Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

County Government

Mike Knighten is the Chief Financial Officer for Elmore County. Mike manages a $26M budget and supervises the daily financial functions of the Commission Office. He has over 15 years of public service in County Government. 


Mr. Knighten is a graduate of Troy State University with Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1994. Previously, Mike served as the Deputy Finance Director of Montgomery County. Before serving as the Deputy Finance Director, Mike was a Sales/Use and Motor Fuel Tax Auditor and obtained the designation of a Certified Revenue Examiner. Prior to his county government experience, Mike was employed in public accounting for 12 years.


Mike previously served on the Pike County E911 Board and the board of the County Revenue Officers of Alabama.




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