Aycha Sawa
Aycha Sawa | |
|---|---|
| Comptroller of the City of Milwaukee | |
Elected | |
| Assumed office April 21, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Matson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Milwaukee |
| Political party | Nonpartisan |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew Sawa |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Wisconsin, Madison (BBA) |
Aycha Sawa is an American politician serving as the elected Comptroller of the city of Milwaukee. She is the first woman to serve in this position.[1] She is also a CPA and a Certified Internal Auditor.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Born Aycha Sirvanci, Sawa is a first-generation American. Her parents were both born and raised in Turkey. Sawa's father was a statistics professor at the University of Wisconsin, and her mother was an accountant and auditor.[3]
While growing up, Sawa was active in the Turkish community. She was a Turkish dance performer at the Holiday Folk Fair, an annual festival in the Milwaukee area. During college, she was in the Turkish Student group. She attended UW-Madison, majoring in accounting. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2006.
Sawa speaks fluent Turkish.
Career[edit]
After college, Sawa worked for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a Journey Auditor. She was later employed at Baker Tilly as an accountant.[4]
Sawa began her career at the City of Milwaukee Comptroller's Office in July, 2010. She started as an Auditor, and moved up the ranks to Deputy Comptroller in February 2017.[5][6]
Sawa ran for Milwaukee Comptroller in the 2020 spring elections. She came in second place in the primary, earning 30.4% of the vote. She faced Jason Fields in the general election. Fields attempted to make an issue of Sawa's handling of an audit of lead piping. Politifact rated the claims "false" and "ridiculous".[7] Sawa went on to win the general election with 50.4% of the vote.[8]
Personal life[edit]
According to her campaign website, Sawa is married to Drew Sawa. The pair live in Milwaukee's Downer Woods neighborhood. They have a daughter named Mina.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sandler, Larry (March 6, 2020). "In Upcoming Local Elections, Are the Choices Black and White?". Milwaukee Magazine. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Taylor and Sawa also would be the first women to serve as mayor and comptroller.
- ↑ Schulte, Laura (March 26, 2020). "A presidential primary and a Supreme Court race. Here are the key races in Wisconsin's April 7 elections". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
...she is a certified public accountant and a certified internal auditor.
- ↑ "Meet Aycha". Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Carson, Sophie (March 30, 2020). "Milwaukee comptroller race centers on lead pipes and the role of city's chief financial officer". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
She previously worked as an auditor for Baker Tilly and for the State of Wisconsin.
- ↑ Carson, Sophie (March 30, 2020). "Milwaukee comptroller race centers on lead pipes and the role of city's chief financial officer". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Sawa has held the No. 2 position for the last three of her 10 years in the city comptroller’s office.
- ↑ Litke, Eric (April 3, 2020). "Attack ads in Milwaukee comptroller race exaggerate, mislead". Politifact. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
The race pits Fields against Sawa, who has worked in the office she now seeks to run since 2010, working her way up from auditor to lead auditor, audit manager, accounting director and now deputy comptroller.
- ↑ Litke, Eric (April 3, 2020). "Attack ads in Milwaukee comptroller race exaggerate, mislead". Politifact. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
We rate this false and ridiculous claim Pants on Fire.
- ↑ "Aycha Sawa". Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Meet Aycha, retrieved 2022-01-04
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