Terra Van Andel currently serves as a Deputy City Auditor in the Long Beach Office of the City Auditor (OCA). She has more than ten years of auditing and public accounting experience during a career devoted to public service. Since joining the OCA in 2005, Terra has worked on numerous performance audits and key projects such as the Long Beach Museum of Art Capital Campaign Audit, the Towing Operations Cash Handling Procedures Audit, the Queen Mary Capital Improvements Audit, and the Harbor Department Transfer Analysis. In addition, Terra was key in the OCA's 2007 Standards Initiative, which established internal policies, developed an office-wide quality control process, and educated staff on Government Auditing Standards. These accomplishments assisted with leading the office to pass its first peer review in 2009. 



Terra received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management, emphasis in Leadership, from Arkansas State University and is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Government Auditing Professional. She is a member of the Association of Local Government Auditors, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Institute of Internal Auditors. Terra currently serves on the ALGA Awards Committee and has participated on multiple peer reviews.