Board of Directors

Amy Anderson is the Treasurer for the City of Plano and is responsible for the City’s investment portfolio, banking services, credit card processing, cash management, and various other functions. Prior to the 11 years with the City, Amy worked for Town North Bank working in Card Services and Accounting. These roles concentrated on customer service, general ledger administration, fixed assets, budget, and financial reporting. Amy holds a Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Teach University and is a Certified Public Funds Investment Manager. Amy is a Board member of both GTOT and the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada (APTUS&C).

Ethan Klos is the Treasurer for the City of Arlington. He has been with the City since Aug 2009. As Treasurer, Ethan is responsible for the Cash management, Debt financing, and Investments of the City’s portfolio. Other responsibilities include managing the banking relationships, credit card acceptance, capital budget, hotel occupancy tax program, and working closely with economic development. Prior to joining the City, Ethan had worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies in their Treasury departments beginning at Dell Computer in 1995. Ethan holds an MBA in Finance from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University – San Marcos) and a BS in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas, Austin.

Diana is the Budget Treasury Manager for the City of Euless. She has been with the City of Euless for 21 years where she started her local government profession and has excelled through the years. She began as an Accountant, moved up to Senior Accountant within 3 years and later became the Budget/Treasury Manager, which she currently now holds. She has broad knowledge in accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, general ledger, cash management, operations budgeting, personnel budgeting, and treasury management, where she is currently responsible for managing a $130 million investment portfolio. Her primary area of supervision is payroll. In addition to preparing the budget, she assists in preparing the comprehensive annual financial report. Diana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Texas A & I University in Kingsville, now part of the Texas A & M system. She is a certified Public Funds Investment Officer and member of the American Payroll Association.

Mr. Burns joined DART in 2015 and has over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in public finance. As treasurer, he serves as director of investment fund management, debt administration, and grant management for the agency. Previously, he worked as a municipal bond investment banker and financial advisor for several major Texas governmental entities. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Burns served as executive director of the Texas Public Finance Authority (TPFA), helping to represent the State of Texas with Wall Street capital markets. He led the issuance of over $2 billion in bonds to finance capital needs and other programs for 23 state agencies. As director of TPFA, he was also responsible for managing bond proceeds, making debt service payments, and monitoring compliance for over $4 billion in state debt. Prior to his service at TPFA, Mr. Burns worked for over eight years as a vice president/senior analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. As a public finance bond analyst, he led the issuance of credit ratings for several large muni bond issuers, including Houston, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, etc. In addition to his public finance work, Mr. Burns also served as a policy advisor with the Austin City Council and as an analyst for the Texas Senate Research Center. Mr. Burns is a sixth-generation Texas native, with a B.A. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas’ LBJ School.