×Jennifer Cornett, the chief financial officer for the city of Hoover, Alabama, is leaving to become the assistant city manager and finance director for Mountain Brook, Alabama. Her last day with Hoover will be Oct. 1, 2025.

The city of Hoover’s chief financial officer, Jennifer Cornett, is leaving Hoover to take a job as assistant city manager and finance director for the city of Mountain Brook.

Cornett said she will be filling the shoes of Steve Boone, who has been Mountain Brook’s assistant city manager and finance director for 29 years and is moving up to become the city manager in December.

Her last day with the city of Hoover will be Oct. 1, she said.

Cornett has been with Hoover for less than two years, coming on board with the city in the last few days of 2023. She inherited a

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