JONESBORO, Ark. – Suzanne Allen, the City of Jonesboro’s Chief Financial Officer, has announced her resignation effective Sept. 22 to enter employment in the private sector.
Allen, who has been with the city two years, oversees an eight-member finance department that has received clean legislative audits the past two years while managing a $60 million budget. She also managed other departments, including grants, human resources, information technologies, and worked closely with departmental directors as well as city council members on finance and budgeting issues.“Suzanne has been critical to our mission the past two years, and while I am personally happy for her to have this opportunity, the City of Jonesboro will feel her loss,” Mayor Harold Perrin said Wednesday. “She has played a vital role in not just running our finances, but explaining the city’s inner workings to council members, assisting department heads, and being my sounding board. Employees like her are hard to replace.”
Allen said the decision to leave was difficult because of her passion for Jonesboro and civil service.
“It is a bittersweet time for me, because I admire and respect Mayor Perrin and the people I work with in the City of Jonesboro,” Allen said. “But this is an opportunity for personal growth that I felt I couldn’t pass up. I’ve loved this job, so even though I am excited about moving to my new position, there is a sense of loss in saying goodbye to people I genuinely love.”
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Press Release – City of Jonesboro
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