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SAO Main Office

Regular Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Insurance Building
Capitol Campus
302 Sid Snyder Ave. SW
Olympia, WA 98504-0021
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Mailing address:

Washington State Auditor's Office
Insurance Building, P.O. Box 40021
Olympia, WA 98504-0021

Phone: 564-999-0950
TDD Relay: 800-833-6388


Leadership Team

Pat McCarthy, State Auditor – (564) 999-0801 | Pat.McCarthy@sao.wa.gov

Keri Rooney, Chief of Staff – (564) 999-0802 | Keri.Rooney@sao.wa.gov

Rick Talbert, Senior Project Advisor – (564) 999-0803 | Rick.Talbert@sao.wa.gov

Kelly Collins, Director of Local Audit – (564) 999-0807 | Kelly.Collins@sao.wa.gov

Scott Frank, Director of Performance and IT Audit – (564) 999-0809 | Scott.Frank@sao.wa.gov

Sadie Armijo, Director of State Audit and Special Investigations – (564) 999-0808 | Sadie.Armijo@sao.wa.gov

Scott Woelfle, Director of Quality Assurance and Innovation – (509) 870-6946 | Scott.Woelfle@sao.wa.gov

Janel Roper, Director of Administrative Services – (564) 999-0820 | Janel.Roper@sao.wa.gov

Kathleen Cooper, Director of Communications – (564) 999-0800 | Kathleen.Cooper@sao.wa.gov

Scott Nelson, Director of Legislative and Policy Affairs – (564) 999-0804 | Scott.Nelson@sao.wa.gov

Al Rose, Director of Legal Affairs – (564) 999-0805 | Al.Rose@sao.wa.gov