About me
Charles Warren is the Chief Financial Officer for the Fort Smith Public School District. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He earned a Masters of Business Administration degree from Capella University.
He serves as the Past President of the Arkansas Association of School Business Officers (AASBO) and as the Past President of the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators (AAEA). He conducts numerous classes for AASBO on school revenue and human resource compliance issues.
In 2019, he earned the Certified Administrator of School Finance and Operations® (SFO®) from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). He is the first SFO in the state of Arkansas. He is currently serving as Chair of ASBO's SFO Commission. He received the 2022 Pinnacle Award for Excellence by ASBO.
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants (ARCPA). In 2010, he was awarded the ARCPA Outstanding Public Service Award. In 2020, he was selected as the Outstanding CPA in Government by ARCPA. In 2022, he was selected as the Outstanding CPA in Government - Local Impact by the AICPA.
Charles lives in Fort Smith with his wife, Missy. They enjoy spending time with their daughter Marley (and son-in-law Justin) and son Jesse (and daughter-in-law Jackie).
Charles wrote this bio himself and enjoys talking about himself in the third person. Charles enjoys tennis, water parks and watching movies. He is quiet and unassuming, but is known to act out on occasion - even performing with an improv troupe recently.
