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Wisz named as new McHenry County CFO
McHenry County is pleased to announce that Kerri Wisz has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer.
Wisz, who has served as Assistant Director of Finance since 2020, succeeds Kevin Bueso, who left to become chief financial officer for the Regional Transportation Authority. She first joined the Finance Department in 2015 as senior financial analyst.
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“McHenry County’s fi-
Kerri Wisz
nances are in very experienced and capable hands with Kerri as our CFO,” County Administrator Peter Austin said. “She will continue our long tradition of financial excellence and responsibility that taxpayers have come to expect from McHenry County Government.”
Besides developing the annual county budget with the guidance of the County Board, the Finance Department oversees payroll, accounts payable, and financial reporting. Wisz supervises a staff of seven.
Wisz was instrumental in developing seven annual budgets that won national awards from the Government Finance Officers Asso- ciation, as well as furthering budget transparency with the implementation of Questica OpenBook software that allows the public to review revenue and expenses. Wisz also played an important role in the transition to new software that further modernized county financial reporting.
McHenry County has a long history of fiscal prudence and discipline that allowed county government to go 12 years without increas- ing its tax levy, weathering the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic without cutting services or staff. Since 2010, McHenry County has been assigned the top Aaa bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service. It is a back-to-back winner of the Triple Crown Award bestowed by the for winning all three of the GFOA’s financial reporting awards in a single year.
“I’m honored to take on the role of CFO for an organization as professional and as dedicated as McHenry County Government,” Wisz said. “I look forward to working with the County Board, department heads and staff to craft responsible budgets and ensure that the public’s money is spent wisely.” Wisz, of Crystal Lake, earned a bachelor’s degree in finance, and her MBA, from Northern Illinois University.
