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Sherron Watkins was a vice president at the Enron Corporation who played a significant role during the company's collapse. In 2001, she sent an anonymous memo to Enron chairman Kenneth Lay, warning him of potential accounting scandals and expressing deep concern regarding the partnerships managed by chief financial officer Andrew Fastow.1