City Manager names new Chief Financial Officer

City Manager A.C. Gonzalez has announced that M. Elizabeth Reich, former Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Social Security Administration in Baltimore, has been named Chief Financial Officer. She will join the City on Sept. 6.

Reich received a Master of Public Administration, with concentrations in Public Financial Management and Policy Analysis, from The American University in Washington, D.C. in 2000. She also holds a BA in Government and International Studies from The American University, where she was inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the national Political Science Honor Society.

Prior to heading to Baltimore from Dallas, Elizabeth had oversight of field operations,including 139 field offices, 3 teleservice centers, and over 4,000 employees serving 33 million people in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas ,Louisiana, New Mexico, and the Navaho nation in Arizona and Utah.

“I also want to recognize the valuable contributions of Jeanne Chipperfield as Chief Financial Officer,” Gonzalez said in a memo to the City Council. “Jeanne will continue to be a vital asset to Dallas in her role as Director of the Office of Ethics and Compliance.”