Auditor Harmon announces new Assistant State Auditor

Auditor Mike Harmon has announced the appointment of Farrah Petter as the new Assistant State Auditor for the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts.

Petter, joined by her family, was sworn in as Kentucky’s new Assistant State Auditor during ceremonies this afternoon in Frankfort.

Petter, who graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1999 and received her CPA license in 2004, spent the first six years of her employment at APA working in the state audits branch, and also supervised an audit by APA of Louisville Metro Government.  She later moved into APA’s county audits branch, serving the last five years as manager of the Southeast Kentucky branch, overseeing audits for 25 counties in the region in addition to managing several special examinations.

Petter replaces former Assistant State Auditor Alice Wilson, who retired from state government effective December 1.  Wilson had served as Assistant State Auditor since January 2016.