Deputy City Manager/Chief Financial Officer - Steven Chapman II

The Deputy City Manager serves as the deputy chief administrative officer for the City of Brookhaven. The Deputy City Manager is appointed by the City Manager. The Deputy City Manager is primarily responsible for ensuring that the fiscal health of the City is maintained.  The Deputy City Manager is also responsible for Police, Human Resources, Municipal Court, Finance, and Strategic Partnerships.

Steven Chapman II was appointed as Brookhaven Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer in August 2016 and promoted to the position of Deputy City Manager in August of 2021.  Mr. Chapman started his financial career with a small investment bank in Atlanta and has since served in many roles with federal, county and city governments over his 30-year career.

Mr. Chapman is currently working on a PhD dissertation in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University. Mr. Chapman also holds an MS in Finance from Georgia State University’s Jack M. Robinson School of Business and a BS in Management, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has also attended the Leading, Educating, And Developing (LEAD) program from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.  Mr. Chapman is a Certified Public Finance Officer through the Government Finance Officers Association and a Credentialed Manager through the International City/County Managers Association.  Mr. Chapman has been named the CFO of the Year for 2021 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for the governmental/non-profit sector.

Mr. Chapman began his career with a focus on business process improvement. His first success was implementing a statistical process control system in a manufacturing environment that drastically improved the quality of the product. Since that time, and due to his interest in contributing to the overall public good, he has been improving government processes on many levels.

Mr. Chapman has been a prolific speaker on the topic of government leadership and finance at various national, state, and local conferences as well as teaching classes at the university level.  He previously served six years as a committee member for the GFOA Governmental Budget and Fiscal Policy committee where he championed the most recent best practice in fund balance policy. Mr. Chapman has served as a Director or Officer on many Boards throughout his career such as the Florida League of Cities Pension Investment Advisory Committee and currently serving as treasurer for the Brookhaven Convention and Visitors Bureau.