GFOA Past Presidents

GFOA's first president was named in 1906, when the organization was referred to as the National Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Officers.

Current President

Lunda Asmani, CPFO

Lunda Asmani is the Chief Financial Officer at Norwalk Public Schools, Connecticut. As CFO, Lunda is responsible for the development, implementation, supervision, assessment and effectiveness of all financial and business operations. The CFO oversees the long-range planning, budgeting and fund accounting for the City of Norwalk Public School System $400 million operating, grant and capital budget.

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Past Presidents

Year	Name	Organization (Employer)
2025	Lunda Asmani	Norwalk Public Schools, CT
2024	Tanya Garost	City of Martensville, SK
2023	Laura Allen	State of Maryland
2022	Terri Velasquez	City of Aurora, CO
2021	Michael A. Bryant	Mecklenburg County, NC
2020	Marion Gee	Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, MO
2019	Terry S. Stone	Hanover County Public Schools, VA
2018	Steven Gibson	City of Rock Hill, SC
2017	Patrick J. McCoy	Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NY
2016	Marc Gonzales	Clackamas County, OR
2015	Heather A. Johnston	City of Burnsville, MN
2014	Robert W. Eichem	City of Boulder, CO
2013	Timothy L. Firestine	Montgomery County, MD
2012	Chris Morrill	City of Roanoke, VA
2011	Linda C. Davidson	City of Boca Raton, FL
2010	Len Brittain	City of Toronto, ON
2009	Paul A. Macklem	City of Kelowna, BC
2008	Kenneth L. Rust	City of Portland, OR
2007	Charles Cox	Farmers Branch, TX
2006	Thomas Glaser	County of Cook, IL
2005	Carla Sledge	Wayne County, MI
2004	Nancy Zielke	City of Kansas City, MO
2003	Edward Harrington	City and County of San Francisco, CA
2002	William Patrick Pate	City of High Point, NC
2001	Timothy Grewe	City of Portland, OR
2000	Anne Spray Kinney*	Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District , WI
1999	Gary H. Bruebaker	State of Oregon
1998	Douglas R. Ellsworth	Village of Mount Prospect, IL
1997	Linda R. Savitsky	City of Hartford, CT
1996	Arthur R. Lynch	City of Glendale, AZ
1995	Timothy H. Riordan	City of Dayton, OH
1994	Bonnie Ridley Kraft	City of Gresham, OR
1993	Arnold G. Holz	District of Columbia Government , DC
1992	John L. Pickard*	City of Toronto, ON
1991	Richard B. Dixon	City of Los Angeles, CA
1990	Gary R. Norstrem	City of Saint Paul, MN
1989	Virginia Rutledge	City of Ludlow, MA
1988	Frank L. Greathouse*	Nashville & Davidson County, TN
1987	Patrick C. Glisson	City of Atlanta, GA
1986	Betty Jo Harker*	City of Ames, IA
1985	John T. Walsh*	City of Hartford, CT
1984	Arthur A. Blumenfeld*	City of Albuquerque, NM
1983	Carl L. White*	City of San Antonio, TX
1982	Jim C. Kirkland*	City of Tallahassee, FL
1981	William J. Reynolds*	City of Greenwich, CT
1980	Fernand Denis*	City of Montreal, QB
1979	Carl V. Husby, Jr.*	City of Long Beach, CA
1978	Clark Burrus*	City of Chicago, IL
1977	Charles L. Davis*	City of Atlanta, GA
1976	Lennox L. Moak*	City of Philadelphia, PA
1975	Alfred D. Bricker*	City of Wayne County, MI
1974	S. Grady Fullerton*	City of Harris County, TX
1973	John M. Urie*	City of Kansas City, MO
1972	Elmer A. Johnson*	City of Denver, CO
1971	John H. Poelker*	City of St. Louis, MO
1970	Joe E. Torrence*	Nashville & Davidson County, TN
1969	Otto H. Loser*	City of Chicago, IL
1968	Nathan J. Sindelar*	City of Moraga, CA
1967	Louis G. Basso*	Wayne County, MI
1966	Fred L. Schneider*	City of Columbus, OH
1965	C.F. Craig*	City of Dallas, TX
1964	Leland M. Romkey*	City of Halifax, NS
1963	Robert E. Develle*	City of New Orleans, LA
1962	John L. Williams*	City of Phoenix, AZ
1961	Fred W. Lawrence*	City of San Diego, CA
1960	Richard J. McConnell*	City and County of Philadelphia, PA
1959	Eugene A. Mintkeski*	Port Authority of New York, NY
1958	James H. Lowther*	City of Ottawa, ON
1957	George N. Shaw*	City of Miami, FL
1956	Charles L. Mathews*	City of Atlanta, GA
1955	A.A. Weinberg*	City of Chicago, IL
1954	Frank R. Hanrahan*	City of Cleveland, OH
1953	John McQuilken*	City of San Diego, CA
1952	E. Lynn Crossley*	City of Dallas, TX
1951	L. Roberge*	City of Montreal, QB
1950	Lionel G. Ott*	City of New Orleans, LA
1949	Joseph F. Clark*	City of Wildwood, NJ
1948	C.L. Beazley*	Province of Nova Scotia
1947	Joseph M. Lowery*	Los Angeles County, CA
1946	Rollin E. Agard*	City of Kansas City, MO
1945	A.E. Fuller*	City of Miami, FL
1944	Joseph M. Cunningham*	City of New York, NY
1943	David V. Addy*	City of Detroit, MI
1942	John R. Lindsay*	City of Louisville, KY
1941	Charles J. Fox*	City of Boston, MA
1940	E.E. Hagerman*	City of Dayton, OH
1939	A.E. Neale*	City of Springfield, MA
1938	Miner B. Phillipps*	City of Pasadena, CA
1937	Arthur C. Meyers*	City of St. Louis, MO
1936	D.P. Turnbull*	City of Kalamazoo, MI
1935	G.A. Lascelles*	City of Toronto, ON
1934	Henry A. Allen*	City of Worcester, MA
1933	C.E. Armstrong*	City of Birmingham, AL
1932	George D. Begole*	City of Denver, CO
1931	Frank J. Flanagan*	City of Chicago, IL
1930	B. Graham West*	City of Atlanta, GA
1929	Charles J. Tulley*	City of Ottawa, ON
1928	Theodore N. Waddell*	State of Massachusetts
1927	W.S. Hanna*	City of Baltimore, MD
1926	Clifford E. Cook*	City of Springfield, MA
1925	Walter R. Darby*	State of New Jersey
1924	Theodore D. Caswell*	City of Augusta, GA
1923	Albert G. Preston*	City of Buffalo, NY
1922	Albert G. Preston*	City of Buffalo, NY
1921	Cyrus C. Pashby*	City of Memphis, TN
1920	Cyrus C. Pashby*	City of Memphis, TN
1919	Louis E. Gosselin*	City of Chicago, IL
1918	Joseph S. Pike*	City of Somerville, MA
1917	Mark E. Conan*	City of Syracuse, NY
1916	Louis M. Kotecki*	City of Milwaukee, WI
1915	Thomas F. Boyle*	City and County of San Francisco, CA
1914	Edward S. Osborne*	City of Rochester, NY
1913	Samuel M. Wilhite*	City of Louisville, KY
1912	Samuel M. Wilhite*	City of Louisville, KY
1911	Edmond D. Fisher*	City of New York, NY
1909	Alonzo Tweedale*	District of Columbia Government, DC
1908	Louis Betz*	City of St. Paul, MN
1907	Louis Betz*	City of St. Paul, MN
1906	S.B. Williams*	City of Rochester, NY

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