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Renata Khoshroo, Senior Program Performance Auditor
Renata joined the City Auditor’s office in 2009. She has led teams that conducted the Audit of Civilianization Opportunities in the San José Police Department and Police Department Staffing: Opportunities to Maximize the Number of Police Officers on Patrol. She also led the team that designed and initiated the Annual Financial Scan of Community-Based Organizations.
She previously worked in Palo Alto where she was part of a small, high performing team that won a series of Knighton awards from the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) for audits that improved the efficiency and effectiveness of Palo Alto government. Renata authored two of those award-winning reports, Audit of Library Operations (2007) and Audit of Parks Maintenance (2005). R enata also played a key role in designing Palo Alto’s first annual Service Efforts and Accomplishments (SEA) report in 2003, which was recognized as a pioneer in local government performance reporting and has also been recognized in multiple years with the Association of Government Accountants’ (AGA) Certificate of Excellence in SEA Reporting.
Prior to working in Palo Alto, she worked for Harvey Rose Associates and for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Before working in auditing, she worked for a non-profit dedicated to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of state and local government. Renata began her career as a journalist covering local government in suburban Boston. Renata has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University and a master’s degree in public administration from Louisiana State University. She is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a California-licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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