Arizona State Comptroller Elected as President of National Association of State Comptrollers

Robert Rocha, State Comptroller for Arizona, has been elected to a one-year term as the 24th President of the National Association of State Comptrollers (NASC) by his counterparts from across the country.

"We are honored to have Bob serving at the head of such a prestigious national organization," stated Arizona Governor Jane Hull. "Bob is one of the great public servants. He is dedicated to quality in government and sound fiscal performance. Bob will do an outstanding job as the President of NASC."

NASC's members are the officials in state governments who are responsible for maintaining the states' finances, managing financial systems and keeping the accounting records, and doing financial reporting for the states. The purpose of NASC is to unite state officials with comptroller responsibilities; to affiliate with other state fiscal officials through the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers (NASACT); to encourage and provide opportunities for the interchange of information and ideas among officials in state government; and to provide a national forum for the promulgation and dissemination of the State Comptroller position concerning financial management of state government.

Mr. Rocha has 32 years of service with the State of Arizona. He began with the Office of the Auditor General, where he served as the manager of the Tucson office. He transferred to the General Accounting Office in the Department of Administration, and has served as the State Comptroller for the last 9 years.