Larry Dorr has been named as Westminster’s first Chief Financial Officer/Deputy City Manager and will start Monday, Jan. 27. This is a key hire in the city’s recent organizational redesign, which seeks to ensure a continued high quality of life in Westminster through strategic financial planning, streamlined business practices, a culture of innovation and improved citizen engagement. Dorr will focus on the long-term financial sustainability of the city and serve as its economic strategist. 

“Westminster is a forward-thinking community that is making strategic investments in the future of our city,” said City Manager Don Tripp. “Larry’s experience as the City of Lakewood’s Director of Finance and City Treasurer, his private financial sector background, and his involvement in impressive economic development and urban renewal initiatives, will be invaluable to Westminster now and in the future.”

“It is with great honor and eager enthusiasm that I join the distinguished team of professionals in this city,” Dorr said. “It’s an exciting time to work in this community. I am eager to get involved in incredible projects like Downtown Westminster, Westminster Station, neighborhood revitalization, caring for the city’s infrastructure, and working with staff to ensure we have the financial resources to preserve Westminster’s character and quality of life for future generations.”

Dorr was appointed as Lakewood’s Director of Finance and City Treasurer in 2004. His responsibilities included managing Lakewood’s budget, treasury, tax collections, accounting, payroll, internal auditing and centralized purchasing. Dorr has 18 years of experience in government finance. 

Dorr was appointed by former Governor Hickenlooper to the Municipal Securities Oversight Board in 2018. Dorr is also a former board member of the Colorado Government Finance Officers Association and was its Finance Officer of the Year in 2008 and served as the organization’s president in 2015.

Dorr earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California at Irvine and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder.