Lillian's List of NC

Beth Wood, CPA, was elected N. C. State Auditor in 2008 and is the first woman to be elected to that position in North Carolina. She brings decades of experience to her position, having served for ten years in the Auditor’s office prior to her election as well as working in private accounting and for the American Institute of Public Accountants (AICPA).

Beth’s extensive audit experience includes auditing municipalities, counties and large Not-for-Profits,  reviewing local CPA audits and reviewing audits against allegations of substandard audit reporting. She also taught governmental accounting and auditing to CPAs across the country.

Beth was raised on a farm in eastern North Carolina and learned early how to manage a budget and the importance of being true to the values of honesty and integrity. With North Carolina’s $19 billion state budget, Beth is acutely aware for the necessity of running a tight ship to make sure waste is identified and government is at its peak efficiency.

During her first three years in office Beth has reached her major goals that she set prior to being sworn into office:

• The Auditor’s Office would perform effective and meaningful audits so the General Assembly, the Governor, and agency heads could use the information from those to better run state government.

• Audits would be issued in a timely manner.

• Audits that need legislative action would be aggressively taken before the General Assembly for action on their part.

• Follow-up audits on actions taken (or not) to correct problems/waste/abuse and errors and report the results back to the Governor, the General Assembly and citizens of North Carolina.

• Assurance that audit staff is well trained and held accountable for their performance.

• Political partisanship is completely removed from the department.