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DAVID M. WALKER
Comptroller General of the United States
David M. Walker became the seventh Comptroller General of the United States and began his 15-year term in 1998. As Comptroller General, Mr. Walker is the nation’s chief accountability officer and head of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO).
Before his appointment as Comptroller General, Mr. Walker worked at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was a partner and global managing director of the human capital services practice based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was also a member of the board of Arthur Andersen Financial Advisors, a registered investment advisor. While a partner at Arthur Andersen, Mr. Walker served as a Public Trustee for Social Security and Medicare. Before joining Arthur Andersen, he was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs, and he was Acting Executive Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. His earlier technical, professional, and business experience was with Price Waterhouse, Coopers & Lybrand and Source Services Corporation, an international human resources consulting and search firm.
Mr. Walker serves as Chair of the U.S. Intergovernmental Audit Forum, the U.S. Joint Financial Management Improvement Program, and the Center for Continuous Auditing. He is on the Board of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions and various educational and not-for-profit entities. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and an active member of various professional public service and other organizations. Mr. Walker is the author of two books and has also written numerous articles and opinion letters on a variety of subjects. He is frequently quoted on a range of government and management issues and has been the subject of several cover stories in various national, professional and governmental journals.
Mr. Walker earned his undergraduate degree from Jacksonville University, a Senior Management in Government Certificate in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Bryant College. Mr. Walker is a certified public accountant.
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