Table 4.30

State Comptrollers: 2022

FIPS	State	Agency or office	Name	Title	Legal basis for office	Method of selection	Approval or confirmation, if necessary	Length of term	Elected comptrollers maximum consecutive terms	Civil service or merit system employee
01	Alabama	Office of the State Comptroller	Kathleen Baxter	State Comptroller	S	(c)	AG	(b)	✕	✓
02	Alaska	Division of Finance	Hans Zigmund	Finance Director	S	(d)	AG	(a)	✕	✓
04	Arizona	General Accounting Office	Ashley Ruiz	Assistant Director of Business & Finance	S	(d)	AG	(i)	✕	✓
05	Arkansas	Dept. of Finance and Administration	Larry Walther	Chief Fiscal Officer, Secretary	S	G	AG	(i)	✕	✓
54	West Virginia	Finance Division, Office of the State Comptroller	Dave Mullins	Acting Finance Director	S	(d)	AG	(a)(i)	✕	✕
06	California	Office of the State Controller	Betty Yee (D)	State Controller	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	2 terms	✕
08	Colorado	Department of Personnel and Administration	Bob Jaros	State Controller	S	(d)	AG	(i)(l)	✕	✕
09	Connecticut	Office of the Comptroller	Natalie Braswell (D)	Comptroller	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	N/A	✕
10	Delaware	Dept. of Finance	Jane Cole	Director, Division of Accounting	S	(e)	AG	(i)	✕	✕
12	Florida	Dept. of Financial Services	Jimmy Patronis	Chief Financial Officer	C,S	E	✕	4 yrs.	2 terms	✕
13	Georgia	State Accounting Office	Gerlda Hines	State Accounting Officer	S	G	✕	(a)	✕	✕
15	Hawaii	Dept. of Accounting and General Services	Curt Otaguro	State Comptroller	S	G	AS	4 yrs.	✕	✕
16	Idaho	Office of State Controller	Brandon Woolf	State Controller	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
17	Illinois	Office of the State Comptroller	Susana Mendoza (D)	State Comptroller	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
18	Indiana	Office of the Auditor of State	Tera Klutz (R)	Auditor of State	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	No more than 8 years in a 12-year period	✕
19	Iowa	State Accounting Enterprise	Jay Cleveland	Chief Operating Officer	S	(d)	✕	(i)	✕	✕
20	Kansas	Office of Accounts and Reports	Nancy Ruoff	Interim Director of Office of Accounts & Reports	S	(d)	✕	(i)	✕	✓
21	Kentucky	Office of the Controller	Edgar C. Ross	Controller	S	(f)	AG	(i)	✕	✕
22	Louisiana	Office of Statewide Reporting and Accounting Policy	Jay Dardenne	Commissioner of Administration	S	G	✕	(a)	✕	✕
23	Maine	Office of the State Controller	Douglas Cotnoir	State Controller	S	(f)	AG	(i)	✕	✕
24	Maryland	Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury	Peter Franchot (D)	State Comptroller	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
25	Massachusetts	Office of the Comptroller	William McNamara	Comptroller	S	G	✕	4 yrs.	✕	✕
26	Michigan	Office of Financial Management	Heather Boyd	Director	S	SBD	SBD	2 yrs.	✕	✓
27	Minnesota	Office of Management and Budget	James Schowalter	Commissioner	S	G	AS	4 yrs.	✕	✓
28	Mississippi	Department of Finance and Administration	Liz Welch	Executive Director	C,S	G	AS	(a)	✕	✕
29	Missouri	Division of Accounting	Stacy Neal	Director of Accounting	S	(d)	✕	(i)	✕	✕
30	Montana	State Accounting Division	Cheryl Grey	Administrator, State Financial Services Division	S	(j)	✕	(b)	✕	✓
31	Nebraska	State Accounting Division	Philip Olsen	State Accounting Administrator	S	(d)	✕	(b)	✕	✕
32	Nevada	Office of the State Controller	Catherine Byrne (D)	State Controller	C, S	E	✕	4 yrs.	2 terms	✕
33	New Hampshire	Department of Administration	Dana Call	State Comptroller	S	G	(m)	4 yrs.	✕	✕
34	New Jersey	Office of Management and Budget	Lynn Azarchi	Acting Director	S	G	✕	(a)	✕	✕
35	New Mexico	Department of Finance and Administration, Financial Control Division	Donna Trujillo	State Controller and Director	S	G	✕	(a)	✕	✓
36	New York	Office of the State Comptroller	Thomas P. DiNapoli	State Comptroller	C,S	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
37	North Carolina	Office of the State Controller	Linda Combs	State Controller	S	G	GA	7 yrs.	✕	✕
38	North Dakota	Office of Management and Budget	Joe Morrisette	Director	S	G	✕	(a)	✕	✕
39	Ohio	Office of Budget and Management	Kim Murnieks	Director	S	G	✕	(a)	✕	✕
40	Oklahoma	Office of State Finance	Lynne Bajema	State Comptroller	S	(g)	✕	(h)	✕	✕
41	Oregon	Chief Financial Office	Robert Hamilton	Manager, Statewide Accounting and Reporting Services	S	(k)	✕	(i)	✕	✕
42	Pennsylvania	Office of the Budget/Comptroller Operations	Brian Lyman	State Comptroller/Chief Accounting Officer	S	SBD	AG	(a)	✕	✕
44	Rhode Island	Office of Accounts and Control	Dorothy Pascale	State Controller	S	(d)	✕	(i)	✕	✓
45	South Carolina	Office of the Comptroller General	Richard Eckstrom (R)	Comptroller General	C,S	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
46	South Dakota	Office of the State Auditor	Richard Sattgast (R)	State Auditor
47	Tennessee	Division of Accounts	Mike Corricelli	Chief of Accounts	S	(f)	✕	(b)	✕	✕
48	Texas	Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts	Glenn Hegar (R)	Comptroller of Public Accounts	C,S	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
49	Utah	Division of Finance	Janica Gines	Director, Division of Finance	S	(d)	AG	(i)	✕	✕
50	Vermont	Department of Finance and Management	Adam Greshin	Commissioner	S	(d)	AG,AS	(i)	✕	✕
51	Virginia	Department of Accounts	David A. Von Moll	State Comptroller	S	G	GA	4 yrs.		✕
53	Washington	Office of Financial Management	David Schumacher	Director	C	G	✕	(a)	✕	✕
54	West Virginia	Office of the State Auditor	John McCuskey (R)	State Auditor	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
55	Wisconsin	State Controller's Office	Angela Thomas	State Controller	S	CS	✕	(b)	✕	✓
56	Wyoming	Office of the State Auditor	Kristi Racines (R)	State Auditor	C	E	✕	4 yrs.	No limit	✕
11	Dist. of Columbia	Office of Financial Operations and Systems	Kimberly Williams	Deputy Chief Financial Officer
66	Guam	Department of Administration	Edward Birn	Director
69	CNMI*	Department of Finance	David Atalig	Secretary of Finance
72	Puerto Rico	Department of the Treasury	Francisco Pares	Secretary of Treasury
78	U.S. Virgin Islands	Office of Management and Budget	Jenifer O'Neal	Director
46	South Dakota	Bureau of Financial Management	Jim Terwilliger	Commissioner/CFO	S	G		(a)		✕
06	California	Department of Finance	Richard Gillihan	Chief Operating Officer
05	Arkansas	Office of the State Auditor	Andrea Lea	State Auditor

Source:

Comptrollers: Technical Activities and Functions, 2020 edition, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers.

Key:

*	—	Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
✓	—	Yes, provision for.
✕	—	No provision for.
C	—	Constitutional.
S	—	Statutory.
N.A.	—	Not applicable.
E	—	Elected by the public.
G	—	Appointed by the Governor.
CS	—	Civil Service.
AG	—	Approved by the governor.
AS	—	Approved/confirmed by the Senate.
AL	—	Approved by the Legislature.
SBD	—	Approved by State Budget Director.
GA	—	Confirmed by the General Assembly.
SDB	—	Confirmed by State Depository Board.

Footnotes:

(a)	Serves indefinitely at the pleasure of the governor. In South Dakota, also serves at the pleasure of the CFO.
(b)	Indefinite.
(c)	State merit system appointment; selected and recommended by state finance director.
(d)	Appointed by the head of the department of administration or administrative services.
(e)	Appointed by the head of finance department or agency.
(f)	Appointed by the head of finance and administration/administrative services.
(g)	Appointed by the director of management & enterprise services.
(h)	Serves indefinitely at the pleasure of the head of the director of management & enterprise services.
(i)	Serves indefinitely at the pleasure of the head of the finance, financial and administrative services or administration department.
(j)	Hired through a selection process.
(k)	Appointed by the state chief financial officer.
(l)	One year contract similar to other division director.
(m)	Confirmed by the governor and executive council.