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DLGF > About Us > Cheryl Musgrave's Biography Cheryl Musgrave's Biography

Cheryl Musgrave

CHERYL MUSGRAVE was appointed commissioner of the Department of Local Government Finance by Governor Mitch Daniels on July 13, 2007. Mrs. Musgrave brings more than a decade of public service experience to her role in overseeing local government for the state of Indiana.

Mrs. Musgrave was elected as Vanderburgh County Commissioner for District Three in 2004 and became president of the Vanderburgh County Commission in 2005.

From 1995 until being sworn in as County Commissioner in 2005, Mrs. Musgrave was County Assessor for Vanderburgh County. As assessor, Mrs. Musgrave led the way in providing access to public information over the Internet for free by establishing the first Indiana Web site with assessment information. She was the first Vanderburgh County official to introduce the live Internet streaming of public hearings. She championed the county and city’s powerful joint Geographic Information System (GIS) project, which required the digital re-mapping of the entire county. Her efforts culminated in a free online map connected to assessment and sales information. The GIS project required three levels of local government to cooperate (city, county, and township) and provide funding.

During her two and a half terms as County Assessor, Mrs. Musgrave was active in working with her colleagues in county government in Vanderburgh County and across the state. She served on the Legislative Committee of the Association of Indiana Counties and was Legislative Co-Chairman of the County Assessor Association.

Mrs. Musgrave is a 1979 graduate of DePauw University and a graduate of the Lugar Series of Excellence. She is married to Bob Musgrave and is the mother of two children.