NMSU selects chief audit officer

LAS CRUCES - Ross Justus has been selected as New Mexico State University's next chief audit officer. Justus, an audit manager and assistant director with NMSU's Office of Audit Services since 2008, was one of three finalists for the position.

He is a Certified Public Accountant and 1999 NMSU graduate.

Prior to joining the Office of Audit Services, Justus was an audit manager with Moss Adams LLP in Albuquerque. There he performed external compliance and financial statement audits of various for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including several institutions of higher education. He also has served as a divisional controller for the First National Bank of Arizona and worked in public accounting for KPMG LLP, an audit, tax and advisory services firm.