Tara L. Thomas, MGT

Professional Experience

• January 2000 - Present
  • Treasurer, County of Gloucester
• April 1996 - September 1999: 
  • Assistant Vice President, Commonwealth Information Services, Newport News VA
• June 1993 - April 1996: 
  • Sales Assistant, Cybernetics, Yorktown VA
• August 1992 - June 1993:
  • Sales Department, Riverside Clinical Laboratories, Newport News VA
• May 1992 - August 1992:
  • Auditing Department (seasonal), Busch Entertainment Corp., Williamsburg VA

Professional Affiliations

• Treasurers’ Association of Virginia, Past President 
• Virginia Association of Locally Elected Constitutional Officers, Member
• Virginia Government Finance Officers’ Association, Member

Community Affiliations

• Severn Republican Women, Treasurer
• Gloucester County Republican Committee, Member
• Gloucester Educational Foundation, Treasurer
• Page Middle School Band Boosters, Treasurer
• Zion United Methodist Church, Pianist/Organist
• Gloucester Community Foundation, Former Director
• International Order of Job’s Daughters, Past Bethel Guardian & Majority Member
• Peninsula Community Theatre, Former Board Member & Treasurer

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance - May 1992
  College of William and Mary
       Williamsburg, Virginia
• Master Governmental Treasurer (MGT) Certification -
  Fall 2002, Re-certified 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
  Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at University of Virginia
       Charlottesville, Virginia
• Virginia Government Finance Officers’ Association Certificate - August 2006
• Virginia Government Accounting Certificate - November 2019

Awards

• Recipient of 2016 Treasurers’ Association of Virginia Commonwealth Award
• Recipient of 2005 Treasurers’ Association of Virginia Treasurer of the Year Award
• Recipient of 2005 Outstanding Youth Advocate Award from Gloucester County Youth Commission
• Recipient of 2002 Treasurers’ Association of Virginia President’s Award
• Gloucester Treasurer's Office Accredited by Treasurers' Association of Virginia - 2003 to present