What is Sherron Watkins?
'''Sherron Watkins''' (born August 28, 1959) is an [[United States|American]] former Vice President of Corporate Development at the erstwhile [[Enron|Enron Corporation]]. Watkins testified about her role in the Enron fraud before committees of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]] at the beginning of 2002. In August 2001, Watkins alerted then-Enron [[CEO]] [[Kenneth Lay]] of [[accounting]] irregularities in financial reports. However, Watkins has been criticized for not reporting the [[fraud]] to government authorities and not speaking up publicly sooner about her concerns, as her memo did not reach the public until five months after it was written.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ackman|first=Dan|title=Sherron Watkins Had Whistle But Blew It|url=https://www.forbes.com/2002/02/14/0214watkins.html|publisher=Forbes Magazine|website = Forbes.com|date = 2002-02-14|access-date = 2013-08-11}}</ref> Ms. Watkins was represented by Houston attorney Philip H. Hilder. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, Sherron}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Texas]] [[Category:Living people]]