Executive Director

Tom Manos is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff for Finance for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.  Prior to accepting the position with Governor Brewer, Mr. Manos worked for Maricopa County, joining the County in 1984 as the Deputy County Auditor.  In 1996, he assumed the position of Administrator for the County’s Parks and Library Departments.  In February of 1998, he was appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer and three months later his appointment was made permanent. 
 
From 1998 until January 2009, he was responsible for the County’s Finance Department, as well as, the Real Estate, Animal Care and Control, Risk Management, Materials Management, and the Parks and Recreation Departments.  Mr. Manos was appointed to the position of Executive Director of the IDA in 2002.  During his tenure as Chief Financial Officer, the County has received four ratings upgrades from the major rating agencies and currently has a AAA rating from both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings. 
 
He is the former president of the Arizona Local Government Auditors Association and has been a Board Member of the Phoenix Downtown YMCA.  Mr. Manos is a native of Arizona, and graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Finance.  Upon graduation, he served in the Peace Corps, where he worked for the World Bank in Liberia, West Africa.