Colleen’s auditing career has included legislative, state agency, and local government auditing. Currently, she is the Deputy City Auditor of Austin, Texas. She also worked as director of internal audit for the Texas Youth Commission—the state’s juvenile corrections agency, and at the Legislative Fiscal Office of the State of Oklahoma.

Since 1996, Colleen has served on the International Government Relations Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors, and has chaired the committee since 2002. She also chairs the Professional Issues Committee of the National Association of Local Government Auditors. During 1999 to 2000, she served on the IIA Steering Committee that developed the Certified Government Audit Professional (CGAP) program. She has also co-authored a number of research papers on the audit uses of evaluation and operations research methodologies.

In addition to her contributions to the profession of auditing, she works as a consultant, developing and delivering specialized course content for government auditors and managers throughout the United States and internationally.