Peter Hughes, Ph.D.,
CPA, CITP, CIA, CFE
Director of Internal Audit
County of Orange, California
Peter M. Hughes, Ph.D., was appointed Director of Internal
Audit by the Orange County Board of Supervisors in July
of 1999. As Director of Internal Audit for the County of
Orange, Dr. Hughes presently serves on the Information
Systems Audit Advisory Committee and is the administrator
of the Orange County Audit Oversight Committee.
Dr. Hughes acquired his doctorate in education at Oregon
State University in 1990 and his MBA at the University
of California Riverside. Additionally, he is a Certified
Public Accountant and licensed in the states of California
and Oregon. His other active credentials include Certified
Information Technology Professional, Certified Internal
Auditor, and Certified Fraud Examiner.
Along with his government internal auditing experience,
Dr. Hughes served as the Director of Internal Audit for
both California Institute of Technology and NASA’s
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he wrote the instructional
tool for Internal Controls and Risk Assessment. At the
Oregon State System of Higher Education, Dr. Hughes served
as Chairperson for the Association of College and University
Auditors’ Quality Assurance Committee and authored
and assisted in the development of the Quality Assurance
Review Handbook. In his private sector experience, Dr.
Hughes was the Corporate Manager of General Accounting
for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and Senior Auditor
at Arthur Anderson.
In addition to his current position as Director of Internal
Audit for the County of Orange, Dr. Hughes develops instructional
tools in the field of internal auditing and speaks at professional
conferences.
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