INC NEWS - Durham Budget Director Announced

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  May 16, 2008

 

City of Durham Budget Director Announced

 

Durham, N.C. - Interim Budget and Management Services Director Bertha
Johnson has now been named director of the department by City Manager
Patrick W. Baker. 

 

Johnson succeeds Julie Brenman, who resigned effective January 2008 to
become the director of the City's Office of Strategic Initiatives, a
division of the City Manager's Office.  Johnson has managed the
department's operations as the interim director since January 2008.  She
has more than 17 years of experience and has been with the City since
October 2005.

 

Prior to coming to Durham, she was an adjunct professor with School of
Business at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), the director of
budget and finance with the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics and
the finance director for the City of Roxboro, N.C.  

 

Johnson holds a master's in Public Administration from NCCU and a
bachelor's degree in Accounting from Elon University.  Johnson's
appointment was effective May 12, 2008.  Her annual salary will be
$107,000.

 

About the Department of Budget and Management Services 

The mission of the City's Department of Budget & Management Services is
to inform and enhance management and City Council decision-making, to
ensure the accountability of all City funds and to evaluate and
recommend the best use of public resources.  To learn more about this
department, visit the City's Web site at 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/bms.   

 

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