In a straightforward announcement today, Nashville's Mayor Freddie O'Connell has named Jenneen Kaufman Reed as the new Director of the Metro Department of Finance. Slated to take over in January 2025, Reed is set to step into a role with a history of hands-on engagement with the city's fiscal health. She is bringing to the table her extensive background in finance, including a previous three-year stint as the Deputy Director of the very department she is set to lead, according to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee.
Mayor O'Connell expressed his confidence in Reed's capabilities, noting that he witnessed her knowledge and work ethic first-hand. He also paid his respects to Interim Finance Director Kevin Crumbo, who will keep managing the department's affairs until early 2025, crafting a bridge between the present financial administration and the future to which Reed is soon going to be at the helm. Tasked with the continuation of fiscal prudence, Reed's upcoming tenure will be critical for maintaining Nashville's economic stability.
Reed is not just a name on a ledger; her career spans 28 years of fiscal responsibility across both the public and private sectors, including a notable stretch as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Tennessee Titans, and her current role as CFO of the Nashville Symphony, which she will maintain until late 2024, the city's news release detailed. In preparation for her transition, Reed is actively involved in finding her successor at the Nashville Symphony to ensure her departure will leave no void in the organization's financial leadership.
Attesting to Reed's value, the President and CEO of the Nashville Symphony, Alan D. Valentine, shared, "Jenneen has been an invaluable partner and asset to the Nashville Symphony and will be missed," in a statement reported by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. With a comprehensive search for a new CFO underway, the Symphony remains optimistic that the right person will fill the significant gap left by Reed, whose role in Metro's fiscal landscape is soon going to be ascending.
