AGA’s 2015 Professional Development Training

Martin Benison,
Former Comptroller
Massachusetts Office of the State Comptroller


Martin has been Comptroller of the Commonwealth since 1999. In his term as Comptroller he has partnered with the Chief Human Resource Officer and CIO on multiple projects to improve the efficiency of Commonwealth operations, including upgrading the enterprise financial management and HR payroll systems along with multiple projects to move citizens, vendors and employees from paper to web based interactions with the Commonwealth. He is chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC). He is currently a member and founding co-chair the Intergovernmental Partnership. The Partnership, under the sponsorship of the Association of Government Accountants, is an attempt to bring federal, state, and local government officials together to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and operation across the levels of government. He is Past President of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and Past President of the National Association of State Comptrollers (NASC). He is a public member of the Professional Ethics Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA). Mr. Benison holds a B.A. in Economics from Boston College and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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