Don Kent
Riverside County
Treasurer-Tax Collector
Don Kent joined the Riverside County
Treasurer-Tax Collector’s office as
Assistant Investment Officer in May 1997
and has been promoted to various
positions, including Chief Deputy
Treasurer-Tax Collector, Assistant
Treasurer, and, Assistant Treasurer-Tax
Collector. By a unanimous vote of the
Riverside County Board of Supervisors,
he was appointed Treasurer-Tax Collector
on October 28, 2008.
For more than 11 years, Kent has been
directly involved in the daily
investment operations of the
department’s $5 billion Treasurer’s
Pooled Investment Fund. He has overseen
the fund while it grew dramatically due
to the County’s growth in the last
decade. During his tenure, the Pool
increased from $1.1 billion in 1997 to a
record $6.5 billion in April 2008,
producing in excess of $1.1 billion in
interest earnings for its depositors.
Through difficult and challenging
economic cycles resulting in periods of
financial market distress, he has
developed the investment-management
experience that is crucial in managing
the Pool. He also understands that
preserving capital is the single highest
priority in investing taxpayers’ money.
Over the last few years, Kent has led a
team effort to better serve taxpayers on
multiple fronts, including new and
improved automated systems, such as
interactive voice response (IVR) and
interactive web response (IWR) systems,
which improved payment capabilities and
options. Additionally, he has worked to
increase efficiency in back-office
operations resulting in quicker
processing times.
Before joining the County, Kent worked
in the financial services industry as a
licensed investment executive with
PaineWebber Inc. He served the
investment needs of individuals and
businesses, providing for growth and
income, retirement, college and
stock-option financing plans. Kent’s
employment in the private-sector
reinforced the importance of serving
customers’ needs.
He currently serves as a member of the
County of Riverside Investment Oversight
Committee, member of the County of
Riverside Pension Advisory Review
Committee, member of the County of
Riverside Debt Advisory Committee,
member of the County of Riverside
Deferred Compensation Committee, Vice
President of the Riverside County
Schools Financing Corporation, and, is a
member of the California Association of
County Treasurers & Tax Collectors, a
statewide organization established to
help its members improve public service.
The Treasurer-Tax Collector’s office is
composed of approximately 116 employees
in five office locations, produces more
than one million secured, unsecured and
supplemental tax bills while collecting
and depositing over $3 billion in
property taxes annually.
Kent earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in Business Administration with an
emphasis in finance from California
State University, San Bernardino. A
lifelong resident of the County, he
lives in Riverside and has been married
for 14 years. He and his wife have two
children.
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Don Kent
Treasurer-Tax Collector
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