NASACT Executive Committee

The Executive Committee governs the overall operations of NASACT. 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
Richard Eckstrom is NASACT's president. He has served as South Carolina's comptroller general since 2002. From 1994 to 1998, he served as the state treasurer. Mr. Eckstrom is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Following graduation, he was commissioned in the Navy and conducted oceanographic research for three years. Upon completion of military service, he earned an M.B.A. and a master of accountancy from the University of South Carolina. He is a past president of the National Association of State Comptrollers.
   
Manju Ganeriwala is NASACT's first vice president. She was appointed state treasurer of Virginia effective January 1, 2009. Prior to her appointment, she served as deputy secretary of finance in Gov. Timothy Kaine’s cabinet. She holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Bombay and a master’s in business administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Ganeriwala is a past president of the National Association of State Treasurers.
   
Beth Wood is NASACT's second vice president. She is a certified public accountant and long-time public servant with nearly 25 years of auditing experience. She served in the State Auditor’s Office for more than a decade before being elected into this position. Before joining the State Auditor’s Office, she served in the State Treasurer’s Office and in the private sector. She is the first woman elected to the position of state auditor in North Carolina. She is a past president of NSAA.
   
David Von Moll is NASACT's secretary. He was appointed state comptroller of Virginia in November 2001. Mr. Von Moll holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Old Dominion University and a master’s degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a certified public accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a certified government financial manager. He is a past president of the National Association of State Comptrollers.
   
Mike Frerichs is NASACT's treasurer. 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. After being in office for less than one year, he was elected by his peers from across the country to join the NASACT Executive Committee.
   
Elaine M. Howle is NASACT'simmediate past president. She was appointed as California’s first female state auditor in 2000. Ms. Howle is a certified public accountant and a certified government financial manager. Ms. Howle has a bachelor’s degree in sports management from the University of Massachusetts and a master’s of business administration from California State University, Sacramento. She is a past president of the National State Auditors Association.
   
AUDITOR REPRESENTATIVES
Greg Griffin was appointed state auditor of Georgia in 2012. 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 president of the National State Auditors Association.
   
John Geragosian 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 president-elect of NSAA.
   
April Renfro was appointed legislative auditor for the Idaho Division of Audit in 2002 and has over 22 years of progressive experience with the division. She has an M.B.A.  and a B.B.A. in accountancy from from Boise State University and is a certified public accountant. Renfro is secretary/treasurer of NSAA.
   
COMPTROLLER REPRESENTATIVES
Lynne Bajema has served as Oklahoma's state comptroller since April 2012. Before her appointment, she served as chief financial officer and deputy director of the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board after working in public accounting and the area of taxation. Ms. Bajema graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma and has been a certified public accountant since 1992. She is president of the National Association of State Comptrollers.
   
Doug Cotnoir was appointed state controller of Maine in February 2014, and previously served as deputy controller and director of financial reporting and analysis since 2001. He has served the state of Maine for over 30 years in five different agencies under six governors. He is a certified public accountant and certified internal auditor. Cotnoir is president-elect of the National Association of State Comptrollers.
   
Cheryl Grey serves as the administrator of the 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 secretary/treasurer of the National Association of State Comptrollers.
 
TREASURER REPRESENTATIVES
Steve McCoy is currently serving as interim state treasurer. He has extensive private sector experience in public finance and investments, including managing an SEC registered investment advisory firm and as an investment banker. Mr. McCoy earned a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University.
   
Michael Fitzgerald was elected as Iowa’s state treasurer in 1982. Prior to that he worked as a marketing analyst for Massey Ferguson. He is a past president of NASACT and the National Association of State Treasurers and is a past chair of NAST’s College Savings Plan Network and the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. He currently serves on a number of other boards and committees.
   
   


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.