CGFO
Certification Program for Government Finance Officers
The Certification Program for Governmental Finance Officers is administered and offered for the Government Finance Officers Association of South Carolina by USC’s Continuing Education and Conferences group. Successful completion of all requirements of the program will result in designation as a Certified Government Finance Officer. For information on the Certification Program for Governmental Finance Officers download the PDFs below. For additional questions please contact the GFOASC.
The Katherine Zook Certification Scholarship is available to first time participants in the CGFO program. Application information is coming soon.
GFOA Certification Brochure 2021-2022
Certification Process: Once you have completed the courses, USC provides the GFOASC Certification Committee a list of who has passed the exams. A congratulatory email will be sent with directions on how to submit your application with certified transcripts. The Certification Committee will review the submissions and recommend certification. If certification is recommended, an email notification will be sent in early April and new CGFOs will be recognized at the next conference.
CPE Reporting
2020 CPE Reporting Forms are due February 28. Click here to download the 2020 form. Members who achieved CGFO status in 2019 will complete their first report in early 2021 for the 2020 year.
New CGFO’s Recognized at 2019 Fall Conference
From left to right: Tamara Lindley, Micah Snead and Angie Dever
Not pictured: Kara Law
2020 GFOASC CGFOs
| First | Last |
Agency |
Certification Year |
| Holly | Abercrombie |
City of Mauldin |
2012 |
| James | Absher, Jr. |
Rural Infrastructure Authority |
2004 |
| Cheryl | Allen-Lint |
Central Carolina Technical College |
1999 |
| Janice | Alonso |
City of Columbia |
2002 |
| Debra | Baker |
SCDMV |
2008 |
| Jessica | Barlow |
City of Columbia |
2013 |
| Shealyn | Barnes |
Greenwood County |
2016 |
| Ramona | Barrett |
Colleton County Department of Education |
2002 |
| Allison | Barrs |
County of Lexington |
2016 |
| Scott | Bartley |
Trident Technical College |
2006 |
| Marla | Bell |
Horry County Finance |
2019 |
| Ashton | Blocker |
Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Commission |
2016 |
| Terry | Booth |
Central Carolina Technical College |
1996 |
| Jessica | Booth |
Midlands Technical College |
2013 |
| Vicki | Bowles |
University of South Carolina – Office of the Controller |
2005 |
| Lacey | Bradey |
Spartanburg County |
2015 |
| David | Brown |
Retired |
2000 |
| Lisa | Brown |
City of Rock Hill |
2017 |
| Latasha | Brown |
Richland County Finance Department |
2020 |
| Ramona | Brown |
Dorchester School District Two |
2020 |
| Allen | Brown Jr. |
Richland County Auditor’s Office |
2020 |
| Ashley | Buhrmaster |
Laurens Commission of Public Works |
2016 |
| Jerri | Butler |
SC Department of Transportation |
2015 |
| Melissa | Campbell |
Spartanburg 7 School District |
1998 |
| Chris | Canaday |
Town of Port Royal |
2007 |
| Neil | Carney |
Anderson County |
2017 |
| Wayne | Chamblee |
Retired |
1993 |
| Thomas | Chandler |
City of Florence |
1994 |
| Debbie | Cheek |
Northeastern Technical College |
2010 |
| Denise | Christmas |
Calhoun County |
2009 |
| Kathy | Coker |
Florence County |
2009 |
| Peggy | Conkel |
Town of Mount Pleasant |
2013 |
| Mark | Cook |
Aiken County Public Service Authority |
2002 |
| Doug | Cooper |
SCEIS |
1990 |
| Jan | Crates |
Retired Town of Mount Pleasant |
2002 |
| Karen | Crawford |
City of Greenville |
2004 |
| Tonya | Crosby |
Beaufort County School District |
2007 |
| Theresa | Daffin |
City of North Charleston |
2016 |
| Cheryl | Danas |
Greenwood County |
2013 |
| Omar | Daniels |
Spartanburg County School District Six |
1998 |
| Jennifer | Davis |
Berkeley County |
2020 |
| Peggy | Desmarais |
Aiken County Government |
2020 |
| Angie | Dever |
City of Greenville |
2018 |
| Sherman | Dibble III |
Darlington County |
2019 |
| Elisabeth | Dicey |
City of Anderson |
2019 |
| Marc | Dominick |
Greenville County Schools |
2006 |
| Joette | Dukes |
Pee Dee Regional COG |
1997 |
| Kelly | Dunham |
Richland County Government |
2017 |
| Alan | Eisenman |
City of Beaufort |
2016 |
| Matt | Evans |
Clarendon County |
1996 |
| Julie | Feeley |
City of North Charleston |
2016 |
| Evelyn | Ferguson |
SC Technical College System |
2017 |
| Kelli | Finney |
Horry County |
2019 |
| Melanie | Freeman-Gruber |
Horry County |
2019 |
| Tiffany | Frye |
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department |
2007 |
| Summer | Gagnon |
City of Aiken |
2016 |
| Tommi Lin | Garrick |
Dorchester County Career + Technology Center |
1997 |
| Milton | German |
SCDHHS |
1994 |
| Kelly | Ghent |
State Treasurer’s Office |
2016 |
| Mack | Gile |
Charleston County |
2006 |
| Brandi | Gist |
Spartanburg School District 7 |
2009 |
| Trisha | Greathouse |
Town of Bluffton |
2010 |
| Suzanne | Gregory |
Beaufort County |
2001 |
| Angela | Gunter |
Aiken County Government |
1994 |
| Alice | Hahn |
Piedmont Technical College |
2017 |
| Stacey | Hamm |
Richland County Treasurer’s Office |
1997 |
| Lisa | Hancock |
Town of Moncks Corner |
2016 |
| Stacy | Hanvey |
Anderson County |
2019 |
| Jennifer | Harmon |
County of Lexington |
2016 |
| Belinda | Harper |
Town of Summerville |
2013 |
| Anne P | Harty |
City of Rock Hill |
1994 |
| James | Hayes |
Richland County Auditors Office |
2013 |
| Darryl | Hentz |
South Carolina Department of Transportation |
2005 |
| Deloris | Hill |
SCDDSN |
2006 |
| Maxine | Horne |
Greenville County Schools |
2006 |
| Wendy | Hughes |
Piedmont Technical College |
2001 |
| Cristy | Jablonski, CPA |
Anderson School District 4 |
2009 |
| Patrick | Jarvis |
Office of State Auditor |
2018 |
| Sarah | Jenkins |
Lancaster County |
2016 |
| Pamela | Jennings |
SC Department of Public Safety |
2007 |
| Kristin | Johnson |
City of Spartanburg |
2010 |
| Kristina | Junker |
City of Greenville |
2007 |
| Thomas | Kaminer |
Department of Administration |
2013 |
| James T. | Kennedy II, CPA |
City of Spartanburg |
1998 |
| Mandy | Kibler |
University of South Carolina – Controller’s Office |
2001 |
| Denise | Koon |
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department |
2013 |
| Steven | Lake |
Department of Administration |
2001 |
| Ray A. | Lambert. Jr. |
Greenville Technical College |
|
| Kara | Law | University of South Carolina | 2018 |
| Linda | Lewis |
City of Charlotte |
1999 |
| Tamara | Lindley |
City of Anderson |
2018 |
| Nathaniel | Lloyd |
SC Department of Public Safety |
2016 |
| Dennis | Locke |
City of Spartanburg |
2006 |
| Sally | Lowery |
Oconee County |
2007 |
| Craig | Luccy |
Richland County Finance |
2016 |
| Scott | Ludlam |
South Carolina Department of Transportation |
2001 |
| Robert E. | Macdonald III |
SC Office of State Treasurer |
2019 |
| Deborah | Mack |
Retired |
1994 |
| Ian | MacLean |
Midlands Technical College |
2001 |
| Nicole | Mandazou |
York Technical College |
2006 |
| Lisa | Mangione |
Greenville Technical College |
2005 |
| Jill | Manning |
Greenwood County |
2015 |
| Margot | Martin |
City of Anderson |
2002 |
| Sabrina | Mason |
Spartanburg County |
2009 |
| Peggy | Maxwell |
City of Anderson |
1992 |
| Trish | Mazzone |
Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Commission |
2009 |
| Joyce | McCarty |
SC Department of Public Safety/OHSJP |
2014 |
| Angie | McInchok |
County of Lexington |
2003 |
| Chris | McMillan |
SC State Housing & Finance |
2010 |
| Kelly | McMullen |
County of Lexington |
2015 |
| Elizabeth | Meadows |
Greenwood County Treasurer’s Office |
2012 |
| Jessica | Miller-Olds |
Mercom Corp. |
2006 |
| Lori | Mock |
Beaufort County School District |
2010 |
| Becky | Moon |
Chester Metropolitan District |
1996 |
| Hank | Moore |
SC State Housing & Finance |
2014 |
| Gloria | Moore |
School District of Oconee County |
2006 |
| Leslie | Moser |
Central Carolina Technical College |
2011 |
| Beverly | Mozie |
Fairfield County Transit System |
2007 |
| Liz | Nelson |
Williamsburg County Government |
1998 |
| Amanda | Nelson-Bedenbaugh |
City of Columbia |
1994 |
| Kelly | Newman |
Spartanburg County |
2011 |
| Matthew | Norman |
SC Department of Revenue |
2014 |
| Deborah | Nye |
GFOASC |
1992 |
| Frances | Owens |
Lower Savannah Council of Governments |
2000 |
| Laura | Pace |
SC Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation |
1993 |
| Ginger | Page |
City of Columbia |
2003 |
| Kim | Paradeses |
SCDHEC |
2014 |
| Ruth | Parris |
County of Greenville |
2004 |
| Sophonie | Phalante-Barreau |
Richland County Finance Department |
2020 |
| Susan | Prescott |
City of Georgetown |
2010 |
| Heather | Price |
DHEC – Division of WIC Services |
2007 |
| Michael | Price |
City of Myrtle Beach |
2017 |
| Towanda | Prior |
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina |
2011 |
| Barbara | Rate |
Retired Department of Health and Environmental Control |
2009 |
| Kevin | Rawlinson |
City of Florence |
2005 |
| Marty | Rawls |
SCDDSN |
2014 |
| Mary E. | Reames |
City of Sumter |
2013 |
| Tami | Reed |
SC Transportation Infrastructure Bank |
2004 |
| Anita | Risher |
SCDHHS |
2000 |
| Amy | Risher |
City of Walterboro |
2016 |
| Carla | Ritter |
Charleston County Government |
2006 |
| Angela | Roache |
County of Greenville |
1999 |
| Susan | Roben |
Department of Social Services |
2019 |
| Renee | Rochester |
Office of Administrative Services |
1991 |
| Rashad | Rogers |
City of Columbia |
2005 |
| Larry | Sapp |
Hilton Head No. 1 Public Service District |
2010 |
| Sharon | Setzer |
Greenwood School District 52 |
2012 |
| N’Katha | Simmons |
South Carolina Department of Transportation |
2011 |
| Nika | Simmons |
SC Department of Health & Human Services |
2019 |
| LoElla | Smalls |
Charleston County Government |
2014 |
| Rodney | Smith |
Laurens County School District 55 |
2011 |
| Tammy | Smith |
City of Columbia |
2002 |
| Crystal | Smith |
Tyler Technologies |
2006 |
| Donnita | Smith, CGFO |
City of Spartanburg |
2005 |
| Sandra | Smith, CPA |
Bon Secours |
2003 |
| Ike | Smoak |
Colleton County Government |
2016 |
| Micah | Snead |
City of Greenville |
2018 |
| Kelly | Snider |
SC Criminal Justice Academy |
2010 |
| Dorthy | Spicer |
Greenville Technical College |
2013 |
| Carla | Spires |
SC Judicial Department |
2016 |
| Robin | Stack |
Greenville County Schools |
2004 |
| Cathy | Strasser |
Tri-County Technical College |
2009 |
| Fran | Strickland |
City of Abbeville |
1995 |
| Lynn | Strom |
Aiken County |
2017 |
| Lauren | Sturre |
Broad Creek Public Service District |
2010 |
| Sarah | Sullivan |
Richland County Public Library |
2009 |
| Donna D | Sullivan |
Retired |
1994 |
| Carolyn | Taylor |
SC Judicial Department |
1993 |
| Emily | Temple |
Colleton County School District |
2014 |
| Michael | Thom |
South Carolina Department of Education |
2005 |
| Lori | Thomas |
City of Rock Hill |
2011 |
| Stephanie | Thomas |
Greenville County Schools |
2015 |
| Deborah | Tilley |
SC Judicial Department |
1992 |
| Ernesto | Torres |
Retired |
1994 |
| Alillian | Trull |
Greenville County Schools |
2009 |
| Georgeann | Van Putten |
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department |
2008 |
| Kim Marie | Vargo |
City of Barnwell |
2015 |
| Stacy | Veldman |
County of Lexington |
2002 |
| Debbie Muller | Walker |
Midlands Technical College |
2002 |
| Sabrina | Walker |
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department |
2002 |
| Carolyn | Wallace |
Beaufort County |
2019 |
| April | Walling |
SC Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
2017 |
| Karen | Waters |
Colleton County Government |
2013 |
| Pam | Watts |
Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments |
1990 |
| Courtney | Weaver |
Town of Surfside Beach |
2019 |
| Wendy | Weaver |
Berkeley County Water & Sanitation |
2012 |
| Kymberley | Wheat, CGFO |
City of Aiken |
1996 |
| Casey | White |
Richland County |
2011 |
| Karen | Wicker |
Retired |
1992 |
| Bryce | Wilson, CPA |
SCDHHS |
2015 |
| Chris | Wimberly |
SC DHEC |
2017 |
| Torina | Wood |
Department of Revenue |
2019 |
| Douglas | Wurster |
Charleston County Government |
2020 |
| Kevin | Yokim, CPA |
Florence County |
2001 |
| Patty | Zeigler |
SCDMV |
2002 |
| Madeline | Zimmerman |
Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Commission |
2019 |
Please direct all certification questions to certification AT gfoasc DOT org.