Shari was elected as Orange County’s Treasurer-Tax Collector in November 2010 after serving as the Treasurer for the City of Huntington Beach since 1996. She is responsible for overseeing the county’s $6 billion investment pool and serves as a trustee for the $11 billion Orange County Employee Retirement System.<br /><br /><br />Shari has implemented many Common Sense Changes since coming to the County of Orange in January 2011.   She has already saved taxpayers over $645 million in the short time that she has been in office.  In 2013, Shari was awarded the “Rose Award” by the Orange County Taxpayers Association for her work in saving taxpayer money and streamlining government operations.