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Division of Financial Audit State Branch


Alicia Boyd
Libby Carlin
Kimberly Cox
Tom Crouch
Justin Ebert
Sarah Feltus
Brian Gordon
Nanda Gupta
Teri Harmon
Jennifer Harper
Lorrie Hawkins
Linda Hinton
Catherine Hunt
Jason Johnson
Lori Mann
Samantha Payne
David Pitts
James Royse
Sandra Rudic
Amy Small
Marshall Smith
Brenda Starr
John Stout
Beth Wheeler
LeMarc Williamson
Laca Woodson



Email: Libby Carlin

Assistant State Auditor

Certifications: CPA; KCPM

Libby Carlin is a Certified Public Accountant, and began her state government career in 1997. Most of her state government experience has been with the Auditor of Public Account in positions including financial auditor, quality assurance auditor, and financial audit manager. In addition to her current position as Assistant Auditor of Public Accounts, Ms. Carlin also serves as Executive Director for the Office of Financial Audits. Ms. Carlin is originally from Eastern, Kentucky, in Floyd County, and graduated from Morehead State University with bachelor and masters degrees in business administration. She currently lives in Georgetown with her husband, Kevin, and their daughter.

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Email: James Royse

Assistant Director. Division of Financial Audits
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since February 1994

Jim graduated from the University of Kentucky, with a degree in Accounting. He is extremely knowledgeable of all types of audits and has been asked to assist on some in other branches. He lives in Frankfort and performs local government audits in the Central Branch.

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Email: Alicia Boyd

Manager
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since May 1994, except for 18 months when she worked for the accounting firm Wells & Company, PSC
Certification: CPA

Alicia graduated from Morehead State University, with a Bachelors degree in Accounting and a Masters degree in Business Administration. She was a local government auditor from 1994 to 1997, a QAC auditor from 1999 to 2002, and has been Executive Director and Manager of the division since that time. Along with her staff, she has been responsible for updating local government audit guides and state audit programs, she served as AIC of the Kentucky State University audit, performed an audit of Natural Resources in 1999, served as AIC for various local government audits to train other QAC staff, and performed a single audit in a county for training purposes. She has conducted various training sessions on accounting and auditing issues to elected officials, at various trade association conferences, to APA staff, and others as requested. She and her staff have become quite the presence for training purposes; most notably, GASB 34.

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Email: Lorrie Hawkins:

Administrative Specialist III

Lorrie has 14 years past experience in Administrative work for the public sector. She has been with the Auditor's Office since 1998 as Administrative Assistant and Specialist in the Performance Audit Division. In 2008 she became an Administrative Assistant in the Financial Audit Division.

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Email: Jennifer Harper:

PAA Manager
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since July 1996; in state government since June1995
Certification: Enrolled in the KCPM Program

Jennifer is a graduate of Kentucky State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. She is currently studying for the CPA exam.

Jennifer was part of NASACT's Illinois Peer Review team during 2002. During 2003, she served as the auditor in charge of the APA's Audit Program Committee that was responsible for updating and revising outdated audit programs and forms to incorporate the latest auditing standards.

Jennifer has supervised audits of the Cabinet for Families and Children, Kentucky Revenue Cabinet, FAC's Office of Financial Management, and Department of Agriculture. She has worked on numerous federal compliance and financial statement audits of the Cabinet for Families and Children, Cabinet for Health Services, Finance and Administration Cabinet, Transportation Cabinet, Personnel Cabinet, Revenue Cabinet, and Agriculture, as well as county audits.

Jennifer served as newsletter editor for the Association of Government Accountants (AGA).

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Email: David Pitts:

PAA Manager
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since 1988, in state government since 1987
Certification: Enrolled in the KCPM Program; completed KCMF segment

Dave graduated from Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky, with degrees in Economics and Accounting, respectively. He has audited state agencies since coming to work for the APA and has steadily progressed to his present position. He is one of three (3) state managers and has been in his present position since April 1999. Duties include, but are not limited to, managing audits of state agencies, serving as overall supervisor of assigned audits, scheduling audit assignments, providing technical assistance, reviewing audit documentation, and evaluating team and individual performance. He is the most knowledgeable person regarding CAFR, and this has been his responsibility for several years. He is the AIC for the 2003 Louisville Metro Government Audit. He is also a member of the APA GASB 34 Committee.

Dave has worked very closely with the MARS Committee, including the development and implementation process. He has participated in an out-of-state, external peer review (Wisconsin) and has been called upon to perform peer review functions for various state agencies. He plans to complete the Certified Public Manager Program by the end of 2003.

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Email: Kimberly Cox:

Kimberly J. Cox, Financial Auditor of Public Accounts for the state of Kentucky, received her Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), with a major in Accounting, from Eastern Kentucky University. Her previous experience includes, but is not limited to: auditing budget compliance; identifying trends and anomalies within financial data; reconciling accounts; conducting fraud investigations; evaluating credit risks; managing activities for security clearance; and performing paralegal activities. Professional affiliations include: KYCPA; AICPA; and EKU Accounting Society.

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Email: Tom Crouch:

PAA V
APA Audit Experience: 1980-85 and 1999 to present
Certifications: CPA, CIA, CISA, Attorney

Tom has an accounting degree, an associate degree in Computer Science, and a Juris Doctor. He has 29 years of audit experience with 14 years in information technology auditing and 15 years in financial auditing. He is a former president of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association in Kentucky. Tom has worked both in government and business. He currently performs financial audits of state agencies. Tom has worked as the auditor-in-charge on audits of the Cabinet for Health Services, the Department for Local Government, the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the Department of Parks. He was the auditor-in-charge for agreed-upon-procedures projects for the Secretary of State's Office and Kentucky Correctional Industries. Tom has written articles for professional publications including the Association of Government Accountants newsletter and www.auditnet.org.

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Email: Justin Ebert:

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Email: Sarah Feltus:

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Email: Linda Hinton:

PAA Specialist APA Audit Experience: With the APA since October 1996; a state employee since 1995
Certification: CPA; CPM

Linda graduated from the University of Kentucky, with a Masters in Accounting in 1995. Prior to coming to the APA, she was employed by the Kentucky Revenue Cabinet. Linda is a member of the Kentucky AGA.

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Email: Catherine Hunt:

PAA IV
APA Experience: Since April 2005
Certification: CPA

Catherine is Auditor-in-Charge of the Department of Education audit. For several years previously she audited the Department of Revenue and the Department of Military Affairs. She also has worked on inventory observations and agreed-upon procedures engagements with the Council on Post-Secondary Education and the Kentucky Department of Education. She is Historian for the Central Kentucky Chapter of the Association of Government Accounts, and she is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants. She holds a degree in English from Rhodes College and one in mathematics from the University of Kentucky, where she also studied accounting.

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Email: Jason Johnson:

PAA Specialist
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since July 1995
Certification: Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP)

Jason graduated from Eastern Kentucky University, with a degree in Business Administration, Accounting emphasis. His promotion to Specialist was due to the above certification, as well as his knowledge and understanding of CAFR. He has been involved in this audit for several years, acting as AIC for the past few. He has been involved in other special projects, including the audit of the Health Purchasing Alliance, which involved a six-week trip to Chicago. He provided consulting services to Kentucky State University, while working with another division. He participated in the Missouri External Peer Review and has conducted peer review procedures for the Cabinet for Health Services. He is also very knowledgeable of the RFP process and is most often asked to review and grade proposals. Presently, he is the APA liaison with the educational cooperatives and was a member of the MARS Implementation Task Force.

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Email: Lori Mann:

PAA III
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since August 2001; state employee since June 1994

Lori graduated from Kentucky State University, with a degree in Business Administration, specialization in Accounting. Other state government experience includes being an accountant in Child Support Enforcement, an accountant in the former Cabinet for Human Resources' payroll department, and a graduate accountant for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet in the area of federal/state grant agreements. While at the APA, she has audited state agencies, including Treasury, Cabinet for Health Services, Department of Military Affairs, and the Kentucky Department of Education. She participated in the APA's internal audit of payroll and expenditures and worked for a short time on local government audits in an adjacent county.

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Email: Samantha Payne:

Samantha graduated from Sullivan University in 2005 with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and is currently working towards her Masters degree in Business Administration.

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Email: Sandra Rudic:

PAA IV
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since August 1999
Certification: CPA

Sandra graduated from Centre College, with degrees in Government and Psychology. Her audit experience has been limited to that of state agencies, except for a short period of recent time when she helped local government staff. Her other state experience has been in Treasury-Unclaimed Property; Child Support Enforcement-Tax Intercept and Medicaid Services. She came to the APA with a substantial amount of state-agency auditing/accounting-related experience.

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Email: Amy Small:

PAA II
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since July 2001

Amy graduated from Midway College, with Bachelor degrees in Accounting and Business Administration; she also has an Associates Degree in Computer Information Systems. She has been assigned to various state agency audits, including Kentucky Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Vocational Rehabilitation under the Cabinet for Workforce Development, and Child Care & Development Fund under the Cabinet for Families and Children. She assisted on various inventory counts and worked with local government auditors for a short period of time in various counties to gain additional experience. Amy has served as the Membership Coordinator for the Central Kentucky Chapter of Assocation of Governmental Accountants for two years. She is currently serving as AGA's Community Service Coordinator.

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Email: Marshall Smith

Auditor-In-Training
APA Audit Experience: Since June 2007

Marshall graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2005 with a Bachelors degree in Accounting.

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Email: Brenda Starr, CFM

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Email: John Stout:

PAA III
APA Audit Experience: With the APA since April 2000

John graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Accounting. He plans to pursue a CPA certification. His state agency audit work includes sections of the Cabinet for Workforce Development, the Kentucky Department of Education, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Military Affairs, Medicaid, and Central Level Payroll. He participated in local government audits for a short period of recent time in order to gain additional experience.

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Email: Beth Wheeler:

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Email: LeMarc Williamson:

APA Audit Experience: With the APA since February 2005

LeMarc is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting. After graduation, he continued work as a Bookkeeper at Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperatives and as Processor/Encoder in Child Support under Tier Technologies, both in Lexington. While at the APA, he has audited state agencies, including Kentucky Department of Education and Department of Workforce Investment and worked for a short time on local government and performance audits, and inventory observations within the state of Kentucky.

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Email: Laca Woodson:

APA Audit Experience: With the APA since September 2009.

Laca completed a BA in Sociology at Eastern Kentucky University in 2002. After working a few years in non-profit housing, she completed a BA in Business Administration: Accounting Concentration from Midway College in 2009.

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