Debra Goodnight CPA
Managing Director
- Email:
- goodnightd@pfm.com
- Business Specialty:
- Asset Management
- Office:
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Harrisburg
One Keystone Plaza
Suite 300
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: 717-232-2723
Fax: 717-233-6073
Debra Goodnight has overall responsibility for accounting and administration for PFM's Asset Management Group including portfolio accounting, pool accounting, and client billing. She has direct responsibility for the operations of all State wide pools managed by PFM including the financial statement preparation and regulatory reporting requirements. Ms. Goodnight has extensive experience in the operations of money market funds including the 2a-7 guidelines as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Prior to joining PFM in 1990, Ms. Goodnight spent 9 years with American General Corporation. As Second Vice President and Assistant Controller, she was responsible for investment accounting operations for portfolios totaling approximately $19 billion. Ms. Goodnight was also employed with the Controller's Department of H.J. Heinz for two years where her primary focus was on international consolidated financial reporting and the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand for three years.
Ms. Goodnight holds a B.S. Degree in accounting from Robert Morris College, and a MBA with an emphasis on finance from St. Thomas University. She is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in both Pennsylvania and Texas and has taught management courses at the collegiate level. Ms. Goodnight has served on the Advisory Board for Information Systems of America, Inc. providing investment industry direction of their software development. She is also a registered principal with National Association of Security Dealers.
Debra Goodnight is currently serving on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB") Committee to develop a qualification examination for municipal fund security limited principals.