Scott County, Iowa
Kerri Tompkins serves as the Scott County Auditor since June 2021, bringing extensive experience in financial and administrative roles. Prior to this position, Kerri was the Business Manager at MindFire Communications, where responsibilities included managing financial, payroll, and human resource functions, and creating an Accounting Manual. As the Business Administrator at Christ Church from 2013 to 2020, efficiencies were implemented to transition this role from full-time to part-time. Kerri also served as the 8th Ward Alderman for the City of Davenport from 2014 to 2019, including a term as Mayor Pro Tem in 2019. Previous experience includes program management roles at Volt Consulting, overseeing contingent staff for John Deere, and directorial leadership at Family Resources, Inc., with oversight of a significant program budget. Kerri holds a Master of Social Work degree with a focus on administration from St. Ambrose University.
Scott County, Iowa
Cradled by the mighty Mississippi River on the east and south, and the meandering Wapsipinicon River on the north, Scott County, Iowa offers an extraordinary combination of quality living styles. Scott County is part of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), located in eastern Iowa and western Illinois on the Mississippi River, 165 miles west of Chicago. The Quad Cities MSA consists of Scott County in Iowa and Rock Island and Henry Counties in Illinois. Combined with the nearly 165,000 Scott County residents, it measures over 350,000 people in population. The Quad Cities is midway between Minneapolis on the north and St. Louis on the south; Chicago on the east and Des Moines on the west. The area's 300-mile market of nearly 36.5 million people comprises nearly 15% of the nation's population. This makes it the largest 300-mile market west of Chicago.