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Name	Term of Service
Tom L. Allen Mr. Allen was elected to three terms as the state auditor of Utah, serving from 1984 to 1994. From 1987 to 1990, he was chairman of the Members in Government Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.	1994–2004 Chairman—1995–2004
James F. Antonio Dr. Antonio was elected to two terms as state auditor of Missouri, serving from 1979 to 1984. He also was a professor of accounting at several universities, including the University of Missouri.	1984–1995 Chairman—1984–1995
Robert H. Attmore Mr. Attmore was the deputy state comptroller for the State of New York and served as the state auditor from 1986 to 2003.	2004–2013 Chairman—2004–2013
Michael D. Belsky Mr. Belsky was group managing director of the public finance group at Fitch Ratings.	2008–2011
Philip L. Defliese Mr. Defliese was the chairman and managing partner of Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) and chairman of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.	1984–1990
William F. Fish Mr. Fish served as chief investment officer of Chartis, U.S., a property and casualty insurance subsidiary of AIG.	2012–2016
Robert J. Freeman Dr. Freeman was a distinguished professor of accounting at Texas Tech University. He also was a charter member of the National Council on Governmental Accounting.	1990–2000
Michael H. Granof Dr. Granof was the Ernst & Young Distinguished Centennial Professor of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was member of the faculty from 1972 until his retirement in 2020.	2010–2020
Cynthia B. Green Dr. Green served as vice president for state studies at the Citizens Budget Commission in New York City..	1997–2007
W. Gary Harmer Mr. Harmer was the business administrator for the Salt Lake City (Utah) Public School District.	1984–1991
Barbara A. Henderson Ms. Henderson was director of finance for the Fullerton, California.	1991–1999
William W. Holder Dr. Holder was the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern California.	2000–2010
Martin Ives Mr. Ives served as the first deputy comptroller of the City of New York and the deputy comptroller of the State of New York.	1984–1994
Edward M. Klasny Mr. Klasny was a partner and national director of public sector accounting and auditing at Ernst & Whinney (now EY).	1992–2002
Anthony M. Mandolini Mr. Mandolini was a partner and national director of the Government Services Practice at KPMG Peat Marwick (now KPMG).	1990–1992
Edward J. Mazur Mr. Mazur was the vice president for administration and finance of Virginia State University. Previously, he served as state comptroller of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the first federal controller of the U.S.	1997–2007
Girard Miller Mr. Miller was the chief operating officer of Janus Capital Group.	2007–2008
Paul R. Reilly Mr. Reilly was finance director and comptroller of the City of Madison, Wisconsin.	1995–2005
Elmer B. Staats Dr. Staats served as the Comptroller General of the United States from 1966 to 1981. Previously, he was deputy director of the federal Bureau of the Budget.	1984–1990
Jan I. Sylvis Ms. Sylvis was the chief of accounts for the State of Tennessee from 1995—2014.	2007–2017 Vice Chairman—2015–2017
Marcia L. Taylor Ms. Taylor was assistant manager and director of finance for the City of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.	2005–2015
Richard C. Tracy Mr. Tracy was Director of Audits for the City of Portland, Oregon.	1999–2009
David A. Vaudt Mr. Vaudt joined the GASB after serving 10 years as Iowa’s elected state auditor. Prior to being elected to state office, he worked for 25 years in the Des Moines, Iowa office of KPMG LLP.	2013–2020
James M. Williams Mr. Williams was a partner and national director of public sector accounting services at Ernst & Young LLP (now EY).	2002–2012

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