Author: Debora Allen

Debora Allen, a retired CPA and CFO with over 30 years experience in financial management, served six years on the Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association board, overseeing the management of over $7B in pension funds, followed by eight years on the San Francisco BART Board of Directors, overseeing a regional transit agency with a $2 billion annual budget. Her second term at BART expired in December 2024 and included almost four years of post-COVID work in the 5th largest transit agency in America. Known as the “lightning rod of the BART board,” she championed transparency, accountability, and spending efficiency for 8 years, often called the “lone voice of common sense”. Debora currently serves on the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association board of directors, and works in the construction industry as a business and accounting consultant.