INTERNAL AUDIT
Securing TRA business assets
The role of internal audit is to provide independent assurance that an organization’s risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively. The internal audit function was authorized by the TRA Board of Trustees. As a result, a charter was approved governing internal audit practices and the TRA Audit Committee.
Leslie Nagel
Leslie Nagel was hired in 2009 as the TRA Internal Auditor. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Internal Auditor, and a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist as awarded by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Before joining TRA, she was an audit manager for LarsonAllen (now CliftonLarsonAllen), a public accounting firm. She is a board member of the Association of Public Pension Fund Auditors. Leslie received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration—Accounting from Concordia College in Moorhead.
Meeting schedule
All Audit Committee meetings are held at 9:30 a.m. in the TRA offices at 60 Empire Drive, Suite 400, St. Paul, unless otherwise indicated.
Approved meeting minutes
Minutes are posted once they are approved at the following Audit Committee meeting.
2020
May 12, 2020, June 16, 2020, August 18, 2020, November 17, 2020
2019
March 19, 2019, June 12, 2019, August 13, 2019, November 19, 2019
2018
February 20, 2018, April 10, 2018, August 8, 2018, November 13, 2018
Charter
Audit committee
Chair: Joel Stencel (Minnesota School Boards Association designee; statutory member of TRA board)
Vice Chair: Denise Anderson (Commissioner of Education designee; statutory member of TRA board)
Member: Amy Jorgenson (Commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget designee)
Member: Martha Lee Zins (TRA Board of Trustees president)
Member: Luke V. Olson, (TRA Board of Trustees vice president)