SOLD OUT Lattes with Legislators: Kimberly Murnieks Ohio OBM

Description

Kimberly Murnieks was appointed Director of the Office of Budget and Management by Governor Mike DeWine on January 14, 2019. Serving as the Chief Financial Officer for the state of Ohio under the leadership of Governor DeWine, she oversees an office that develops, coordinates and monitors the individual budgets of state agencies, provides the Governor and administration with policy analysis, and reviews all financial transactions made with public funds.

Director Murnieks also serves as president and member of the Executive Committee of the National Association of State Budget Officers.

From January 2011 through 2018, Director Murnieks was the Chief Operating Officer for the Ohio Attorney General's office overseeing Budget and Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, General Services, Records Management, Internal Audit and Risk Management. Under her leadership, the office reduced bureaucracy by more than 40 percent, rebuilt the entire IT infrastructure, and invested in the state crime lab reducing turn-around time on DNA testing from four months to 22 days.

She also designed and implemented then-Attorney General DeWine's award-winning CyberOhio Initiative to help Ohio businesses prevent and prepare for cyber-attacks, and worked with the Ohio General Assembly to enact the state's Data Protection Act, a one-of-kind statute that provides real incentive for businesses to safeguard consumer data.