Amy Cowley has over fourteen years of experience in budget and finance, with twelve of those years in municipal government. She has served in the Assistant Director role for the City of Corpus Christi for over two years and previously oversaw the preparation of departmental budgets and managed the financial records system for the City of Mount Pleasant. Prior to her time in Mount Pleasant, Amy worked for the City of San Antonio for over nine years as a Fiscal Administrator where she was responsible for budgeting, monitoring, and reporting in multiple departments with general funds, internal services fund, special revenue funds, and grant funds. Amy has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for the La Vernia Independent School District where she was responsible for all financial and business affairs of the school district, including overseeing a budget of over $36 million in local, state, and federal funding. Before transitioning to the government sector, Amy worked as a Planning & Analysis Manager for Whataburger Restaurants at their headquarters in both Corpus Christ and San Antonio where she was responsible for the operating and capital budget strategy, financial reporting, and forecasting for all corporate departments.
Amy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of West Florida and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She is also a member of the Government Finance Officers Association.