State comptroller launches advisory council
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Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla this week launched her first State Comptroller Advisory Council. The council, comprised of local government officials from throughout the state, is designed to provide feedback to enhance the local government services provided by Nieshalla’s office.
The 14 members of the council will serve two-year terms. Nieshalla said the council will further relationships between her office and local units statewide.
“With these leaders’ local government expertise, we can better understand the challenges they are facing and how our office can best be at their service,” Nieshalla said in a news release. “I am excited to collaborate with each council member, hear their perspectives and incorporate the insights we receive.”
The members of the council are:
- Anton Neff, County Council, Owen County
- Kellie Streeter, County Commissioner, Knox County
- Greg Wright, Controller, City of Greenwood
- Carrie Mugford, Clerk-Treasurer, Town of North Manchester
- Tiffany Griffith, Treasurer, Grant County
- Heather Laffoon, Treasurer, Montgomery County
- Christina Sriver, Auditor, Fulton County
- Rachel Oesterreich, Auditor, Starke County
- Debra Carnes, Auditor, Hancock County
- Jennifer Welsh, Auditor, Daviess County
- Susan Sleeper, Auditor, DeKalb County
- Kristinia Hammack, Auditor, Perry County
- Angie Birchmeier, Auditor, Marshall County
- Mike Watkins, Auditor, Gibson County
Former State Auditor Connie Nass originally formed the council during her tenure from 1999-2007.