Karl L. Keith was appointed Montgomery County Auditor in December 2000 and elected to full four-year terms in 2002, 2006 and 2010. As Auditor, he serves as the county’s chief fiscal officer, chief assessor, sealer of weights and measures, and administrator for the Budget Commission, Data Processing Board and Board of Revision. In a public service career that spans more than 30 years, Mr. Keith has an extensive background in government finance, public administration, cash management, information technology and politics. He began his career as a state examiner in the county/township audits division for the Ohio Auditor of State. He subsequently served eight years in the Montgomery County Treasurer’s Office first as fiscal systems analyst and later as assistant treasurer for cash management. He was appointed chief deputy auditor in 1991, a position he held for over nine years prior to his appointment as auditor. A Certified Cash Manager, Mr. Keith earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Ashland College and a master’s degree in political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 2002, he earned the Ohio Financial Accountability Certification from the State of Ohio, and he completed the Community Land Reform Initiatives Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2009. Mr. Keith has held numerous leadership positions within the County Auditors Association of Ohio and earned the “Distinguished County Auditor” designation in 2010. He currently serves as the association’s 2nd vice president. He is a member of the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center Advisory Board and the Ashland University Alumni Association Board of Directors. Sinclair Community College presented Mr. Keith with the Appalachian Unsung Hero Award for Outstanding Government Leadership in 2006, and he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Montgomery County Democratic Party in 2008. Karl and his wife, Doris, reside in the City of Dayton.