:: 2011-2012 Board of Directors


President - Shirley Hendricks, CGFM, CGAP
E-mail HendrMS@dshs.wa.gov

Shirley is currently an Auditor and Consultant for the Department of Social and Health Services. She has 25 years as an auditor for Washington state agencies, including DSHS, DOL, and SAO. Shirley has three years in financial management and accounting for small cities. She graduated from Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Professional Accounting. She was awarded her CGFM in August 1996 and the CGAP in November of 2007.
President Elect - Cindy Kay, CPA
E-mail KayCa@Wsdot.Wa.Gov

Cindy Kay is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Washington since 1995. Cindy graduated from Saint Martin’s University with a degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting. She previously held positions as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Securitizations of a publicly traded specialty finance company as well as Controller and Vice President of Accounting of community banks located in the Pacific Northwest. She recently joined the state in 2009 as the Financial Systems Manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Ms. Kay also serves as an Executive Board Member for the Financial Management Advisory Council “FMAC” since 2009.
Immediate Past President - Jeanne Weil

Jeanne Weil has been a member of AGA since October 2007. Jeanne has been a state employee for 15 years; she currently works for the State Auditor’s Office as a Budget Analyst. Prior to working for the State Auditor’s Office Jeanne worked for the State Patrol in the Financial Systems Development Section and the Military Department in various positions: Payroll, Accts Payable, Accts Receivable – Homeland Security Grants and Contracts.
Immediate Past President - Charleen Patten

Charleen Patten is a Fiscal Analyst in the Financial Services Section of the Washington State Auditor’s office. Charleen has been with the Auditor’s office for the past two years. She has also been an AGA member for two years, serving as the Education Chair and President. Prior to joining the Auditor’s office, Charleen worked for the Department of Revenue in the Property Tax Section.
Publicity Chair/Webmaster - Gordon Craig
E-mail Gordon.Craig@us.army.mil

Gordon Craig is an Audit Manager with the U.S. Army Audit Agency’s Fort Lewis Field Office, located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. He is currently assigned to the Medical Audits team. Gordon has worked as an Army civilian since 1993, mostly with Army Audit. His assignments include:
-Staff auditor at the Fort Belvoir Field Office, Alexandria, VA from 1993 to 1998. During this assignment, Gordon worked on audits of the Corps of Engineers Financial Management System and financial statements of the Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works program for 1992 through 1998.
-Senior auditor at the Korea Field Office, Seoul, Korea, from 2001 to 2003 and 2004 to 2010. During these assignments, he led numerous audits of the Korea Relocation Program, valued in excess of $10 billion, and Army contracting. He also provided support to several investigations of alleged corruption involving Army operations in Korea.

Gordon served as Finance and Accounting Officer for the Army Corps of Engineers in Nashville, TN from 1998 to 2000.

Gordon lives in University Place, WA with his wife Yon-jung and son, Leo (age 10).

Gordon is a graduate of National University (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1987) and the University of Phoenix (Master of Business Administration, 2008). Gordon is a Certified Public Accountant (licensed in Maryland and Washington). His additional certifications include Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and Certified Internal Auditor. He is also Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Gordon served in the U.S. Navy Reserve with construction units (Seabees) from 1996 through 2004. His military awards include the Navy Achievement Medal (three awards) and the Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal (two awards).
Treasurer/Event Registrar - Al Seymour
E-mail Al.seymour@commerce.wa.gov

Al Seymour has served with the Department of Commerce as a Budget Analyst 3 since September 2003. He has almost 30 years of State Service since getting his foot in the door with the old Department of Game behind Yard Birds downtown in 1981. Al’s work experience focus primarily revolves around the accounting, auditing, and budgeting fields with a variety of Departments throughout the State, including Retirement, WSP, Licensing, DSHS, and the County Road Administration Board. He graduated from Centralia Community College in 1981 with an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration and from The Evergreen State College in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management and the Public Interest. Al was designated a Certified Government Financial Manager by the Association of Government Accountants on August 1, 1995. He is also still very active in the United States Army Reserves, having deployed to Iraq and Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom twice in the last four years. Al has previously served with the Olympia Chapter AGA as the CGFM Liaison.
CGFM Chair - Bill Ford
E-mail bill-and-anne@comcast.net

Bill served as the Assistant Secretary for Administrative Operations for the Washington State Department of Transportation from July 2005 through June 2011. Previously, he was the Budget Director for WSDOT for seven years. Prior to joining WSDOT in 1997, Bill spent 27 years with the Washington State Patrol, 12 years as a trooper on Snoqualmie Pass, three years in WSP Research and Development, and 12 years as Patrol’s Chief Financial Officer. He graduated from Central Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Science degree. He followed this up with a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California. He was awarded his CGFM certificate from the AGA on June 1, 1995. Bill is also a Governor’s Distinguished Manager Award recipient. He is responsible for the following WSDOT areas: Office of Information Technology, Accounting & Financial Services, Administrative Services, Internal Audit, Office of Human Resources, and the Enterprise Risk Management Office. Bill retired July 1, 2011.
FBLA/Scholarship Chair - Wendy Weeks
E-mail Wendy.Weeks@ofm.wa.gov

Wendy has been a member of AGA since 1999. She is licensed in the state of Washington as a Certified Public Accountant and was awarded the designation of Certified Government Financial Manager from the AGA. Wendy has served the state of Washington for over 20 years. She has worked for the Office of Financial Management as a Senior Financial Consultant for the last 5 years. Prior to that, she worked for the Office of the State Treasurer for 14 years.
Membership Chair - Ann LaRue
E-mail Ann.Larue@ofm.wa.gov

Ann graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting in 1998 and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 1999. She is licensed in Washington State as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Ann has worked for Washington State for almost 10 years. She has worked at DOT, DOR, DSHS, UTC and currently works at OFM (Office of Financial Management). Ann has been a member of the AGA – Olympia Chapter for about 4 years. Ann became the Membership Chair in 2007.
Education Chair - Christie O'Loughlin
E-mail Coloughlin@juno.com

Christie O'Loughlin is a Certified Government Audit Professional (CGAP). She has been both an internal and external performance auditor since 1979. She worked for 30 years in Washington State government in DSHS, DOC when it was part of DSHS, and the State Department of Ag-riculture (WSDA).

During her government service years (1969-1999), Christie was a caseworker, probation and parole officer, correctional counselor, prison administrator, social services program manager, performance auditor, audit team leader, chief audit executive, budget writer, and Executive Poli-cy Assistant to the WSDA Director. She also staffed both OFM and cabinet level task forces, and was one of six executives selected to develop Governor Gary Locke’s “Priorities of Gov-ernment” proposal. Prior to that, she worked at Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company (Boston), the University of Washington, and Grinnell College (Iowa).

Christie has been a private consultant for the past 11 years. Since 2000 she has conducted a wide variety of manaChristie O'Loughlin is a Certified Government Audit Professional (CGAP). She has been both an internal and external performance auditor since 1979. She worked for 30 years in Washington State government in DSHS, DOC when it was part of DSHS, and the State Department of Agriculture (WSDA).

During her government service years (1969-1999), Christie was a caseworker, probation and parole officer, correctional counselor, prison administrator, social services program manager, performance auditor, audit team leader, chief audit executive, budget writer, and Executive Poli-cy Assistant to the WSDA Director. She also staffed both OFM and cabinet level task forces, and was one of six executives selected to develop Governor Gary Locke’s “Priorities of Gov-ernment” proposal. Prior to that, she worked at Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company (Boston), the University of Washington, and Grinnell College (Iowa). Inter-governmental Audit Forums. She is also a member of the Association of Government Ac-countants (AGA) and currently serves the Olympia Chapter as the Education Chairperson.

For three years Christie volunteered as a Washington State Quality Award (WSQA) Malcolm Baldrige examiner and senior examiner of companies or agencies that applied for the WSQA annual awards. She also co-chaired the WSQA Quality Management Symposium two years.

Christie graduated from Smith College with a degree in Oriental History and World Literature. She studied Chinese language and history at the Far Eastern Institute for two years. She also has a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Washington.

Christie brings over 40 years experience (as a consultant, internal and external auditor, manag-Professionally, Christie is a current member of the Institute of Internal Auditors,’ (IIA) Global Public Sector committee and the IIA’s 2011 task force creating a new North American Govern-ment Membership concept. Previously, Christie served as Western-North, District 1 Repre-sentative of the IIA, was a member of the IIA’s Chapter Relations Committee for North America, and served on a prior Global Government Membership Task Force. She is a two-term past president of the IIA’s Nisqually (Olympia, Washington) Chapter. During her presidency the chapter received the IIA’s Platinum Award for providing exceptional service to members and to the profession. She is a member of both the Western and Pacific NW Inter-governmental Audit Forums. She is also a member of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and currently serves the Olympia Chapter as the Education Chairperson.

For three years Christie volunteered as a Washington State Quality Award (WSQA) Malcolm Baldrige examiner and senior examiner of companies or agencies that applied for the WSQA annual awards. She also co-chaired the WSQA Quality Management Symposium two years. as also worked for the State Treasurer and State Auditor. And she worked in local government at the Thurston County Treasurer’s Office for 8 years. She graduated from Whitman College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor of Accounting Science degree.

Regular meetings of the Board of Directors are held from 12 noon-1:00 p.m. at the following location:

June 9, 2010 Sunset Main Conference Room
July 14, 2010 Sunset Main Conference Room
August 11, 2010 Sunset Main Conference Room
September 8, 2010 Sunset Main Conference Room
October 13, 2010 Sunset Main Conference Room
November 10, 2010 Sunset Main Conference Room
December 8, 2010 Sunset Main Conference Room
January 12, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
February 9, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
March 9, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
April 13, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
May 11, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
June 8, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
July 13, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
August 10, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
September 14, 2011 Sunset Main Conference Room
October 12, 2011 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
November 9, 2011 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
December 14, 2011 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
January 11, 2012 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
February 8, 2012 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
March 14, 2012 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
April 11, 2012 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
May 9, 2012 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.
June 13, 2012 Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.


Insurance Building, Suite 400, Room 440.