Executive Committee

The NASACT Executive Committee governs the overall operations of the association. The committee is elected from the membership annually and is comprised of a president, vice president, second vice president, secretary, treasurer, immediate past president, and nine other members including three auditors, three comptrollers and three treasurers.
 

OFFICERS
Greg Griffin is NASACT's president. He was appointed state auditor of Georgia in 2012, and he previously served as Georgia's state accounting officer. Griffin has over 30 years of experience in accounting, auditing and financial reporting. Prior to his time in government, he had a 25-year career with AT&T. He is a certified public accountant. Griffin is past president of NSAA.
   
Brandon Woolf is NASACT's first vice president. He was appointed state controller of Idaho in 2012 to fill the remainder of the term of his predecessor and elected to full terms in 2014 and 2018. He serves on the Idaho Board of Land Commissioners and is secretary of the Idaho Board of Examiners. He is a graduate of Utah State University with a bachelor of arts in political science and earned a master of business administration from Boise State University. He is a past president of NASC.
   
Steve McCoy is NASACT's second vice president. He is currently serving as interim state treasurer of Georgia. He has extensive private sector experience in public finance and investments, including managing an SEC registered investment advisory firm and as an investment banker.  McCoy earned a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University.
   
John Geragosian is NASACT's secretary. He was appointed as one of the two Connecticut state auditors in February of 2011. Prior to his appointment as state auditor, he served in the Connecticut House of Representatives for 16 years. Prior to serving in the legislature, Geragosian served in local government. He was an Alderman in the City of New Britain from 1989 to 1993. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in political science. He is the immediate past president of NSAA
   
Stacy Neal is NASACT's treasurer. She is director of accounting for the Missouri Office of Administration. She has extensive experience working with elected officials and members of the general assembly. She graduated magna cum laude from Missouri State University with a B.S. in accounting and is a certified public accountant. She is a past president of the National Association of State Comptrollers.
   
Mike Frerichs is the immediate past president. He was elected as Illinois state treasurer in November 2014. He graduated from Yale University and spent two years in Taiwan where he taught English to young students and learned to speak Chinese. He has served as an elected county auditor, elected state senator, and volunteer firefighter. He is also on the Executive Committee of the National Association of State Treasurers.
   
AUDITOR REPRESENTATIVES
April Renfro was appointed legislative auditor for the Idaho Division of Audit in 2012 and has over 25 years of experience with the division, rising through the ranks to her current role. She has an M.B.A. and a B.B.A. in accountancy from Boise State University and is a certified public accountant. Renfro is president-elect of NSAA.
   
Doug Ringler was appointed auditor general of Michigan in June 2019. He has held a variety of positions within state government for over 30 years. He is a certified public accountant, a certified internal auditor, and a graduate of Ferris State University. Ringler is secretary/treasurer of NSAA.
   
Pat McCarthy was elected state auditor of Washington in 2017. She has over 30 years of public service including serving as Pierce County auditor and deputy auditor and board president for Tacoma School District in Washington State. McCarthy is secretary/treasurer of NSAA.
   
COMPTROLLER REPRESENTATIVES
Cheryl Grey serves as the administrator of Montana's State Financial Services Division in the Department of Administration. In her 30-plus years of state service, she has served in a variety of positions including the management of accounting and budgeting functions, ERP systems, and other fiscal and IT-related positions. She is a graduate of Carroll College with an accounting degree and is a CPA. She is president of NASC.
   
Bob Jaroswas appointed to the position of state controller of Colorado in May 2013. He held various roles in state government before that, including serving as deputy state controller beginning in 2006. He has also worked in private industry as an auditor, controller, general counsel and CFO. He has a J.D. from the University of Detroit, an M.B.A. from Columbia University, and a B.S. in economics from Rutgers University. He is also a certified public accountant. He is president-elect of NASC.
   
Robert Hamilton has served as manager of Oregon's Statewide Accounting and Reporting Services since 2014. He represents NASACT and is vice chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council. He graduated from the University of Oregon and is a CPA. He is secretary/treasurer of NASC.
 
TREASURER REPRESENTATIVES
David McRae was elected state treasurer of Mississippi in 2020. Prior to serving as state treasurer, he was involved in a family business, serving as managing partner of McRae Investments. He is active in civic and community organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Friends of Children’s Hospital, and the American Heart Association. He earned his law degree from Mississippi College and is an active member of the Mississippi Bar Association.
   
Dereck Davis was elected state treasurer of Maryland in 2021. Prior to election, he represented the 25th legislative district of Prince George's County in the Maryland House of Delegates for 27 years. He is active in numerous national, regional and state organizations. He earned both his bachelor's degrees in political science and a master's in public policy from the University of Maryland College Park.
   
   
   


The NASACT Community

NASACT serves as the premier organization working to bring together state auditors, state comptrollers and state treasurers to cooperatively address government financial management issues. NASACT also manages two secretariats - the National State Auditors Association (NSAA) and the National Association of State Comptrollers (NASC). Both NSAA and NASC are included under the umbrella of NASACT’s budget and utilize staff hired by NASACT.