Jeff Hansen

Jeffrey A. Hansen has been Finance Director for the City of Golden since December 2002, where he oversees the accounting, budgeting, and finance operations of the City, as well as the fleet and municipal court functions. Mr. Hansen received his degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University (CSU). His work experience also includes 8 years with the City of Longmont in the positions of Accountant, Senior Accountant, and Utility Billing Supervisor; 6 years as the Chief Accountant at the City of Lafayette and 4½ years as Finance Director for the Town of Castle Rock. Mr. Hansen is a Certified Public Finance Officer and a member of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and the Colorado GFOA (CGFOA). He was President of CGFOA in 2004 and served on the executive board from 2003-2005. In 2007, he was named CGFOA’s Finance Officer of the Year. Mr. Hansen has served on various committees for the Colorado Municipal League (CML) and CGFOA, and is currently on the GFOA Small Government Forum Advisory Committee and the ACFR Review Committee. He has presented numerous times for CML, GFOA and CGFOA at their annual conferences and educational workshops. Mr. Hansen served on the Board of Directors of the Foothills Animal Shelter and is currently on the board of the Colorado Surplus Asset Fund Trust (CSAFE) local government investment pool. In 2023, he was recognized as a Distinguished Department of Accounting Alumni at CSU. Mr. Hansen previously coached youth and high school basketball. He is currently a certified high school basketball referee and has officiated three state championship games. He also enjoys golf and bowling (and has three 300 games to his credit). He and his wife Jill have two kids and four grandkids.