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Board hears two finalists for auditor-controller; decision on appointment deferred to April 15
Summary
The Board of Supervisors interviewed two finalists for the auditor-controller vacancy on April 1 — Peter Karumbi and Donna Schmidt — asked candidates about credibility, system implementations and workforce issues, and agreed to continue the matter to April 15 to consider appointment or designation of an interim.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors conducted public interviews April 1 for two finalists to fill the unexpired term of retiring Auditor-Controller Robert Campbell but took no appointment action and moved the matter to the board’s April 15 meeting.
Human Resources Manager Nicole Bilich introduced the process and noted both candidates had cleared background checks and filed required disclosures. The board heard five-minute opening statements from Peter Karumbi, a current Contra Costa County employee who holds an active California CPA license and now serves as an auditor controller division manager, and Donna Schmidt, a private-sector finance executive and CPA with more than 30 years of accounting and systems-implementation experience.
Karumbi emphasized continuity and institutional knowledge, citing 13 years in the…
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