2017 Internal Control & Fraud Prevention Training

Lyndon Remias
City Auditor
City of Virginia Beach


Lyndon S. Remias was appointed by the Virginia Beach City Council in May 2008 to become the City's first appointed City Auditor. Remias is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and has a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA). Remias has 28 years of public, private, and governmental auditing experience. Remias worked most recently with Amerigroup Corporation and Eastern Virginia Medical School, where in 2003 he was appointed as the first Internal Auditor for the Norfolk medical school. Remias was elected to the Virginia Beach School Board in May 2006 where he served for two years prior to resigning to accept the City Auditor position. Remias has also been a local leader in the internal auditing profession and has been a former IIA Regional Director, District Director, and IIA Tidewater Chapter President. Remias is also a former President of the Virginia Local Government Auditors Association. He currently serves as an Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) peer review team leader. Remias is a 1989 graduate of Old Dominion University located in Norfolk, VA where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Accounting. In 2013, the ODU Accounting Department honored Remias by awarding him a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the school and the accounting profession. Remias is very active in the local community. He currently serves as an advisor for the Tidewater Community College Department of Accounting Advisory Council, and he is the founding Chairman of the Young Filipino American Professionals of Hampton Roads. Remias formerly served as a member of the City of Virginia Beach Community Organization Grants (COG) Committee, United Way Community Funding Panel, and Old Dominion University’s Department of Accounting Advisory Council. In 2003, Remias was named to Inside Business “Top 40 under Forty” for his service and commitment to the community.

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