Chelley Hilmes, CPA, CGFM

Chief Financial Officer

Oklahoma Department of Transportation

(405) 522-3270

Chelley Hilmes was named the Oklahoma Department of Transportation Chief  Finance Officer August 2019. She began her career at ODOT as the Finance Manager in the Comptroller Division in 1999 and was then promoted to Comptroller in 2006. She has worked for the state for 28 years, two decades with ODOT.

Hilmes graduated from Putnam City High School and then attended the University of Central Oklahoma, receiving a Bachelors of Science in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager.

Hilmes has volunteered for the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials and the Association of Government Accountants during the last several years and in various capacities. She is also a member of the Oklahoma Society of CPAs and the Supervisory Committee for the Oklahoma Employees Credit Union.      

Chelley and her husband, Brian, live in Edmond.