Ken Vyhmeister

Ken Vyhmeister is a Controller and CPA with a Master's in Taxation from Golden Gate University. He previously served as Associate Vice President for Financial Administration and Controller at Walla Walla University for 16 years, where he taught management, ethics, and auditing courses.

His background includes 11 years as Corporate Controller for Bren Investments, the holding company of billionaire real estate developer Donald Bren in Newport Beach, California. He has also worked for two Fortune 500 companies—Shearson Mortgage and Fluor Corporation in Irvine—plus five years as an auditor at Price Waterhouse and two years as a manager in Ernst & Young's Real Estate Group.

Vyhmeister holds an active California CPA license. He is married to physician Carmen Ehlers and has five children and four grandchildren. He was recently reappointed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee to a second term on the board of the Washington Tobacco Settlement Authority.