James H. VanLeuven Jr.
Chief Deputy Treasurer

James H. VanLeuven Jr. was appointed Chief Deputy Treasurer on July 1, 2009.  Mr. VanLeuven has considerable experience in budgeting, personnel procedures, legislative matters, training and county policies.  He has been employed with Oakland County since December 1977.  He started in the Personnel Department and spent two years there, transferred to the Budget Division being promoted to Senior Budget Analyst, became Chief of Tax Administration for the County Treasurer's Office, served as the Administrative Director for the Board of Commissioners and immediately prior to being appointed Chief Deputy Treasurer he spent almost six years as the Deputy Clerk/Register of Deeds.

He is the Chairman of the Oakland County Employees Retirement Commission and has been a member for the last 22 years.  Having been elected five times as one of the three employee representatives and also serving as the designated alternate for the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.

Mr. VanLeuven is a member of the Michigan Government Finance Officers Association (MGFOA) and was President of the Association in 1992-1993.  He also served as chair of the MGFOA Legislative Committee.  He has made numerous presentations to State House and Senate Committees concerning finance and property tax issues on behalf of the MGFOA and County Treasurers Association.  Most notably was PA 123 of 1999, which revamped property tax reversion procedures throughout the State of Michigan.

He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Oakland Community College, Highland Lakes Campus, teaching business classes.

Personal
Mr. VanLeuven is married to Caroline and has two children, Sonya and Jimmy and three grandchildren, Bianca, Mariah and Lourdes.  They enjoy travel, family activities and home projects.

He attended Alma College and is a graduate of Oakland University (1977) and received his Masters of Business Administration from Wayne State University (1984).

He has also been active over the years with the William and Marie Carls Family YMCA as a coach and a member of the Board of Directors.  Also, Jim is a member of Cornerstone Church in Highland where he is a greeter and has participated in the Children's Ministry.