[3] According to the AAA's biography, Palmrose "has published and spoken extensively on a variety of issues related to the quality of financial reporting and auditing" and she "is recognized as an expert in translating the complexities and jargon of accounting into plain English for general audiences.
[5] From 1970 to 1973, she worked for the CPA firm Yergen and Meyer in Astoria, Oregon, and as the Assistant Controller at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington from 1973 to 1974.
[5] From 1975 to 1978, Palmrose worked at Mathematical Sciences Northwest, Inc. in Bellevue, Washington, as an assistant to the vice president of administration.
[2] From 2000 to 2006, Palmrose also worked as a consultant for accounting, auditing practice, and public policy.
[5] In 2006, Palmrose took a two-year leave of absence from her position as the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Auditing at the University of Southern California Leventhal School of Accounting and Marshall School of Business to work as the Deputy Chief Accountant for Professional Practice at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.