Hemet City Manager Update to Community Given by Christopher Lopez
Edward Crall Resume
1. Edward L. Crall, CPA
9122 N. 2410 Rd. • Thomas, OK 73669 • (580) 819-0324 • edcrall@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Certified Public Accountant, 2015
Oklahoma Accountancy Board
Master of Accountancy, 2008
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program, Class VIII, 1996-1998
FINANCIAL AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Water Quality Division, 2002-Present
Director of Finance and Implementation, 2014-Present
• Tracked expenditures and funds available for 21 active grants and awards
• Composed and initiated managerial reports, using existing data collection
• Initiated paperless filing system for departmental archive of critical documents
• Streamlined and condensed Excel spreadsheets, enhancing usefulness of information
• Certified suitability of expenditures for grants and awards
• Improved the reporting consistency of accounting records
• Simplified the reporting process for grant accounting records
Special Projects Supervisor, Caddo County, 2008-2014
• Researched real estate easements for local Conservation District
• Managed contact with multiple landowners
• Ensured that grant activities met statutory obligations of three federal and two state agencies
• Successfully authored $2.5 million grant proposal
• Took initiative to manage tensions among personnel of the three other participating agencies
Watershed Education Coordinator, Fort Cobb Water Quality Improvement Project, 2002-2008
• Developed a mailing list and associated Access database
• Published a periodic newsletter
• Planned, organized, and executed three bus tours, three workshops for farmers, two volunteer workshops,
three volunteer-staffed events, ten semiannual reports, and monthly reports for four conservation district
Boards of Directors
Custer County Farm Service Agency (FSA), 1998-2007
Committee Member
• Supervised County Executive Director
• Oversaw local operations of the commodity, credit, and other programs of the Farm Service Agency
• Helped determine key administrative components of Farm Service Agency programs
Crall Family Farm, Thomas, OK, 1990-2002
General Manager
• Responsible for Human Resource activities including supervision, work assignments, recruitment,
termination, reporting, and payroll
• Made all crop production and marketing decisions, including:
- Expanding base of crops and livestock
- Implementing Management Intensive Grazing
• Provided records and periodic financial statements to lender and earned compliments such as “the best of
any of my customers”
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Oklahoma Society of CPAs
American Institute of CPAs
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Ag Leadership Oklahoma
Oklahoma Cattleman’s Association
AWARDS
“Standing in the Gap” Oklahoma NRCS Partnership Award, 2012
Goodyear Conservation Award from Deer Creek Conservation District, 1994
COMPUTER SKILLS
Expert in:
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Intuit QuickBooks
• Intuit Quicken
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Weatherford Oklahoma Farmers Market
Manager, 2013-Present
• Changed culture of market to one of cooperative community involvement
• Grew vendor base from 4 to 14 vendors
• Increased customer traffic from 25/week to >500/week during seasonal peak
• Coordinated with the city of Weatherford to move market to a more suitable location
• Designed vendor layout for maximum customer interaction
Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Weatherford, OK
Secretary of the Association, 1986-Present
Audit Committee Member, 1986-Present
Corporate Director, 1984-Present
• Developed audit procedures for board reconciliation of manager’s hedge position to the federally audited
“Daily Grain Position”