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ACSA
NAMES DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Also adds two to finance departments
April
27, 2006
New
Orleans, La. – The Algiers Charter Schools Association has
named Dorothy F. Smith as its Director of Human Resources. Ms. Smith
comes to the ACSA with over twenty years of human resources experience
in major corporations including HP, Nabisco, Bristol-Myers Squibb
and American Airlines. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin she is a
graduate of Rosary College and received her Masters in Industrial
and Organizational Psychology from Golden Gate University. Ms. Smith’s
human resources experience spans the breadth of the field including
recruiting, training and development, general human resources, HRIS
and consulting. In addition to her professional work, she has been
a devoted volunteer and board member in several organizations. Dorothy
moved to New Orleans from San Francisco in early 2005 and has been
active in the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
“I
see the ACSA as an organization on the rise, and I want to be a
part of that,” said Ms. Smith. “I see my role as helping
to recruit and retain the best teachers and staff possible, and
create an environment that allows our employees to do what they
do best.”
In
addition to the hiring of Ms. Smith, the ACSA added a Controller
and a Financial Analyst to its executive team, with the naming of
Stuart Gay and David Morey respectively.
Stuart
Gay is a native of Algiers who is a graduate of the University of
New Orleans. Mr. Gay has served on the Board of Directors of Woodlands
Trail and Park, as well as working with the Treasure Chest Casino
as an Operations Auditor and as a Senior Financial Analyst. Stuart
Gay is an active member of the Algiers community, as a member of
the Kiwanis Club of Algiers – Morning Edition. He has a wife,
Angela and a 10 year old son, Hunter.
David
Morey comes to the Algiers Charter Schools Association having spent
most of the past 32 years with local CPA firms in the auditing and
consulting departments. For the past 25 years, Mr. Morey has focused
primarily on governmental and not-for-profit entities performing
financial audits, grant compliance audits, budget analyses, revenue
and expense projections and forecasts, operational evaluations,
preparations of accounting, and many other tasks. With the ACSA
he will focus primarily on implementation and maintenance of the
computerized accounting system, federal income reporting, monitoring
of Student Activity funds, assisting independent auditors, and the
preparation of financial reports for the Board as well as federal,
state, and local officials.
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