bonds with savings of $80 million, and $150 million in Green Bonds;• Expanded WSSC Water’s community bank investment program to include the participation of regional minority banks;• Supported the completion of a Disparity Study to establish the basis for the supplier diversity program and specific program goals;• Oversaw Office of Procurement process reforms to reduce cycle time including staff development and training, procedural and regulatory changes, and development of dashboards to monitor and report on the status of each ongoing procurement action; • Supervised the development of an IT project evaluation process to identify the most compelling IT investments in terms of productivity improvements, customer experience, cost savings, revenue enhancements, and support for other strategic priorities;• Prepared and delivered numerous presentations to the Commissioners, Elected Officials, and business and community associations on fiscal, utility policy, and economic development issues;• Managed the development of mid-year spending modifications that identified over $150 million in savings to address Pandemic-related revenue shortfalls; and• Streamlined and enhanced risk management program including acquisition of comprehensive cyber insurance policies, initiated actuarial review of all insurance liabilities, publication of insurance policy and procedure manual, and procurement of new insurance broker.

Advised the General Manager, Commissioners, and other policymakers on suitable long-range financial plans, metrics, and policies. Developing, managing, and controlling sound, affordable operating and capital budgets, and overseeing accounting, treasury, risk management, and investment services. Annual budget of $387 million with 64 FTE positions.• Supervised the development and review of the Commission’s FY18-19 Operating and Capital Budgets ($1.4+ billion) and the FY18-23 and FY19-24 CIP ($3.2+ billion); • Managed issuance of $1.3 billion in debt including $920 million in GO Bonds, $95 million in short term notes, and $332 million in refunding bonds with $17 million in savings; • Led the Commission’s successful development of a new water and sewer rate structure including:o Overseeing the development and review of the Cost-of-Service Analysis;o Prepared and delivered numerous public presentations of the rate structure alternatives, policy priorities, and customer impacts to the Commission, community and business organizations, and the Prince George’s and Montgomery County Councils; and o Drafting documents in support of the General Manager’s recommendations and Commission decisions.• Established a partnership with local community banks that since its inception in 2016 enhanced lending to local businesses by $137 million, produced investment returns of $1.1 million, and supported the creation of 1,042 jobs; • Implemented an improved reimbursement process with the State of Maryland that recovered $1 million annually for the collection of the Maryland Bay Restoration Fund fees; and• Participated on the management team for the 2018-20 AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement including strategy development, analysis of proposals, and expert testimony during arbitration.

Director, Department of Finance, July 2011 to June 2016Directed all aspects of the County’s financial operations including debt issuance and management; revenue collection; development of financial statements; risk management including workers’ compensation, liability, and property insurance; and development of fiscal policy. Annual budget of $475 million with 126 FTE positions. • Led the department in new money and refunding issuance of over $4.0 billion in debt including GO bonds, commercial paper, revenue bonds, refunding bonds, Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds, and master lease financing; • Stabilized financial operations after implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system by reorganizing the Controller’s Division to ensure appropriate staffing, training, and supervisory oversight; • Established a partnership with local community banks resulting in increased local business lending of $371 million, supported creation of 1,270 jobs, and earned returns of over $597,000;• Served as the Executive sponsor of numerous Finance IT improvements including replacement of the legacy property tax system; upgrade of the Munis Property Tax billing and collection system; and upgrade to the Finance Department website; • Prosecuted successful adversarial tax collection efforts for the local energy tax, personal property tax, transient tax, and excise tax on wholesale distributors of vaping products; • Implemented the first County Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program in Maryland including procurement of third-party administrator and financing partner;• Initiated a property tax credit compliance program that produced $5 million in additional revenue;• Developed continuity of operations plans to maintain business operations during inclement weather and other disruptive events; and• Instituted a “secret shopper” program to assess and improve customer service at cashiering sites.

Advised the County Executive and County Council on resource allocation and fiscal policy for both the operating and capital budgets; and coordinated the development of the annual operating ($4+ billion) and capital budgets ($600+ million), the six-year Fiscal Plan, and the biennial six-year CIP ($4+ billion). Annual office budget of $3.3 million with 31 FTE positions.• Coordinated the County Government’s process for closing budgetary deficits of over $2.5 billion during the Great Recession period of 2008-2012. These efforts resulted in: o renewed focus on the County’s core public services; o reduced headcount by over 1,200 positions or 10% of the workforce;o produced savings in pay compensation and benefits by $469 million including $156 million in ongoing savings; ando reduced total growth in the County Government tax-supported budget during FY08-12 to -0.5%;• Leading member of an interdepartmental team that retained the County’s AAA bond rating despite placement on “Negative Watch” for potential downgrade by Moody’s Investor Services in April 2010. • Initiated development of a results based, performance-oriented process for budget development and review which focused on enterprise priorities, programmatic results, cost effectiveness, and overall prioritization of local investments;• Prepared and delivered numerous presentations on complex fiscal and policy issues to the County Council, community, and business organizations, and at public hearings; and • Testified in several Interest Arbitration hearings with the Fraternal Order of Police, UFCW Local 1994 (MCGEO), and International Association of Firefighters as an expert witness on the issues of County fiscal condition and affordability.

Liaison to the Departments of Police, Fire and Rescue Service, Finance, Management and Budget, Procurement, Human Resources, and Information Technology.• Coordinated the Executive Branch’s legislative strategy for new and pending local legislation including bill drafting, review, and drafting testimony on policy issues including the Local Small Business Reserve, Mortgage lending discrimination, Fire and Rescue Service reorganization, establishment of a Homeland Security Department, and other major legislative, budgetary, and policy issues;• Oversee the work of the County’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission (CJCC) and led the transition to a new organizational structure, developed quarterly meeting agenda and special projects on disparate adult sentencing, cyber-crime, and reform of the State Juvenile Justice services;• Served as the Montgomery County Public Hearing Officer for all Executive Branch administrative and quasi-judicial hearings; and• Led the Executive Branch in the 2006 transition for incoming County Executive-elect Isiah Leggett including establishing transition offices and coordinating development of departmental briefing papers.