Sylvia Anderson has over 30 years of auditing experience with the Federal Government. Currently, she is the Quality Assurance Manager for the Division of Audits and Accounting within the Office of Enforcement for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Prior to joining FERC, she worked at the Office of Special Trustee for American Indian for the Department of Interior as the Director, Naval Audit Service of the Department of Navy as an Audit Manager, at the Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigation for National Geospatial Intelligence as a Forensic Auditors, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigation for the United States Postal Service as a Forensic Auditors, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit for the United States Postal Service as a Senior Auditor, and Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit for the General Service Administration as an auditor.
She is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC). Before joining UMGC, she was an Adjunct Faculty at the College of Southern Maryland in the Business Department. She has taught numerous accounting courses, including auditing courses.
She writes questions for Certified Internal Auditing examination and is a reviewer for the Certified Management Accountant examination. She also wrote questions for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant examination.
She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). She received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting with a minor in Business Information System from Virginia State University and her Master of Art in Administrative Management with concentration in Accounting from Bowie State University. She is married to Lamar Anderson and has one son Malcom Isaiah Anderson.