Romy Samuel is a career Finance employee at the City of New Orleans where she began her career as an Auditor Assistant for the Casino Unit in 1992.
She worked her way up through the Senior Auditor rank and ultimately as Revenue Collections Supervisor where she managed the Alcoholic Beverage Unit for more than 10 years. She was promoted to Collector of Revenue in 2006.
As the Collector of Revenue, the Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Revenue in the Department of Finance, she is responsible for the administration, collection, and enforcement of sales tax and use taxes which results in more than $500 million annually. This revenue is shared primarily between the City of New Orleans General Fund, Orleans Parish School Board and the Regional Transit Authority.
