State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump has said from the outset that the Office of the State Auditor, which has known one leadership team for 24 years, must be retooled in order to meet the challenges that face the Commonwealth today and in the years to come. She has established a transition team to assist in evaluating the existing priorities, structure and staffing of the Office and to recommend changes that will enhance the performance of the Office, and enable it to be a catalyst to help make state government work better. The transition team has 7 committees which will focus on: Government Performance; Health Care Costs; Municipal Government; Audit Operations; Transparency and Communications; Policy and Priorities; and Staffing and Professional Development. The following individuals have joined the transition team to date.

Committee on Audit Operations

State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump understands that the foundation of the Office of the State Auditor is a first-rate audit operation. She has established a committee of her transition team to focus on audit operations, identify strengths and weaknesses in this crucial area and make recommendations for improvement.

Bill Yazbek, CGFM, Retired Government Auditor, Deloitte & Touche
Daniel Bonnette, CPA, Deloitte & Touche
Harvey Creem, CPA, Retired Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Kevin Martin, CPA, Kevin Martin & Associates
Dorothy DiPesa, CPA, DiPesa & Company CPAs
Bill Jackson, CPA, W.A. Jackson & Company

Committee on Staffing and Professional Development

The Office of the State Auditor must be structured, managed and staffed in a way that enables it to conduct first-rate audits of the finances and performance of the agencies, authorities and programs of state government; to provide timely reports and recommendations; and to work with other entities to implement those recommendations. In some key areas, the Office may need to have staff with specific knowledge and background in order to fully evaluate program performance. State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump has established a committee of her transition team that will evaluate and make recommendations about staffing and professional development of the Office. The committee will work closely with the other transition committees whose findings will inform the work of this committee. Additionally, the committee will review the report of a Peer Review which will be completed as quickly as possible after State Auditor-Elect Bump takes office.

Kristin Demong, GREX, Inc.
Ralph Jordan, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Tom Webber, Human Resources Professional
Leon Brathwaite, Affirmative Action Office, City of Newton
Katherine Hesse, Esq., Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane

Committee on Government Performance

State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump was motivated to run for State Auditor because of her passion for making government work better. The committee on Government Performance will be charged with evaluating the most effective ways to use the resources of the Office of the State Auditor, through performance audits and other tools in order to drive real change in policies and programs throughout the state agencies and authorities.

Representative Daniel Bosley
Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Somerville
Michael Lake, Northeastern University World Class Cities Partnership
Sam Tyler, Boston Municipal Research Bureau
Lonsdale Koester, Former Performance Management Director, Exec. Office of Administration & Finance
Bill Tinti, Esquire, Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C.
Robert Behn, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (consulting with the committee)

Committee on Health Care Costs

During her campaign, State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump identified health care costs as one of her first priorities, and laid out plans to expand on the important work that has been done by the Auditor’s office in reviewing Massachusetts’ health care spending and to be a catalyst for accountability and results. She has established, as part of her transition team, a committee on health care costs that will be charged with evaluating the existing capacity and resources within the Office of the State Auditor to conduct comprehensive audits of state health care spending and the performance of the programs and agencies that administer them, and develop sound recommendations for changes that will reduce costs and provide greater value to taxpayers and consumers.

Paul Romary, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, Health Care for All
Sarah Iselin, Blue Cross Foundation
Lois Cornell, Tufts Health Plan
Senator Richard Moore
Robert J. Haynes, Massachusetts AFL-CIO / Member of Board, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Jerry Desilets, Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council

Committee on Municipal Government

State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump understands that the Auditor must be a partner with municipal leaders, particularly in these trying economic times, helping them find ways to get greater value for scarce resources and finding solutions to challenges that face our cities and towns. She has established, as part of her transition team, a committee on municipal government that will work to find ways to strengthen and improve the partnership between the Office of State Auditor and municipal leaders.

Mayor Robert Dolan, Melrose
Richard Montuori, Town Manager, Tewksbury
Senator Ken Donnelly
Mayor James Ruberto, Pittsfield
Denis Devine, Woburn Retirement Board; President MACRS
Paul Trane, Insight Companies Consulting Firms

Committee on Transparency and Communication

Transparency is a valuable tool in the hands of the Office of the State Auditor – allowing Massachusetts residents and taxpayers to see for themselves how well their government is operating on both a financial and a performance basis. State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump has established a committee on Transparency and Communication. The committee will be charged with recommending new and creative tools to make the work of the Auditor’s office more available, accessible and valuable to members of the public.

Charles Steelfisher, Alipes CME
Greg Torres, Mass INC
Michael Goldman, Government Insight Group
Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School, Transparency Policy Project
Jennifer Flagg, Consultant
Maureen McQuillen, Consultant
Lee Harrison, Berkshire Harrison, Inc.
Mary Fifield, Mary Fifield Associates
Brad Blake, Hill Holliday
John Moynihan, Former Publisher

Committee on Policy and Priorities

Throughout her career State Auditor-Elect Suzanne Bump has valued diverse perspectives and engaged individuals and community leaders from varied backgrounds and points of view. She has established the committee on Policy and Priorities in order to get input from members of communities from across the Commonwealth about what priorities they would like to see in the Office of the State Auditor.

Frank Callahan, Mass. Building Trades Council
Idali Torres, PhD, Gatson Institute, U-Mass Boston
Representative Linda Dorcena Forry
Rick Lord, Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Joe Kriesberg, MA Association of Community Development Corporations
Eva Millona, Mass. Immigrant and Refugee Coalition
Michael Grunko, SEIU Local 509
John Pourbaix, Construction Industries of Massachusetts
Ray Gottwald, Suffolk University
Carlos Gonzalez, Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce
Jeanette Boone, Four Corners Community Development Corporation
Debbie Fastino, Coalition for Social Justice
Brenda Jenkins, YMCA of Central Massachusetts
Vic Digravio, Association for Behavioral Healthcare