Kent Austin

Senior Program Manager - Budget/Finance, Transportation Department, City of Dallas, Texas

Kent Austin

Kent Austin joined the City of Dallas in 2017 after holding Finance Director positions in the Texas cities of North Richland Hills, Prosper, and University Park. He has a bachelor’s degree in business finance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, an MPA from the University of Kansas, and an MBA from the University of Dallas.

He earned the CPFO designation from GFOA in 2001 and attended the GFOA Advanced Government Finance Institute in 2011. He has also served on GFOA’s TIM and EDCPC Committees.