Two U.S. Audit Watchdog Leaders to Step Down This Fall

Two of the U.S. audit regulator’s last remaining board members said Friday that they would step down this fall.

Rebekah Goshorn Jurata and Megan Zietsman said in a joint statement that they didn’t apply to be re-appointed to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and were prepared to leave their posts sooner should the Securities and Exchange Commission name their successors before Oct. 1.

• Jurata, Zietsman, and Duane DesParte—who is serving as acting chair—continue to oversee the PCAOB while the SEC vets candidates to serve on the regulator set up after the Enron scandal. The ...