Mrs. Byerrum has been providing consulting services to special districts for nearly 20 years, working with all kinds of special districts, including but not limited to, community services districts, water/sewer utilities, fire protection districts, library districts, resource conservation districts and LAFCOs. Ms. Byerrum has a wide variety of past experience that includes being a full-time tenured faculty and department head at a junior college, an accounting executive headhunter, a CFO at a water agency, interim Finance Director at several water agencies and an auditor in one of the big four accounting firms. Ms. Byerrum's experience serves her well as the part-time Finance Director to many special districts throughout the state of California. Her clients rely on her to function as a trusted advisor and see her as a valuable part of their team. Ms. Byerrum's approach is from a training and teaching perspective. She is a strong believer in helping clients to be as self-sufficient in the finance and accounting department as they want to be, all the while being there to monitor and assist when needed. Some of her clients want her to do all the accounting, and that is OK too! She is a strong believer in tailoring the consulting experience to each client's need, wants and capabilities.