Former city CFO sentenced to 20 years in prison for embezzlement
Former chief financial officer for the city of Columbus Milton Rawle will spend up to 20 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections after pleading guilty Monday to embezzling nearly $290,000 in city funds.
New Columbus CFO facing high stakes, expectations
Columbus’ new Chief Financial Officer Deliah Vaughn came to City Hall this week facing an uphill climb.
Tunica County health care controller hired as city CFO
Columbus has hired Deliah Vaughn, a health services controller in Tunica County as its new chief financial officer.
Applicant pool lean for Columbus CFO
Of the five candidates who applied by Monday evening’s deadline to be Columbus’ next chief financial officer, only one meets the minimum criteria in the city’s job advertisement, multiple sources confirmed.
Rawle resigns as Columbus CFO
Columbus Chief Financial Officer Milton Rawle resigned Tuesday night, a week after he returned from an unpaid suspension for failing to comply with job performance standards.
City to pay consultant $100 per hour to act as temp CFO
The city plans to pay a former Columbus certified public accountant $100 per hour to handle chief financial officer duties while Milton Rawle serves a four-week suspension.
Lowndes supervisors hire new CFO
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Wednesday to hire Golden Triangle Regional Waste Management Assistant Director Lloyd Price as the county’s new chief financial officer.
Women out-earning men in corporate finance
Women may be badly outnumbered in the top ranks of corporate America, but at least they aren’t underpaid.
Fired CFO files claim against Columbus school district
Kenneth Hughes filed a tort claim alleging that he was wrongfully fired on May 12 by former superintendent Dr. Martha Liddell for “his having reported illegal activity which negatively affected school district finances for Columbus Municipal School District.”
School district to open Lee Middle School doors
The fate of the vacant Lee Middle School property is a step closer to being decided. The Columbus Municipal School District will host two open houses at the end of September.
Hughes asks to be reinstated as Columbus schools CFO
Former Columbus Municipal School District Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Hughes has withdrawn his request for a termination hearing.
Hughes withdrew his request late last week.
Navistar’s CFO Andrew Cederoth to depart
LISLE, Ill. — Navistar International Corp. said Monday that Andrew J. Cederoth, its executive vice president and chief financial officer, is leaving the company at
Our view: School board must move quickly, choose wisely
Less than a day after the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees made the decision to fire superintendent Dr. Martha Liddell, the board met again Tuesday to officially begin the process of finding an interim superintendent. The board also set in motion a search for a new chief financial officer to replace Kenneth Hughes, who was fired by Liddell on May 3.
CMSD begins search for superintendent and CFO
Less than 20 hours after it fired its superintendent, the Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees met Tuesday to begin looking for an interim superintendent and a new chief financial officer.
Elmore will serve as interim CFO for Columbus schools
Felicia Elmore will fill in for terminated Columbus Municipal School District CFO Kenneth Hughes for the remainder of the school year.
Rawle settling in as new city chief financial officer
You could say that Milton Rawle had to go around the world before he found his way to Mississippi.
The city’s new chief financial officer is soft-spoken and polite, still in the “getting to know you” phase with both his new position as well as Columbus. So far, he says, he likes both.
Bernsen: City’s debt no cause for alarm
When City of Columbus Chief Financial Officer Mike Bernsen begins his new position with Columbus Light & Water Jan. 2, he will not only be leaving behind a job he has held since 2008, but he will also no longer be the overseer of $17,631,774 in city debt.
Bernsen resigns as city’s chief financial officer
The chief financial officer for the City of Columbus resigned Wednesday afternoon.
Mike Bernsen, who has been the CFO for the city since 2008, will take a position as the new comptroller for Columbus Light and Water.