Pearland ISD director of accounting becomes new HISD Controller
On Feb. 14, Superintendent of Schools Terry Grier announced that HISD would soon have a new Controller.
Sherrie H. Robinson, who comes to the district from Pearland ISD, will be filling that position, which has been vacant since Ken Huewitt was promoted to Chief Financial Officer late last year.
Robinson has more than 20 years of accounting experience, including 15 in public schools. At Pearland ISD, she served as the director for accounting, where she implemented a new finance/general ledger system and converted the district’s fixed assets from a stand-alone system to an integrated system.
“Ms. Robinson has been very effective at PISD,” wrote Dr. Grier in an email to Board of Education members. “She has been successful due to her desire to continuously learn, ability to lead groups to meet desired outcomes, and building relationships.”
Robinson is a Certified Public Accountant who received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas.
The mission of the Office of the Controller is to ensure that the district’s business operations and financial systems enable stakeholders to have timely access to financial data using best business practices while maintaining proper internal controls which allow for the disposition of public funds.
The Office of the Controller is responsible for the collection and reporting of resources, the proper recording of expenditures to budgetary accounts, investment of all available funds in accordance with the district’s Cash Management and Investment Policy, payroll tax reporting, and other duties.
