Paulette Schirmer is an accountant with the Division of Finance for the State of Alaska and a certified advanced facilitator for the University of Phoenix, where she teaches accounting courses at the bachelors and masters levels. Dr. Schirmer also works with the University of Alaska Southeast as an online instructor for its payroll accounting course. She received her BS in accounting from Metropolitan State College of Denver (now Metropolitan State University of Denver), her MBA from Regis University, and her DBA from University of Phoenix, where she conducted research on globalization strategies for small businesses.
Dr. Schirmer is active in the preparation of Alaskas Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports and that states annual Compensation and Travel Report, as well as training state employees on the states financial and reporting systems.
