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Recognition of Chief Financial Officer Helen Perraglio, Recipient of the 2023 Local Government Leadership Award
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WHEREAS, the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), a professional organization for government financial management professionals dedicated to increasing government financial performance and accountability; and
WHEREAS, the National Leadership Training (NLT), a leadership program under AGA, established the Distinguished Local Government Leadership Award to recognize exceptional leadership that led to improved financial management practices, policies, systems or operations and individuals that have consistently exhibited the highest personal and professional standards; and
WHEREAS, this award is presented annually to an individual who exemplifies and promotes excellence in government financial management and who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in enhancing sound financial management legislation, regulations, practices, policies, and systems; and
WHEREAS, the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Local Government Leadership Award is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Helen Perraglio with the Los Alamos County Finance Division; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Perraglio has been an instrumental leader and motivator of a high-performing team for whom she goes to extensive lengths to recognize, reward and advocate; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Perraglio led one of the largest enterprise resource planning (ERP) conversions for the County, which resulted in engaging and building successful teams in all business functional leaders to streamline efficiencies in business processes by maximizing the significant investment in technology; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Perraglio served dual roles as the CFO and Acting Administrative Services Director for roughly a year and a half and led the County’s Finance, Procurement, and Information Management Divisions through some of the most significant challenges over supply chain shortages and cyber threats all while shifting...
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