Larry Pannell 's Bio

Larry R. Pannell joined the Accounts and Finance Department April 2005 as Assistant Finance Director. In August of that year, he was appointed by the
Mayor and confirmed by the City Council to serve as the Director of Finance.

Experience plays an important role in the way he responds to the department
staff, other Department Heads, the Mayor and Commissioners, and especially,
the customers who depend on the department to serve their needs. Larry has considerable experience in Federal, Local, and Not-for-Profit work.

He was employed by the Internal Revenue Service as a Research Analyst, and has served two terms as a City Councilman in his home state of Texas. Most recently,
he was involved in the Finance Department for a non-profit association in Chicago with responsibilities for payroll, accounts payable, budgeting, and Human Resources. Prior to that, he worked for the Village of Mundelein in the Finance Department.

Larry has also benefited from his long experience in the retail and transportation industries where customer service continues to be crucial to business success.
He has broad experience orchestrating retail store turnarounds in Texas and Colorado. During Operation Desertstorm, he solved managerial, logistical, and staffing difficulties for a large mail-contracting corporation involving hundreds of employees and equipment moving from coast to coast in a 24/7 operation.

He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. His family includes wife Claudia, daughter Jennifer and her husband John who live
in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas area along with their three children, Austin, Cody,
and Jena.

Questions?
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