November 21, 2007
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position last summer after serv
ing a year as the bureau’s in
terim chief financial officer. She
joined the city workforce in 2003
as a financial planning manager.
Prior to that she served as the
chief financial officer and di
rectorof administrative services
for regional government agency
Metro.
Sims is a member of the Gov
ernment Finance Officers As
sociation and President-elect of
the Columbia Land Trust. She
received a Bachelor of Science
degree from Portland State
University and a Masters in
Public A dm inistration from
Lewis and Clark College.
Jennifer Sims, chief financial
officer and directorof Portland’s
Bureau of Financial Services,
directs a 60-person staff, which
includes the divisions of ac
counting, debt management, fi
nancial planning and treasury.
The Bureau is responsible
for managing and processing
the city’s accounting opera
tions, managing the city’s $2.6
billion of outstanding indebt
edness, preparing and m oni
toring the city ’s $3 billion an
nual budget, and managing the
city ’s treasury operations and
investment o f $800 million in
public funds.
Sims was promoted to her Jennifer Sims
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