Robert Reid
Deputy Assistant Secretary Accounting Policy
Robert Reid joined the Treasury Department in June 1999. In his capacity with the Treasury Department, he serves as the Department's representative on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) which formulates and recommends accounting standards for use by Federal agencies in the preparation of their financial statements. He serves as the Department's senior official on accounting policy and he provides policy oversight over government-wide accounting and the preparation of the annual government-wide consolidated financial statements.
Prior to joining the Treasury Department he held several positions with the D.C. Government including Controller of the City, and Deputy Director and CFO of the Lottery. Before joining the D.C. government he served as a key member of the financial staff that established Conrail as a viable railroad after the Penn Central failure. Mr. Reid started his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. performing audits of commercial accounts where he received his CPA in 1972.
Mr. Reid graduated from Ursinus College with a B.A. in Economics. He also is an alumnus of the Kennedy School at Harvard University and is a former President of the D.C. chapter of the Government Financial Officer's Association (GFOA). He served as the D.C. representative to the national GFOA for four years