Dora Ann Verde is an executive with extensive experience in accounting, auditing, and consulting, providing services to municipalities, counties, colleges, school districts, public utilities, transit authorities, state agencies, nonprofits, and private sector businesses.

As an accounting and audit consultant since 2007, she primarily provides chief financial officer services to nonprofit organizations in order to give back to the community by ensuring nonprofits implement strong governance systems, proper financial reporting, effective internal controls, and compliance with grant rules and regulations. Her private practice is based on experience both in external and internal auditing with five years as chief of Internal Audit for a local government and 18 years as a partner in a local public accounting firm.

Verde has served on the board of TD Industries since 2007 and serves as chair of the Audit Committee for this employee-owned company headquartered in Dallas with over $600 million of revenue and 2,400 employees. TD is a premier facilities management and specialty construction corporation listed for 21 years by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. As a board member, she provides strategic direction to grow the company. In addition, her business contacts have led to securing several multimillion dollar contracts.

Verde also serves as a board member of Trellis Companies (formerly TG), a multimillion dollar revenue and equity nonprofit organization, and the related Trellis Foundation. She was appointed to the board 12 years ago by then-Governor Rick Perry for this corporation that served as the student loan guarantor for Texas. She served four years as board chair and board vice chair and currently chairs the Compensation Committee.

Verde has had extensive community service spanning over 30 years in the San Antonio community. She has held key leadership positions including board chair of Texas Public Radio and SAY Si and treasurer of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She currently serves on the Board of ACE Academy and WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing Inc.) and is Audit Committee chair of Women’s Hall of Fame. She also serves on the Board of Advisors of the NACD Texas TriCities Chapter.

As a native San Antonian, Verde received her BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas in San Antonio. She obtained her CPA Certification by passing all four parts of the exam at one time and earned her Certified Internal Auditor Certification in 2009. Her professional associations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, San Antonio Chapter of Certified Public Accountants, International Institute of Internal Auditors, and NACD.

Verde and her husband spend their free time traveling, entertaining, and relaxing with family and friends. The bulk of her free time is devoted to her six-year-old granddaughter.