Instructor: Sefton Boyars
Until his retirement in October 1996, Mr. Boyars had been the Department of Education's Regional Inspector General for Audit in Regions IX and X for sixteen years. During his 35-year career, Sefton worked for a variety of federal government audit agencies and a California county. California county.
Sefton is active in his profession. He is a member of the California CPA Society and was a long-time Chair of his chapter’s committee on Government Accounting and Auditing. He served on the Qualifications Committee of the California State Board of Accountancy for three years. Sefton is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Government Financial Manager, and a Certified Fraud Specialist. He is currently a member of the California statewide Government Auditing and Accounting Committee.
He is a past Chair of the Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum and often served as chair or co-chair of its subcommittees and roundtables. Sefton is President of the San Francisco chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.
Sefton is an experienced trainer and has taught for numerous organizations, including federal, state and local governments, professional associations, the California CPA Foundation, the USDA Graduate School and Management Concepts, Incorporated. He received AGA’s National Education and Training Award for 1998.
He is the author of the Association of Government Accountants’ study guide for Course 3 of the Certified Government Financial Manager: Governmental Financial Management and Control. The revised study guide was issued in the summer of 2011. He is also co-author of Cost Principles for State and Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations, issued in 2010.
Until his retirement in October 1996, Mr. Boyars had been the Department of Education's Regional Inspector General for Audit in Regions IX and X for sixteen years. During his 35-year career, Sefton worked for a variety of federal government audit agencies and a
Sefton is active in his profession. He is a member of the California CPA Society and was a long-time Chair of his chapter’s committee on Government Accounting and Auditing. He served on the Qualifications Committee of the California State Board of Accountancy for three years. Sefton is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Government Financial Manager, and a Certified Fraud Specialist. He is currently a member of the California statewide Government Auditing and Accounting Committee.
He is a past Chair of the Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum and often served as chair or co-chair of its subcommittees and roundtables. Sefton is President of the San Francisco chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.
Sefton is an experienced trainer and has taught for numerous organizations, including federal, state and local governments, professional associations, the California CPA Foundation, the USDA Graduate School and Management Concepts, Incorporated. He received AGA’s National Education and Training Award for 1998.
He is the author of the Association of Government Accountants’ study guide for Course 3 of the Certified Government Financial Manager: Governmental Financial Management and Control. The revised study guide was issued in the summer of 2011. He is also co-author of Cost Principles for State and Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations, issued in 2010.
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