Jill Burtin has been named the Inspector General for the Kansas Department of Transportation. She started in her new position in mid-September.

Burtin was a teacher for four years, then spent 18 years with Mize CPA, preparing financial statements and later on the technical tax team. She also served as a team leader in the accounting services department for many years. For the past two years, she worked at Keller and Owens in Overland Park doing bookkeeping, financial statement preparation and sales tax returns for clients.

KDOT’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) focuses on auditing processes and procedures already in place that help protect taxpayer dollars. Both the internal auditors and the agency’s contract auditors will now serve under Burtin so that all auditors will be part of the OIG.

“I am grateful and excited for the opportunity to lead the Office of the Inspector General. I hope that my many years as a CPA in public accounting can bring a new perspective and fresh ideas to the role,” Burtin said. “My goal is to bring new efficiencies to the office and help the OIG complete audits that are high quality and meaningful for both KDOT and the public.”

Burtin is also working on the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline to help make it more accessible to employees. The hotline will be available to the public in the future.

She and her husband, David, have seven nephews, six nieces and two great-nephews. They reside in Topeka.

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