Joe Don Dunham
**** ** ********** ***., ******, OK 73505
(580) 748 – 0350
********.****@******.***
SUMMARY
An innovative leader with proven communications, organizational, and analytical skills. Achievement- oriented with foresight; a dedicated team player who can work independently within the organizational framework. Approximately thirty years of management experience with expertise in the following areas.
• Governmental Operations
• Customer Relations and Support
• ERP Selection and Implementation
• Strategic Planning and Operations
• Financial Operations and Budget Mgmt.
• Operations and Project Management
RELEVANT PROFESSIONL EXPERIENCE
Finance Director
City of Frederick, Oklahoma August 1994 - February 2006 City of Altus, Oklahoma February 2006 – February 2012 City of Lawton, Oklahoma January 2022 – March 2024 CFO of the City, directly supervises Budgeting and Accounting Supervisor, Securities Disclosure Coordinator, Budget and Compliance Supervisor and the Utilities Services Supervisor; responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; and addressing complaints and resolving problems; acts as the City of Lawton’s encumbering officer and is responsible for municipal investments, appropriations and expenditures; plays an integral role in the development and administration of the City’s annual budget. City Manager
City of Alva, Oklahoma February 2012 – February 2020 City of Guymon, Oklahoma February 2020 – December 2021 CEO of the City, assumes full responsibility for public safety, community development, utility operations and maintenance, parks, recreation; provides policy guidance to and coordinates the activities of management staff; facilitates the development and implementation of long and short range plans, policies, goals, objectives, and programs to provide the City with technical and administrative direction in meeting and maintaining City services standards; ensures public services are delivered in an efficient and effective manner; and provides highly complex administrative support to the City Council including implementing policy decisions made by the City Council. E D U C A T I O N/CERTIFICATIONS
Cameron University, Lawton, OK
MBA, May 1992 BBA, May 1986
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Municipal Treasurer’s Institute, March 1999
Oklahoma Municipal League Certified Municipal Official