A. Lee Battershell

Ms. Battershell serves as a research team member for the Institute of Internal Auditors.

She has served as the Director, Policy, Oversight, & Systems, Air Force Audit Agency (AFAA), as Associate Director, Department of State; as Program Manager, Department of Defense Inspector General; and as Research Fellow Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF).

In addition to managing the daily operations of auditing, policy, and systems, Ms. Battershell managed two major development programs—the automated work papers and the automated management information system.  Ms. Battershell helped form the security oversight program for the Department of State in response to Admiral Bobby Inman’s finding of lax security at United States Embassies around the world.  She co-authored the publications “Acquisition Alerts for Program Managers,” and " IIA Professional Practices Pamphlet 98-3, “Automating the Audit Workpaper Process,” authored the article “Technology Approach: DoD versus Boeing, A Comparative Study,” and authored a book, “The C-17 versus the 777.”

During her career Ms. Battershell has chaired several boards and committees including the Federal Audit Executives Council on Auditing in a Paperless Environment, the Communications Systems Requirements Board, the Information Processing Group, and the Workforce Diversity Committee.  She served on the President’s Council for Integrity and Efficiency for Education, and served on a joint Air Force/Army board to improve technology use in the workplace.

Ms. Battershell graduated cum laude from California State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.  She has a Master of National Resource Management from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and a Master of Science in Business Administration from Central Michigan University .

Since 2002, Ms. Battershell has participated in loan reviews and various audit projects with Nichols & Associates PS Inc and works on a project basis with the firm.