Candidate · Auditor of Accounts
Lydia York
What this job does: The state's chief financial watchdog. The Auditor of Accounts checks how state agencies spend money, prepares the state's yearly financial report, completes the state's federal-funds audit, and sits on the Board of Pardons.
- Current office
- State Auditor (Auditor of Accounts) since January 3, 2023
- Occupation
- State Auditor; certified public accountant and attorney
Background
- B.S. in accounting, Florida A&M University; MBA with a finance concentration, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; LL.M. in taxation. source: auditor.delaware.gov
- Career included public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand (became a CPA), about ten years in finance at Mellon Bank, Westinghouse Credit Corporation and Duquesne Light, and a judicial clerkship in New Jersey. source: auditor.delaware.gov
- First elected in 2022 with 54.2% of the vote; seeking a second term. source: en.wikipedia.org
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