Government Conference Springfield (C67621)

Scott Reeser is a senior project manager with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) in Norwalk, Connecticut. He is currently working on GASB projects related to the reexamination of the financial reporting model and infrastructure assets. Previously, he has worked on several projects, including those leading to statements on accounting and financial reporting for postemployment benefits, fiduciary activities, and transactions reported as deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources. Before joining the staff of the GASB in 2010, Mr. Reeser spent ten years working for the Office of the Comptroller in the State of Illinois. During that time, Mr. Reeser was responsible for the coordination and preparation of the state’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and the development of statewide accounting policies. His previous experience also includes over five years with a public accounting firm performing financial and compliance audits of not-for-profit entities and governmental agencies. Mr. Reeser is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society.

Courtney Mohr is a Principal at Lauterbach & Amen, LLP. and has over 8 years of professional accounting experience serving clients in the governmental and nonprofit sector, including audits of municipalities, park districts, pension funds, and nonprofit entities. She has also served as the lead in financial services roles. Additionally, Courtney is a Certified Public Accountant, member of the Illinois CPA Society and a Young Professional Ambassador, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Brad Porter is a Principal at Lauterbach & Amen, LLP. and has over 10 years of professional accounting experience serving clients in the governmental sector, including audits of municipalities, park districts, school districts, nonprofit entities and pension funds. Additionally, Brad is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Illinois CPA Society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

 

Hollis Hanson-Pollock, CPA is a senior manager at Crowe LLP, where she focuses on providing audit and consulting services to municipalities, community colleges, school districts, and transportation agencies. In 2020 she completed a two-year fellowship with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), where she worked primarily on projects related to revenue and expense recognition, leases, and the replacement of interbank offered rates. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society and is a licensed CPA in the state of Illinois.

 

Geoffrey ‘Geof’ Brown, CAE, is president and CEO of the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), one of the largest state CPA societies in the nation. Brown also serves as president and CEO of CPAs for the Public Interest and ex-officio board member of the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois.

A seasoned certified association executive (CAE), Brown has more than 20 years of experience as an association professional. Before joining ICPAS in 2022, he served as CEO of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), the nation’s leading professional association of fee-only financial advisors, for nine years. Prior to NAPFA, Brown was an account executive with Sentergroup, an association manager at SmithBucklin Corporation, and held multiple positions with North-American Interfraternity Conference.

Brown served as the board chair for Association Forum and is an active member. He is also an active member in the American Society of Association Executives and is a board member for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the Association of Fraternal Leadership & Values. Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland.

David R. Bean, CPA, is the chief executive officer of Governmental Accounting Research, LLC, a consulting and training firm dedicated to public sector accounting and financial reporting activities. Prior to his retirement from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), David served as the GASB director of research and technical activities for over 30 years. Prior to joining the GASB, David worked in public accounting and government. He also has served as Deputy Chairman of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB). He was the lead author on the 1988 Governmental Accounting, Auditing and Financial Reporting (Blue Book) and was the founder of the GAAFR Review newsletter. He was the last director of the National Council on Governmental Accounting before the formation of the GASB in 1984. David is a licensed CPA in Illinois and member of the Government Finance Officers Association, the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Illinois CPA Society, the AGA, the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, and the Municipal Analysts Group of New York.

Dan Nugent is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Law at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He holds both a Juris Doctor and a Certified Public Accountant designation, bringing a unique and valuable perspective to the intersection of law and accounting. On campus, he teaches Business Law, Intermediate Accounting, Auditing, and Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting. His research focuses on the development of case studies in diverse subject areas including ethics, professional misconduct, and financial frauds.

 

Brian Dempsey, CPA/CFF/ABV, CFE

Mr. Dempsey is a Senior Manager within RSM US LLP’s national office. He consults with engagement teams on significant audit risk matters including, fraud, noncompliance, cybersecurity incidents, litigation, bankruptcy, and other conditions or transactions that present heightened risk to the firm’s clients or the audit. Mr. Dempsey serves as a liaison between the engagement teams and legal counsel, and assists with reports to firm leadership and general counsel’s office regarding root causes, lessons learned and recommended remediation for various audit issues. Mr. Dempsey also assists with maintaining the firm’s audit and attest manuals and developing tools and guidance to enhance audit quality and efficiency and mitigate the firm’s risk. Additionally, he also develops and facilitates nationally sponsored training. With over 24 years of public accounting experience, Mr. Dempsey has provided audit and other assurance services to public and private companies, serving small and large clients across many industries. He has also provided forensic accounting and litigation support services, including to nationally recognized law firms engaged in high-profile fraud cases. Mr. Dempsey founded and operated his own certified public accounting firm for seven years and spent one year at the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, contributing to the Uniform CPA Examination. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and minor in Economics from University of Delaware and volunteers on the board of a not-for-profit focused on providing pet therapy services to individuals in need.

 

 

Martin Green, Esq., Moderator, Vice President, Government Relations, Illinois CPA Society, Martin “Marty” Green serves as Vice President of Government Relations for the Illinois CPA Society. As the Vice President of Government Relations, Marty works with the CEO and Board of Directors of the Society to oversee and implement the legislative and regulatory activities of the Illinois CPA Society serving the interest of its more than 24,000 CPA and finance members. Green previously served as Executive Assistant Attorney General for Illinois Attorneys General Lisa Madigan and Jim Ryan. A graduate of Western Illinois University and Saint Louis University Law School, he is a practicing lawyer and member of the Illinois Bar. He holds a number of professional certifications and is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts. Green is also a Colonel with the Illinois Air National Guard, and an Eagle Scout. He is the past president of the Western Illinois University Alumni Council and is an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Health Sciences.