Robert H. Attmore elected GASB Chairman.

• Position: National

Robert H. Attmore has been elected chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), effective July 1, 2004. Attmore--a former Deputy State Comptroller with the New York State Comptroller's Office--will succeed Tom L Allen, who has served as GASB Chairman, commencing in 1995.

Attmore is currently president of Attmore & Associates in Albany, New York, where he provides consulting services to government agencies and other entities.

As Deputy State Comptroller from 1986 to 2003, he provided leadership to a...