Governmental Accounting & Auditing Conference 2025 WEBCAST

Debbie Pennick, CPA, is the Assistant Director for the Center for Government Innovation, a service of the Office of the Washington State Auditor. Debbie’s passion for helping local governments thrive comes from her 30 years of experience as an auditor, eastern Washington audit manager, and subject matter expert in government financial operations.

She now guides a team of experts in providing training, technical assistance and resources that help governments improve processes and cybersecurity, strengthen teams, monitor finances, and manage their day-to-day business.

Lisa Parker, Senior Project Manager, GASB

Lisa Parker is a senior project manager with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Prior to joining the GASB in 2008, Lisa worked for Runyon Kersteen Ouellette CPAs for 10 years, the town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine as finance director and interim town manager for 2 years, and the city of Saco, Maine as finance director for 8 years.

Lisa is a certified public accountant and a chartered global management accountant. She also is a member of the Association of Governmental Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Maine Society of Certified Public Accountants, where she served as president. Previously, Lisa was president of the Maine Governmental Finance Officers Association, an executive board member of the New England Governmental Finance Officers Association, and a member of a national GFOA standing committee.

Lisa attended Boston College and the University of Southern Maine graduating with magna cum laude honors and a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Michael Bingham, Assistant Director, US Government Accountability Office

Mr. Bingham is an Assistant Director for the Financial Management and Assurance (FMA) team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). He is part of the Standards group, and his duties have included both the 2024 and 2018 revisions of Government Auditing Standards (the Yellow Book); developing comment letters to respond to proposals of national and international standard setters; and responding to Yellow Book and Green Book technical assistance inquiries. Mr. Bingham is a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and serves as a project liaison to the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). Since joining GAO in 2008, Mr. Bingham has worked on financial and performance audits of various U.S. Government entities, focusing on government-wide and Department of Defense financial management matters. Prior to joining GAO, Mr. Bingham worked for an inner city tutoring and mentoring non-profit in Chicago. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and his M.A.S. from Northern Illinois University. He is a CPA licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Troy Rector, CPA, CGMA is a shareholder in Clark Nuber’s Public Sector Group, where he has dedicated his career of career to serving tax exempt organizations. Troy works with governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations to understand their unique issues, enabling him to provide technical advice that is both specific to their organization and also clear and concise. He has spent his career providing audit advisory services to governmental organizations, including those administering Federal funds. Troy regularly speaks including the National Grant Management Association’s Annual Grants Conference and the AICPA National Governmental Not-For Profit Program and AICPA National Not-For Profit Conference. Troy resides in Edmonds, Washington with his wife and identical twin, UW Husky daughters.