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Les Tanaka, is retiring as the first independent City Auditor for the City and County of Honolulu after a six-year term. He was appointed to this new position on July 1, 2003, after voters in the November 2002 general election overwhelmingly mandated that the City Charter be amended to establish an independent city auditor for the City and County of Honolulu. A CPA with over 40 years of combined public accounting and government auditing and administrative experience. He has over 19 years of work experience with the Hawaii State Auditor's office, serving as the Deputy State Auditor during eight of those years for the current State Auditor, Ms. Marion Higa. In addition, he worked several years for the former national public accounting firm of Harris, Kerr, Forster & Company, and served 13 years as the Director of Administrative Services for Kapiolani Community College of the University of Hawaii System. Les is a member of AGA's Financial Management Standards Board. He was born and raised in Honolulu and graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in accounting.
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