Auditors Save the World! Isabel Mercedes Cumming

In this episode of Auditors Save the World, podcast host Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA interviews auditing superhero, Isabel Mercedes Cumming.

In a city steeped in history and power, accountability still matters.

Brave superhero Isabel works shoulder-to-shoulder with special agents to follow the facts, protect the community, and demand justice when trust is broken. She doesn’t flinch or soften the truth. She stands for the people every time.

Her badge is independence with truth as her weapon. Her mission is justice.

Isabel is the people’s watchdog! When leaders stumble, when systems fail, when trust is tested, Isabel does not look away. She confronts power head-on, demanding accountability, reform, and change that actually sticks.

Here comes Isabel. Guardian of the public trust. Champion of accountability. Brave. Powerful. Unstoppable.

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About Isabel Mercedes Cumming

Isabel Mercedes Cumming serves the Inspector General of Baltimore City, making history in January 2018 as the first woman and Hispanic to ever be named to the post. She also distinguishes herself as the first Inspector General to serve a second term. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has flourished under her leadership having quadrupled the number of hotline complaints, achieving independence for the office, and successfully growing the office from six to 19 employees. The OIG tackled numerous high-profile cases and achieved over $50 million of documented savings for the citizens of Baltimore in the first year.

She holds both Certified Inspector General and Certified Fraud Examiner credentials. In 2019, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Inspector Generals. She previously taught Principles of Fraud Examination at the University of Baltimore and continues to serve on the Dean’s Advisory Committee for the Law School. She earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from James Madison University, a master’s degree in business administration and a Juris Doctorate (law) degree with honors from the University of Baltimore.

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