The West Clermont Board of Education at their regularly scheduled Board meeting Monday night unanimously named Mrs. Alana Cropper as the new school district treasurer. “Mrs. Cropper is a highly skilled school treasurer who will continue to provide the accounting excellence and solid fiscal management for our instructional and co-curricular programs. She will be a real asset to our leadership team,” says Dr. Gary Brooks, superintendent of West Clermont. Mrs. Cropper, who currently serves as treasurer for Winton Woods City Schools, has been assisting interim treasurer Al Fleckinger following the untimely death of former West Clermont treasurer Mr. Charles “Chuck” Gossett in mid-September.

Mrs. Cropper holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky, an MBA from Xavier University, and is a licensed certified public accountant. In addition to her duties at Winton Woods, Cropper also serves as Southwest Regional Director of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials and acts as a liaison between the state auditor’s committee and district treasurers. Prior to her eleven and a half years of public service as Winton Woods’ treasurer, Cropper was employed by the state auditor’s office, where she provided fiscal oversight to several municipalities including the cities of Cincinnati and Springboro. She began her work in the private sector at the accounting firm of Ernst and Young, specializing in government consulting.

Cropper, who was granted a four-year contract, officially begins her duties in West Clermont on January 1, 2005

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