Kristen A. Kociolek CPA

Kristen A. Kociolek is a director on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Financial Management and Assurance Team where she leads audits on Department of Defense financial management issues. Ms. Kociolek has been a member of GAO’s audit standards team responsible for developing, drafting, and maintaining Government Auditing Standards (The Yellow Book) and Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (the Green Book). Ms. Kociolek has also led GAO’s financial statement audits of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Prior to joining GAO, Ms. Kociolek worked as an audit manager with Ernst & Young in Harrisburg, PA, where her work focused on financial audits of state and local governments. Ms. Kociolek graduated from Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, PA with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant, and a Certified Government Financial Manager. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, where she serves on the Auditing Standards Board and the Government Performance and Accountability Committee, and a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.