Betty Pendergrass

Betty A. Pendergrass, CPA, CGFM, is a local government consultant in Kentucky. In her 40+ years in local government finance in Kentucky, she has worked for the Kentucky Department for Local Government, chief financial officer for several Kentucky local governments, and audited local government entities from the public accounting sector. She currently serves as Chair of the County Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees and was elected to the CERS Board by the members of the system. In addition to her financial management and auditing responsibilities, she has also provided training and technical assistance to local government officials and CPA’s who audit governmental entities. She has served on the AICPA Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee as well as several other committee and task force positions with the AICPA. She has authored PPC’s “Governmental Financial Statement Illustrations and Trends” and PPC’s “Guide to Preparing Governmental Financial Statements, plus courses and publications for AICPA Continuing Education Division, Association of Government Accountants, Bisk Education and Sheshunoff Publishing. She has also served as a discussion leader for national conferences and group training seminars.