Kristin Melcher, CPA

Kristin is a Community Transportation Planner for the South Central Region at WSDOT. Prior to entering the transportation industry, she worked in public and private accounting. She is a licensed CPA and worked as a financial auditor before opening her own accounting firm. Deciding that she was much too extroverted to spend the rest of her working life on tax seasons she transitioned to a private non-profit transportation provider and fell in love with transportation. Now she is able to combine her love of helping people and compliance with the best division at WSDOT; the Public Transportation Division.

Budgeting For Your Project

Does hearing the word “budget” fill you with a sense of dread? Do you throw darts at a number on a wall and hope it will be enough for your project? Then this session is for you! It will provide an introduction to budgeting as well as considerations for preparing budgets for different types of projects through the WSDOT Consolidated Grant Application.

Session: Weds, April 17 @ 11:00 AM

Ways To Control Costs

Benjamin Franklin once said that nothing is certain except death and taxes. Now it seems that needs to be amended to death, taxes and rising costs. While this session won’t provide a silver bullet, it will help you create a playbook that you can use now and in the future.

Session: Thurs, April 18 @ 10:00 AM