In my first term, we transformed and improved the department by:

• Creating the first ever “Transformation Office” whose responsibility is to assure the Auditor General is continuing to improve how we do our work both internally and externally while being innovative and creating a culture of continuous process improvements.

• Creating the first “Workforce Development Team”. Whose responsibility is to assure that each employee has the proper resources, such as training and education and tools, such updated auditing technology to perform their responsibilities, while creating a career ladder and opportunities for entry level auditors to advance to management.

• By performing “limited procedure engagement” and “reduced period engagement” audits. Wherethe focus on risk and vulnerabilities to the Commonwealth. While reducing the amount of time to perform audits by months and in some cases by half.

• Changed how audits are performed and how audit reports are written. By using a quality management approach, the Auditor General is focused on issues with common sense approaches to correcting problems as opposed to placing blame.

• Created the first “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)” office. Which was created to foster a workforce that is diverse and committed to a culture of inclusion and belonging while providing training, education, team building exercises and testimonials from employees regarding their own personal experience. I have learned myself that DEI is a verb not a noun. Meaning DEI is nothing if you don't have the actions behind the letters.

• Created the first “Intern to Hire” career pathway. Which provides a career pathway for paid interns to become full-time employees.

• In 2023 alone, we either completed or started 18 school district audits, including public and charter schools.

• Working with the General Assembly, we have advocated for financial literacy to be taught in our schools from K-12 through our “Be Money Smart” financial literacy initiative. Our office has traveled from Erie to Scranton, to Philadelphia, Westmoreland County and Counties in between meeting with educators, community leaders, and the financial services industry to discuss the importance of financial literacy being taught to the next generation.