PORT ANGELES — An accounting manager from Lakewood has been tapped as the new director of finance and operations for the Port Angeles School District.
David Knechtel of Federal Way is scheduled to begin work as the head of the district’s business services July 20, pending School Board approval.
His appointment will be placed on the July 9 School Board agenda, said Superintendent Marc Jackson.
The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Central Services Building, 216 E. Fourth St.
Knechtel, 57, will replace Kelly Pearson, who has accepted a position as executive director of finance, business and operations with North Kitsap School District.
Knechtel has worked for the last 11 years as manager of accounting, treasury and accounts payable in the Clover Park School District in Lakewood, Jackson said.
Prior to his work for Clover Park, Knechtel was employed by the state as an assistant audit manager and previously as an assistant state auditor.
Knechtel received a bachelor’s in business administration with concentrations in accounting and business information systems from the University of Washington.