
CARLA SLEDGE
Chief Financial Officer
Wayne County, Michigan
FINANCING DREAMS WITH INTEGRITY
By: Amber L. Tucker
Carla Sledge is the chief financial officer of the Charter County of Wayne, Michigan. During her tenure, she has implemented numerous comprehensive effectiveness programs, which resulted in cost containment improvements. One of her most significant achievements was the roll out of the County’s financial application that resolved budget needs, replaced outdated applications requiring extensive reworking and created a fully integrated system capable of supporting a one-customer process.
Sledge has been in the finance world for twenty-five years. However, growing up she had a very different career goal in mind.