“Mayor Funkhouser is not a typical politician. He has a significant amount of professional experience, including a number of years serving as City Auditor. He is a straight shooter and a results oriented person who has an interesting story to tell.”

- David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States, currently head of the GAO and President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation

 

 

Reviews

Mark Funkhouser speaks publicly both on and off camera, both as Mayor and as a professional speaker, many times weekly. Below is a small sampling of Mark's past and upcoming professional speaking appearances:

October 1, 2010: "Honest, Competent Government: The Promise of Performance Auditing," Workshop, Virginia Local Government Auditors Association's Fall Conference in Henrico, Virginia.

September 1, 2010: "Smart with Money: Governance and Ethics in a Tough Economy," Opening General Session Keynote Address, New Mexico Municipal League's 53rd Annual Conference in Taos, New Mexico.

October 2, 2008: “Policy Targets and Auditing Results," Keynote Address, Jubilee Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

September 22, 2008: “Smart With the Money: Governance and Control in a Time of Financial Crisis,” Association of Government Accountants' Internal Control & Fraud Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.


May 23, 2008: “Comparative Performance Auditing,” The International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management's International Conference and Training in Miami, Florida.


November 27, 2007: “New Perspectives: From City Auditor to Mayor,” Plenary Session, National Intergovernmental Audit Forum in Washington, D.C.


October 12, 2007: “Changing the Culture of Government,” Luncheon Speech, Governing Conference in New York, New York.


September 14, 2006: “Strengthening Government Performance Auditing,” Seminar, Australian National Audit Office Seminar in Canberra, Australia.


July 7, 2006: “Perspectives on Performance Auditing,” a Keynote Presentation to Audit Scotland in Edinborough, Scotland.


June 19, 2006: “Perspectives on Performance Auditing," a Keynote Presentation to the Northern Ireland Audit Office, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Mark Funkhouser

"I regard Mark Funkhouser as a world-class Practitioner on the challenges of improving public sector performance. As a conference speaker he is authoritative and thought provoking, and, from my experience, his contribution can be relied on to generate interest and ideas for discussion."

- John Dowdall,
former Auditor General of Northern Ireland

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