Tom Kuehne
Previous Position
Finance Director/Treasurer, Village of Arlington Heights
Length of Service
Finance Director/Treasurer, Village of Arlington Heights from 2003 to 2025; Finance Director/Treasurer, Village of Addison from 1996 to 2003; Finance Director/Treasurer, Village of LaGrange from 1993 to 1996; Assistant Finance Director, Village of Park Forest from 1990 to 1993; Administrative Intern/Assistant, Village of Deerfield from 1980 to 1983. (37 ½ years in IMRF positions)
Duties
Day-to-day operations of the Finance Department and general supervision of the Village Clerk. As the Finance Director, I worked with and served all Village departments, preparing special reports and making presentations to the Village Board.
Other Pertinent Information
Tom received a BA in 1980 and an MPA in 1982 from Northern Illinois University, and he also earned his CPA certification in 1995.
- Past-President of the Illinois Government Finance Officers’ Association
- GFOA national budget reviewer from 1995 through 2023
- Appointed member of the Arlington Heights Firefighters’ Pension Fund
- Served as an Executive Trustee on the IMRF Board from 2012 to February 2025, and as IMRF Board President in 2016 and 2023