Ruthe Holden

Ruthe Holden is the Internal Audit Manager for the City of Pasadena since November 2015, prior to that she was the Chief Auditor for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. She has over 30 years of experience in Federal and Local government with 23 years’ experience in Internal Audit. She has conducted operational, financial, information technology, contract, and regulatory compliance audits. As an auditor in the Federal government, Ruthe was assigned to the Defective Pricing Audit team, which served as an introduction to fraud auditing. As an auditor at Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, she found a kickback scheme between a contractor and one of the agency’s employees during a routine audit.

Ruthe is currently the Chair of the Regional Conference Committee which reports to the North American Board of the Institute of Internal Auditor's (IIA), and is Past Chair of the American Public Transportation Association’s Committee of Audit Professionals as well as past Chair of the IIA’s Southern California District Educational Conference and past co-chair of the IIA’s 2010 Western Regional Conference. She is currently a member of the Association of Local Government Auditors, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.