More Info: Background Info On Auditor-Controller Candidates
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 22, 2013
The office of Supervisor Todd Spitzer released a list of all seven candidates who will be interviewed for Auditor-Controller in their newsletter. You can read the full newsletter here.
We’ll have continuing coverage on Auditor-Controller here on OC Political in the coming days and weeks.
Here’s the list with background information on each of the interviewees:
- George Beck, CIA, Mission Viejo
- legacy replacement program team member, Los Angeles Unified School District
- former director of accounting, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- former city auditor of the City of Houston, Texas
- James Benuzzi, CIA, Orange
- private sector internal auditor
- former member of the Audit Oversight Committee, City of Placentia
- first internal audit manager of the City of Orange
- Jan Grimes, CPA, Dana Point
- chief deputy auditor-controller of Orange County
- former director of central accounting operations
- former accounting manager of environmental management agency (now OC Public Works)
- Nick Pham, CPA, Aliso Viejo
- private sector regional controller
- former private sector accounting manager
- Gustavo Rodriguez, CPA, Fullerton
- private sector financial management consultant
- former CFO of various private sector medical entities
- Eric Woolery, CPA, Orange
- Riverside County district attorney’s deputy director of administration
- former private sector CFO
- former member of the Orange County Board of Education
- Alexander Yu, CPA, Ladera Ranch
- CFO of Tri-City Healthcare District
- former CFO of various private sector medical entities
(CFO is Chief Financial Officer, CIA is Certified Internal Auditor, and CPA is Certified Public Accountant.)
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David Boyd said
While I’ve never personally met him, veteran employees at the Department of Education have said that Eric Woolery was a hard worker who took his responsibilities seriously.
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