ALEXIS DOW
OCCUPATION: Metro Auditor
OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Thirteen years auditing large corporations and governments for Price Waterhouse and Deloitte & Touche; Board Member and Audit Committee Chair, Longview Fibre Company; former Chief Financial Officer, Copeland Lumber Yards Inc.; Consulting CPA.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Honors graduate, University of Rhode Island; Certified Public Accountant; licensed municipal auditor.
PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Current Metro Auditor; independent auditor for Port of Portland, Multnomah County, City of Hillsboro, Tri-met, and Metropolitan Wastewater Management; assisted Multnomah County Library in complying with Oregon’s Non-Profit Corporation Act.
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: Past Board member and Treasurer, OMSI; past Board member and Treasurer, Multnomah Athletic Club; past Trustee, City Club of Portland; past Board Chair, local chapter, American Red Cross; past Board Chair, Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Services; National Secretary and Executive Committee member and past Portland chapter Chair, Financial Executives Institute; past Board member, Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants.
ALEXIS DOW, 53, a Metro area resident for 28 years, lives with her two children.
RE-ELECT ALEXIS DOW – A CPA RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
- 2000 KNIGHTON AWARD for best audit report National Association for Local Government Auditors
- 2000 SPECIAL PROJECTS AWARD for best innovative project National Association for Local Government Auditors
- 1997 OUTSTANDING CPA IN GOVERNMENT AWARD Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants / American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- 1997 DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD Association of Government Accountants, Portland Chapter
ALEXIS DOW MAKES A DIFFERENCE AT METRO – FOR YOU
- Created a professional and independent audit department at Metro as first elected Metro Auditor.
- Issued over 40 audit reports with more than 250 recommendations to improve effectiveness and service at Metro while controlling costs.
- Fosters citizen involvement by initiating and maintaining a hotline, publishing MetroAudit newsletter, and meeting with citizen committees.
- Provides accurate and useful information for a wide variety of users concerned with government accountability and efficiency.
RE-ELECT ALEXIS DOW, CPA, METRO AUDITOR
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