Robert W. Geis, CPA, CPFO, began his service with the County of Santa Barbara in 1979 as an auditor in the Internal Audit Division of the Auditor-Controller's Office. He's also served as the business manager for Public Works and as the Assistant Treasurer-Tax Collector for the County of Santa Barbara before being elected Auditor-Controller in November of 1990 and took office in January 1991. Bob is a graduate of Ohio State University, a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Public Finance Officer.

Theo Fallati, CPA, CPFO, came to the County in 1992 after an extensive career in public accounting and in private industry. Prior to becoming Assistant Auditor-Controller, Theo held the positions of Chief Deputy Controller and Division Manager of Financial Reporting, Budget and Cost. Theo is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Financial Planner and a Certified Public Finance Officer.

Julie Hagen, CPA, came to the County in 1997 after a career in public accounting and private industry. Prior to becoming the Chief Deputy Controller, Julie held the positions of Accounting Operations Division Manager, Payroll Division Manager and Projects/Systems Development Manager. Julie is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is a certified public accountant.

Heather Harkless, CPA, a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, joined the county in 2006 as our FACS Division Chief. Heather has extensive auditing and governmental accounting experience and was an audit manager at a large public accounting firm. Her most recent position was Accounting Supervisor with a school district in Sarasota, Florida. She holds a CPA certification from the State of Florida and is also pursuing her Masters in Business Administration with Florida Atlantic University.

Mike Struven, graduated from CalState with a degree in Accounting. He has been with the Auditor's Office since 1989. Mike has several significant achievements in recent years including the development of the County's cost plan, salary modeling, as well as contributing to the budget system. Mike combines leadership skill with an outstanding technical ability.

Jennifer Christensen, JD, MBA, joined the County of Santa Barbara in 2001 as a municipal finance attorney with the Office of County Counsel. She holds a JD/MBA from the University of Southern California School of Law and Marshall School of Business. Jennifer’s professional background includes Big 4 CPA firm experience with KPMG’s Exempt Organizations Tax Practice and management experience as the Assistant Director for the County’s Housing and Community Development Department.

Amy Herron, CPA, CPFO, a graduate of UCSB, joined the Auditor-Controller’s Office in 1997.  She started in the Internal Audit Division as an Accountant-Auditor where she performed accounting and auditing work.  She then spent time in both the Property Tax and the Projects Divisions, doing various accounting, process improvement, and system development projects as a Financial Systems Analyst.  She has worked as a programmer on various enterprise-level systems, including both the payroll and the general ledger accounting systems for the office.  In 2007, she became the Financial Systems Division Chief.  She has facilitated classes for the Employees’ University, and holds a Certified Public Finance Officer designation from the Government Finance Officers Association. 

Conrad Tedeschi, CPA, CPFO, began service with the County of Santa Barbara in 1996 in the Auditor-Controller’s Office as an accountant-auditor in the New Auditor Development and Trainee (NADT) program. After spending three years in Internal Audit Division he was rotated into the Specialty Accounting Division and then became a Financial Systems Analyst and worked in the Contracts and Payroll Divisions. Conrad then spent three and a half years with the Santa Barbara County Education Office before returning to the Auditor-Controller’s Office as the FACS Division Chief. Conrad is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Public Finance Officer.

Juan Izquierdo, CPA, originally joined the Auditor-Controller’s Office in 1999 as one of the Auditor Development and Trainee (NADT) participants. Prior to joining the County, Juan was the accounting manager for a local construction company. Additionally, Juan worked as a staff auditor for an audit firm that had multiple nation wide locations Juan is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of UCSB.

Mark Paul, CPA, joined the Auditor-Controller’s Office in 2003 with fourteen years in government finance functions. He is a graduate of Southwest Missouri State University with Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance. He holds a CPA certification from the state of Missouri as well as a Certified Public Finance Officer designation from the Government Finance Officers Association.

Ed Price, CPA, joined the County in 1999 with 14 years experience in the banking and financial services industry in the domains of audit, management and technology. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a BS in Technology Management/Accounting. Ed holds the Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Information Systems Auditor designations.

Toni McDonald, joined the County in 2007, initially working for the Auditor-Controller’s Office in the Financial Accounting & Customer Support Division.   She has over 20 years of experience in finance/accounting with the last several years serving as a controller in the private sector.  Toni is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara.