TABLE 4.27 State Auditors: 2019

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Legal Method Maximum State or other basis for of U.S. State consecutive jurisdiction State Agency Agency head Title office selection Term of office citizen resident terms allowed Department of Examiners of Alabama Rachel Riddle Chief Examiner S LC 7 yrs. « … None Public Accounts Alaska Division of Legislative Audit Kris Curtis Legislative Auditor C, S L (a) … … None Arizona Office of the Auditor General Lindsey Perry Auditor General S LC 5 yrs. … … None Arkansas Division of Legislative Audit Roger A. Norman Legislative Auditor S LC Indefinite « « None California Bureau of State Audits Elaine M. Howle State Auditor S G 4 yrs. « … None Colorado Office of the State Auditor Dianne E. Ray State Auditor C,S LC 5 yrs. … … None Office of the Auditors of John C. Geragosian and Connecticut State Auditors S L 4 yrs. … … None Public Accounts Robert Kane Office of the Auditor Delaware Kathleen McGuiness Auditor of Accounts C, S E 4 yrs. « « None of Accounts Florida Office of the Auditor General Sherrill F. Norman Auditor General C, S L (a) … … None Department of Audits Georgia Greg S. Griffin State Auditor S L Indefinite … … None and Accounts Hawaii Office of the Auditor Les Kondo State Auditor C L 8 yrs. … « None Legislative Services Office— Idaho April J. Renfro Division Manager S LC (b) … … None Legislative Audits Illinois Office of the Auditor General Frank Mautino Auditor General C, S L 10 yrs. … … None Indiana State Board of Accounts Paul D. Joyce State Examiner S GLC 4 yrs. … … None Iowa Office of the Auditor of State Rob Sand Auditor of State C, S E 4 yrs. « « None Legislative Division of Interim Legislative Kansas Justin Stowe S LC (b) … … None Post Audit Post Auditor Office of the Auditor of Auditor of Public Kentucky Mike Harmon C, S E 4 yrs. « « 2 Public Accounts Accounts Office of the Louisiana Daryl G. Purpera Legislative Auditor C, S L (a) … « None Legislative Auditor Maine Department of Audit Pola A. Buckley State Auditor S L 4 yrs. … … 2 Maryland Office of Legislative Audits Gregory A. Hook Legislative Auditor S ED Indefinite … … None Office of the Auditor of the Auditor of the Massachusetts Suzanne M. Bump C, S E 4 yrs. « « None Commonwealth Commonwealth Michigan Office of the Auditor General Doug Ringler Auditor General C L 8 yrs. … « None Office of the Legislative Minnesota James R. Nobles Legislative Auditor S LC 6 yrs. (a) … … None Auditor Office of the State Auditor Julie Blaha State Auditor C E 4 yrs. « « None Mississippi Office of the State Auditor Shad White State Auditor C E 4 yrs. « « None Missouri Office of the State Auditor Nicole Galloway State Auditor C, S E 4 yrs. « « None Montana Legislative Audit Division Angus Maciver Legislative Auditor C, S LC 2 yrs. … … None Office of the Auditor of Auditor of Public Nebraska Charlie Janssen C E 4 yrs. « « None Public Accounts Accounts Legislative Counsel Bureau, Nevada Rocky Cooper Legislative Auditor S LC Indefinite … … None Audit Division Office of the Legislative Legislative Budget New Hampshire Michael W. Kane S LC 2 yrs. (b) … … None Budget Assistant Assistant 5 yr. term and until New Jersey Office of the State Auditor Stephen M. Eells State Auditor C, S L « « None successor is appointed Office of the State Comptroller Philip Degnan State Comptroller S G 6 yrs. … « 2 New Mexico Office of the State Auditor Brian S. Colon State Auditor C, S E 4 yrs. « « 2 Office of the State Comptroller, New York Thomas P. DiNapoli State Comptroller C, S E 4 yrs. « « None State Audit Bureau North Carolina Office of the State Auditor Beth A. Wood State Auditor C E 4 yrs. « « None North Dakota Office of the State Auditor Joshua Gallion State Auditor C, S E Indefinite … « None Ohio Office of the Auditor of State Keith Faber Auditor of State C, S E 4 yrs. … … 2 Office of the State Auditor and State Auditor and Oklahoma Cindy Byrd C, S E 4 yrs. « « None Inspector Inspector Oregon Division of Audits Kip Memmott Director C, S SS Indefinite … … None Department of the Pennsylvania Eugene DePasquale Auditor General C, S E 4 yrs. … … 2 Auditor General Rhode Island Office of the Auditor General Dennis E. Hoyle Auditor General S LC (b) … … None Legislative Audit Council Earle Powell Director S LC 4 yrs. … … None South Carolina Office of the State Auditor George Kennedy State Auditor S SB Indefinite (c) … … None Department of South Dakota Martin L. Guindon Auditor General S L 8 yrs. (a) … … None Legislative Audit

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TABLE 4.27 State Auditors: 2019 (continued)

Legal Method Maximum State or other basis for of U.S. State consecutive jurisdiction State Agency Agency head Title office selection Term of office citizen resident terms allowed Comptroller of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Tennessee Justin P. Wilson C, S L 2 yrs. … … None Dept. of Audit Treasury Texas Office of the State Auditor Lisa Collier State Auditor S LC (b) … … None Utah Office of the State Auditor John Dougall State Auditor C, S E 4 yrs. « « None Vermont Office of the State Auditor Douglas R. Hoffer State Auditor C, S E 2 yrs. … « None Office of the Auditor Auditor of Public Virginia Martha S. Mavredes C, S L 4 yrs. … … None of Public Accounts Accounts Washington Office of the State Auditor Pat McCarthy State Auditor C, S E 4 yrs. « « None West Virginia Legislative Auditor's Office Aaron Allred Legislative Auditor S L (a) … … None Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau Joe Chrisman State Auditor S LC Indefinite (b) … … None Wyoming Department of Audit Jeffrey C. Vogel Director S GC 6 yrs. … « None District of Dist. Of Columbia Office of the D.C. Auditor Kathleen Patterson Columbia Auditor American Samoa AS Territorial Auditor Office Liua Fatuesi Territorial Auditor Guam Office of the Public Auditor Benjamin Cruz Public Auditor S E 4 yrs. « « None CNMI* Office of the Public Auditor Michael Pai Public Auditor C,S, GL 6 yrs. N.A. N.A. 2 Yesmin M. Puerto Rico Office of the Comptroller Comptroller C,S, GL 10 yrs. « « 1 Valdivieso-Galib Office of the U.S. Virgin Islands Steven van Beverhoudt Inspector General Inspector General

Source: Auditing in the States: A Summary, 2018 edition, The GC—Appointed by governor, secretary of state and treasurer. National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and GL—Appointed by the governor and confirmed by both chambers of Treasurers. the legislature. *Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands GLC—Appointed by the governor and confirmed by legislative Key: council. «—Provision for. SB—Appointed by state budget and control board. …—No provision for. C—Constitutional. E—Elected by the public. S—Statutory. L—Appointed by the legislature. N.A.—Not applicable. G—Appointed by the governor. (a) Serves at the pleasure of the legislature. SS—Appointed by the secretary of state. (b) Serves at the pleasure of a legislative committee. LC—selected by legislative committee, commission or council. (c) The term is indefinite, but the state auditor serves at the pleasure ED—appointed by the executive director of legislative services. of the five-member board.

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