Metro’s been busy at the tail-end of 2006 with some high-profile personnel moves. Here’s the first announcement:
METRO Board of Directors member Louise Richman, will join METRO’s staff January 3, 2007 as its new Vice President/Chief Financial Officer.
METRO President and CEO Frank Wilson made the announcement of her hiring and resignation from the Board at today’s Board meeting.
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She will replace METRO Vice President Francis Britton, who has worked at METRO for 20 years. Britton will stay on at METRO to assist Richman’s transition into her new job, Wilson said.
A Director of Finance for the City of Bellaire since 2002, Richman is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 20 years of accounting, administrative, financial and tax experience, including senior management and policy making functions for municipal governments, not-for-profit organizations and private industry.
And here’s the second announcement:
METRO’s search of candidates for three senior management positions culminated with the selection of Ms. Helen Cavazos as Vice President of Human Resources & Diversity, Mr. Arthur C. Smiley III as Vice President of Audit, and Ms. Deborah Richard as Vice President of Administrative Services.
Ms. Cavazos brings over 22 years of professional experience in all facets of Human Resources management, diversity and leadership development training. She has held senior managerial positions with the McDonald’s Corporation, the Stanford Financial Group, and Clear Channel Communications. Ms. Cavazos was the founder and owner of a management consulting company, whose major clients included McDonald’s Corporation, Shell Oil, BP, General Motors, Aero M
