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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 capital 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.

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.

Dan Nugent, CPA, has worked on financial audits, Single Audits, and attestation engagements for the State's Auditor General for the past 11 years.  Additionally, he has taught Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting at the University of Illinois at Springfield for the past three years and is the current Chair of the Illinois CPA Society's Governmental Executive Committee.  He has an undergraduate degree in Farm and Financial Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Accounting Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Juris Doctorate from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

Mr. Brandon Reed is a Partner in Crowe LLP’s Publlic Sector Consulting business unit, and has over ten years of experience in public accounting providing auditing and consulting services to public sector organizations. Brandon's experience includes large-scale engagements with State agencies and universities, municipalities, community colleges, and school districts. Brandon's primary focus is accounting and financial reporting projects to assit public sector organizations with accounting aspects of grants management as well as complex financial reporting issues. He resides in the Springfield, Illinois area.

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.