Audit Results Strategist, 2025 & 2024 Beacon Award Recipient, Amplifying Your Audit Results, Compelling Audit Reports, Audit Speaker, Trusted Advisor.
Tracie Marquardt is a two time Beacon Award recipient (2024 and 2025) and an internationally recognized Audit Results Strategist. She partners with Chief Audit Executives and their teams to transform audit outcomes through stronger communication, elevated leadership, and enhanced productivity.
As a specialist in audit reporting, Tracie addresses one of the profession’s most persistent challenges: producing and communicating results that truly influence stakeholders. Her work focuses on redesigning outdated audit report templates, strengthening message clarity, and building long term team capability to deliver high quality reporting at the intersection of human judgment and AI enabled communication.
Over her career, Tracie has trained more than 13,000 auditors across 30+ countries, working with global organizations, multinational corporations, and audit teams across a wide range of industries. She is a frequent keynote speaker at international audit forums and global professional events, where she shares innovative approaches to improving communication and increasing the impact of internal audit functions.
Tracie is also the creator and host of Inspiring Women in Audit, a global podcast dedicated to amplifying the voices and experiences of women shaping the future of internal audit. The podcast is supported by an active LinkedIn community of hundreds of audit professionals around the world.
A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, Canada) with more than 25 years of international experience in external audit, internal audit, financial services, and operational management, Tracie combines technical rigor with a deep understanding of the human dynamics that drive audit performance. Her work is grounded in a clear conviction: is the most powerful lever for elevating the influence, credibility, and value of internal audit.