Meet your new president-elect and executive board.

GFOA is governed by an 18-member Executive Board, which consists of 15 members-at-large serving staggered three-year terms, the current president, the previous year's president, and the president-elect. At the association's annual business meeting in Montreal in May, members voted for a slate of nominees for president-elect and five new members of the GFOA Executive Board. Each of these individuals is profiled below

PRESIDENT-ELECT CHARLES S. COX

Director of Finance

City of Farmers Branch, Texas

During his 19 years as a GFOA member, Charles Cox has served in various leadership roles for the organization. He has been an Executive Board member since 2002. He served on the Committee on Cash Management for nine years and was chair of the committee from 1999 to 2001. Cox has contributed to several GFOA publications on cash management and has authored articles for Government Finance Review and Public Investor. He also is part of the GFOA's faculty for the Healthcare Cost Containment seminar and serves as a reviewer for the Distinguished Budget Awards program.

In 2001, Cox received the GFOA's Award for Excellence for his jurisdiction's "Tax Dividend Program" Cox developed his city's investment policy, which is now used as a model for statewide training by the Texas Municipal League. He also developed financial trends monitoring and long-range plan reports and implemented a pay-as-you-go funding system for major capital improvements and fixed assets. He currently is pioneering a citywide WiFi network for government and public use in his jurisdiction. Cox is a Certified Government Finance Officer (Texas) and has been an active leader in the GFOA of Texas.

GOALS FOR GFOA

* Focus on the development of best practices, policies, and implementation strategies

* Provide guidance to members in implementing major new accounting standards

* Develop partnerships that will enhance the GFOA's effectiveness in the global economy with a special focus on relations with finance professionals in Mexico

* Guide members in the use of technology to become e-government leaders

* Enhance legislative efforts at the federal level

LEN BRITTAIN

Director, Corporate Finance

City of Toronto, Ontario

A five-year member of the GFOA, Len Brittain serves on the association's Committee on Canadian Issues and is co-chair of the committee's Professional Development Task Force. He has prepared material for GFOA periodicals, including several issues of Canadian Finance Matters.

Brittain...