I am pleased to announce that Ms. Katherine (Kathy) C. Brafford has been appointed to serve as the City’s new Finance Director. She will report to work on Thursday, 29 December 2011.
Ms. Brafford is a seasoned, well respected local government finance professional and will help bring the City’s financial operations and management systems into the 21st Century. I am confident in her abilities to lead the City’s Finance Department forward and look forward to working with her.
Ms. Brafford previously served as the City’s Finance Director from December 1997 – June 2001. She is most recently employed with Vance-Granville Community College as its Controller and has also served as the Finance Director for Granville County. She earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Local Government Finance Officer.
– Ray Griffin, City Manager
I think this is an excellent choice.
She sounds like a good choice.