Table 4.30 the STATE COMPTROLLERS, 2015
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AUDITORS AND COMPTROLLERS 230 Table 4.30 The BookoftheStates 2015 THE STATE COMPTROLLERS, 2015 State Agency or office Name Title Legal basis for office Method of selection Approval or confirmation, necessary if term of Length Elected comptroller’s terms consecutive maximum Civil service or merit system employee Alabama ....................... Office of the State Comptroller Thomas L. White Jr. State Comptroller S (c) AG (b) . ★ Alaska ........................... Division of Finance Scot Arehart Division Director S (d) AG (a) . ★ Arizona ......................... General Accounting Office D. Clark Partridge State Comptroller S (d) AG (b) . Arkansas ....................... Dept. of Finance and Administration Larry Walther Chief Fiscal Officer, Director S G . (a) . Office of the State Auditor Andrea Lea State Auditor California ..................... Office of the State Controller Betty Yee (D) State Controller C E . 4 yrs. 2 terms . Department of Finance Todd Jerue Chief Operating Officer Colorado ....................... Department of Personnel Bob Jaros State Controller S (d) AG (g) . ★ and Administration Connecticut .................. Office of the Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo (D) Comptroller C E . 4 yrs. unlimited . Delaware ...................... Dept. of Finance Kristopher Knight Director, Division of Accounting S G AS (a) . Florida .......................... Dept. of Financial Services Jeff Atwater Chief Financial Officer C, S E . 4 yrs. 2 terms . Georgia ......................... State Accounting Office Alan Skelton State Accounting Officer S G . (a) . Hawaii........................... Dept. of Accounting Douglas Murdock State Comptroller S G AS 4 yrs. and General Services Idaho ............................. Office of State Controller Brandon Woolf State Controller C E . 4 yrs. 2 terms . Illinois ........................... Office of the State Comptroller Leslie Munger (R) State Comptroller C E . 4 yrs. unlimited . Indiana .......................... Office of the Auditor of State Suzanne Crouch Auditor of State C E . 4 yrs. 2 terms . Iowa .............................. State Accounting Enterprise Calvin McKelvogue Chief Operating Officer S (g) AS (a) . Kansas .......................... Office of Management, DeAnn Hill Director S (d) . (b) . ★ Analysis and Standards Kentucky ...................... Office of the Controller Edgar C. Ross Controller S (f) AG (i) . Louisiana ...................... Division of Administration John McLean Director S G . (a) . Maine ............................ Office of the State Controller Douglas Cotnoir State Controller S (f) AG (i) . Maryland ...................... Office of the Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) State Comptroller C E . 4 yrs. unlimited . of the Treasury Massachusetts .............. Office of the Comptroller Thomas Shack, III Comptroller S G . 4 yrs . Michigan ....................... Office of Financial Management Michael J. Moody Director S SBD SBD (k) . ★ Minnesota ..................... Department of Finance Myron Frans Commissioner S G AS (a) . Mississippi .................... Department of Finance Diane Langham Director, Office of Fiscal Management C, S G . (a) . and Administration Missouri ........................ Division of Accounting Stacy Neal Director of Accounting S (d) . (g) . Montana ....................... State Accounting Division Cody Pearce Administrator S (m) . (b) . ★ Nebraska ...................... Accounting Division Wes Mohling State Accounting Administrator S (d) . (b) . Nevada .......................... Office of the State Controller Ron Knecht (R) State Controller C, S E . 4 yrs. 2 terms . New Hampshire ........... Department of Administration Gerard Murphy State Comptroller S G . 4 yrs. New Jersey ................... Office of Management and Budget Charlene M. Holzbaur State Comptroller S G AS (a) . ★ See footnotes at end of table. AUDITORS AND COMPTROLLERS THE STATE COMPTROLLERS, 2015—Continued State Agency or office Name Title Legal basis for office Method of selection Approval or confirmation, necessary if term of Length Elected comptroller’s terms consecutive maximum Civil service or merit system employee New Mexico ................. Dept. of Finance and Administration, Ronald Spilman State Controller S G . (a) . ★ Financial Control Division New York ...................... Office of the State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli State Comptroller C, S E . 4 yrs. unlimited . North Carolina ............. Office of the State Controller Linda Combs State Controller S G GA 7 yrs. North Dakota ............... Office of Management and Budget Pam Sharp Director S G . (a) unlimited . Ohio .............................. Office of Budget and Management Timothy S. Keen Director S G AS (a) . Oklahoma ..................... Office of State Finance Lynne Bajema State Comptroller S (e) . (h) . Oregon .......................... Chief Financial Office Robert Hamilton Manager, Statewide Accounting S (d) AG (g) . and Reporting Pennsylvania ................ Office of the Budget/ Anna Maria Kiehl Chief Accounting Officer S SBD AG (a) . Comptroller Operations Rhode Island ................ Office of Accounts and Control Marc Leonetti State Controller S (d) . (b) . ★ South Carolina ............. Office of the Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom (R) Comptroller General C, S E . 4 yrs. unlimited . South Dakota ............... Office of the State Auditor Steve Barnett (R) State Auditor C E . 4 yrs. 2 terms . Tennessee ..................... Division of Accounts Mike Corricelli Chief of Accounts S (f) . (b) . Texas ............................. Office of the Comptroller Glenn Hegar (R) Comptroller of Public Accounts C, S E . 4 yrs. unlimited . of Public Accounts Utah .............................. Division of Finance John C. Reidhead Director S (d) AG (g) . Vermont ........................ Department of Finance James Reardon Commissioner S G AS (a) . and Management Virginia ......................... Department of Accounts David A. Von Moll State Comptroller S G GA (a) . The CouncilofStateGovernments Washington................... Office of Financial Management David Schumacher Director C G . West Virginia ................ Office of the State Auditor Glen B. Gainier III (D) State Auditor C E . 4 yrs. unlimited . Finance Division, Office of Ross Taylor State Comptroller and Finance Director S (d) AG AG . the State Comptroller Wisconsin ..................... State Controller’s Office Jeffrey Anderson State Controller S CS . (b) . ★ Wyoming ...................... Office of the State Auditor Cynthia Cloud State Auditor C E . 4 yrs. 2 terms . Sources: Comptrollers: Technical Activities and Functions, 2012 edition, National Association of State (a) Serves at the pleasure of the governor. Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers. Updated April 2015. (b) Indefinite. Key: (c) Appointed by the director of the Dept. of Finance (merit system position). ★ — Yes, provision for. (d) Appointed by the head of the Department of Administration or Administrative Services. — No provision for. (e) Appointed by the head of Finance Department or agency. C — Constitutional. (f) Appointed by the head of Financial and Administrative Services. S — Statutory. (g) Serves at the pleasure of the head of the Department of Administration or Administrative Services. N.A. — Not applicable. (h) Serves at the pleasure of the head of the Finance Department or agency. 231 E — Elected by the public. (i) Serves at the pleasure of the head of Financial and Administrative Services. G — Appointed by the governor. (j) Appointed by the governor for a term coterminous with the governor. CS — Civil Service. (k) Twoyear renewable contractual term; classified executive service. AG — Approved by the governor. (l) As of July 1, 2005, the responsibility for accounting and financial reporting in Georgia was trans AS — Approved/confirmed by the Senate. ferred to the newly created State Accounting Office. SBD — Approved by state budget director. (m) Classified position. GA — Confirmed by the General Assembly. SDB — Confirmed by State Depository Board..