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For over three decades, Joe DeNucci has dedicated himself to public service.  He has been the Auditor of the Commonwealth since 1987 and, before being elected Auditor, served as a State Representative from Newton and Waltham for ten years.  Throughout his life in public service, Joe DeNucci has earned a reputation for integrity, independence and compassion.

When Joe DeNucci first ran for State Auditor, he promised that he would be the "watchdog for the underdog." Today, he still hold true to that promise.  As Joe frequently puts it, "the cruelest tax of all is waste.  It hurts people - often the youngest and the oldest, and those most in need of services from government." His audits have identified more than $2.5 billion in cost savings, unallowable and unecessary expenditures and uncollected revenue.  Joe looks for ways to prevent waste and make government more efficient.  He searches for uncollected revenues, and finds ways to make existing funds go further.  Joe DeNucci has taken on the tough audits of state agencies and authorities like the Big Dig and the MBTA.  He monitors state contracts with private companies to ensure cost savings and quality work.  He has helped protect cities and towns from unfunded state mandates and has been a strong advocate for important local programs.  Through his Bureau of Special Investigations, he works to detect and prevent welfare and Medicaid fraud and abuse.

During his 10 years as State Representative and as House Chairman of the Joint Legislature Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs, Joe DeNucci earned a reputation as one of the hardest working, most effective members of the Massachusetts House.  His many accomplishments include laws to fight child abuse and neglect; establishing a foster care review system; providing better nutrition for children; combating homelessness; preventing abuse of the elderly.  As Chairman of the Special Commission on Disability, he also took on the federal government to help disabled person keep their social security and disability benefits.

After serving in the House, Joe was elected Auditor in 1986 and has been re-elected five times.  He currently serves as chairman of both the State Inspector General's council and the Municipal Finance Oversight Board.  He is the vice chairman of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission.  He also serves as a member of the Massachusetts Teacher's Retirement Board, the School Building Authority Advisory Board, Health Care Quality and Cost Council, the Witness Protection Board, the County Government Finance Review Board, and the State Comptroller's Advisory Board.  He is the state designee to and a past chairman of the New England Intergovernmental Audit Forum, and is a member of the Association of Government Accountants.

Before entering public life, he was a professional boxer, ranking among the world's top middleweights.  In recognition of his outstanding boxing career, Joe was inducted into the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago in May, 2004.  Joe and his wife Barbara have five children and 14 grandchildren, and reside in Newton.