Mr. Simmons is an Assistant Director for the Financial Management and Assurance team at the Government Accountability Office (GAO). His areas of responsibility have included financial statement audits of government entities, auditing standards, and, most recently Standards of Internal Control for the Federal Government (Green Book). Mr. Simmons graduated from Loyola University of Maryland and worked in public accounting for a number of years before joining GAO in 2009 as part of the first year audit of the Office of Financial Stability (TARP). Mr. Simmons is a certified public accountant.