Lauren Pendergraft

Lauren Pendergraft, CPA, currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at McConkey Auction Group since September 2021. Pendergraft has held several key financial roles at Avista from June 2010 to September 2021, where responsibilities included Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Risk Manager, and Treasury Manager, among others. Additional experience includes serving as a Board Member for Washington Youth Soccer since May 2018 and as a Park Board Member for the City of Spokane from January 2015 to May 2017, contributing to the Finance Committee and Riverfront Park Committee. Pendergraft also taught Financial Accounting as an Adjunct Instructor at Gonzaga University from August 2011 to May 2014 and began professional experience as an Audit Associate at KPMG from June 2009 to May 2010. Pendergraft holds a BBA in Accounting and Mathematics from Gonzaga University, an MAcc from Gonzaga University - School of Business Administration, and completed the Utility Executive Course at the University of Idaho in 2016.