The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has named Leslie Browder its new chief financial officer. <br /><br />Browder had previously served as the chief financial officer for the city of Austin and most recently as the executive manager of planning, budgets, human resources, information technology and facilities management at Travis County. She will take over the position at Cap Metro on April 14.<br /><br />Browder will earn a salary of $188,839, according to Cap Metro, and she will manage the finances of an organization that has been praised for recent improvements but still struggles sometimes with a history of mismanagement.<br /><br />She will take over for Donna Simmons, who had been serving as interim CFO since September 2013 in addition to serving as the vice president of administration and risk management compliance. Simmons will continue to work in risk management and administration after Browder takes over.<br /><br />Before Simmons stepped in as interim CFO, the interim position had been held by Billy Hamilton since Aug. 2010. Hamilton left Capital Metro for Texas A&M University in August 2013.