Joe is the Chief Accountability Officer and Audit Executive at the University of Kentucky, where he has worked for 11 years. Prior to that, he worked in a number of finance roles at General Motors, where he worked with James Gallaher, who recommended Joe for consideration.
He describes work in internal auditing as consultative, helping college groups understand the meaning behind financial numbers, how to influence those numbers, and connecting financial results with program and process improvement goals.
Joe brings to the Board a great set of finance-centered skills that contributes to our ability to sort out economic models and financial strategy questions.