Eric M. Sandridge, CPA, CISA, CGFM, MSBA

Eric M. Sandridge is Auditor of Public Accounts’ (APA) Deputy Auditor for Technology and Innovation. In addition to his core responsibilities related to the APA’s workplan and technical review over audit reports, Eric oversees the research, development, and implementation of new technologies and audit approaches and evaluates compliance with auditing standards. Collaborating with the office’s various specialty teams, Eric helps to identify opportunities for leveraging technology to enhance existing practices. Additionally, Eric oversees reporting methods and delivery mechanisms, assesses the design, policies, and content of the APA website, and oversees the APA’s activities related to the design and update of Commonwealth Datapoint. Previously, Eric spent nearly nine years as the Director of the APA’s Higher Education Programs specialty team. During that time, he oversaw the APA’s activities related to higher education including annual financial statement audits of public colleges and universities, federal audits to support the Commonwealth’s Single Audit of federal funds, and agreed-upon procedures engagements related to intercollegiate athletics. Additionally, Eric led efforts to revise the APA’s higher education workplan to improve audit timing, create a comparative report assessing financial health of Virginia’s public four-year higher education institutions, collaborate on legislative changes related to higher education and report to the General Assembly on other matters unique to higher education. Eric started at the APA in 2008 and during that time, he has served as a member of the National State Auditors Association (NSAA) Audit Standards and Reporting committee and NSAA Single Audit committee. He received a BBA in Finance and a Master of Science in Business Analytics from the College of William and Mary.