Pam Wortham

Senior Advisor - Finance and Audit Services

Fuquay Solutions

pwortham@fuquaysolutions.com

Phone: 919.800.8224

Pam Wortham brings over 31 years of managerial, finance, audit, banking, accounting and budgeting experience to assist the clients of Fuquay Solutions.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Pam is a Certified Public Accountant who has held leadership positions throughout state government.  Her career began in the Office of State Auditor, where she led audits of state agencies, community colleges, local governmental units, and non-profits. As the Accounting Manager for the N.C. Department of Agriculture, Pam oversaw all financial management functions for the $85 million department, as well as purchasing and audit preparation.  In both of these positions, she worked closely with federal funds and cost allocation accounting and reporting.  Pam also led the efforts to get hundreds of millions in emergency funds out to farmers and other landowners in the State after the devastating floods resulting from Hurricane Floyd in 1999.  In recognition of her work, Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Graham honored her with a Superior Service Award.

EXPERIENCE BENEFICIAL TO OUR CLIENTS

Most recently, Pam served as the Chief Financial Officer and Deputy State Treasurer for Financial Operations.  In this role she managed the State of North Carolina’s banking services, which process more than $25 billion in checks and $125 billion in wire transfers annually.  She also managed the accounting for the $70 billion investments portfolio, including the state’s pension fund and 401k.  During her tenure, Pam oversaw a major technology upgrade that revolutionized the way money moved through the state’s banks and reduced fraud.  She also represented the State Treasurer at the N.C. State Board of Community Colleges and in other high-level meetings.

Pam Wortham is a 1979 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting.  She is a member of the NC Association of CPAs and received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from Governor Beverly Perdue in October 2010.