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.
Michele
Mark Levine, CPA Director, Technical Services Government Finance Officers
Association (GFOA) Michele is responsible for overseeing all of GFOA member
services related to accounting, auditing, and financial reporting, including the
performance of technical reviews of over 4,000 financial reports and budgets of
state and local governments that are submitted each year to GFOA’s professional
recognition programs. GFOA provides live training in locations throughout the
United States, internet classes and live-streamed webinars on accounting,
auditing and financial reporting topics, as well as publications and articles on
accounting, auditing and reporting topics.
Prior
to joining GFOA, Michele served as the Chief Accountant and Deputy Comptroller
for Accountancy of New York City. Her earlier work included leadership positions
in New York City Office of Management and Budget and serving as the comptroller
of six public authorities and local development corporations affiliated with the
City, and on the audit staff of Coopers & Lybrand (now
PriceWaterhouseCoopers).
Michele
is a past president of the New York State GFOA. She has served as a member of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA’s) governing
Council and on its State and Local Government Expert Panel. She is a past member
of the Board of Directors of the New York State Society of CPAs, a member and
past chair of its Government Accounting and Auditing Committee, and is a member
of the Editorial Board of the CPA Journal. Michele was named the 2011
Outstanding CPA in Government by the New York State Society of CPAs. Michele
holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Summa Cum Laude) from the State University of New
York at Binghamton and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse
University.
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.
Ms.
Lisa Stinson, CPA, MBA is a Managing Director at Crowe LLP, a public accounting
firm, with over 20 years of experience. Ms. Stinson provides accounting,
auditing and consulting services to government and not-for profit entities. She
assists her clients with grants management, financial reporting, indirect costs,
internal controls, risk assessments, compliance, and operational improvements.
Ms. Stinson obtained her MBA at the University of Illinois, Springfield, and is
a CPA.
Michelle
Horaney is a partner and the National Director State & Local Government,
Education and Gaming for RSM US LLP. In this role, Michelle has responsiblity
for audit, accounting and risk containment matters across RSM's state &
local government, education and gaming practices. She assists engagement teams
with complex audit, accounting and compliance matters. Michelle has worked with
a variety of public sector organizations including cities, counties, school
districts, state agencies, native american tribes, higher education
institutions, defined benefit pension and OPEB plans and special purpose
governments.
Michelle
also has extensive experience with Uniform Grant Guidance and the Single Audit
Act. Michelle serves as the firm’s liaison with the Government Accounting
Standards Board and is a past member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (AICPA) State and Local Government Expert Panel and the
AICPA’s Enhanced Oversight review program.
Professor
Nugent received his Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness, Farm, and Financial
Management and Master of Accounting Science from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and his Juris Doctorate from the John Marshall Law School, now
the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Law. Before coming to the
University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Mr. Nugent spent over 14 years working for
the Auditor General of the State of Illinois performing complex financial
audits, Single Audits, and compliance attestation examinations of the State's
agencies, bonding authorities, universities, and retirement systems. He quickly
rose from a staff auditor to the individual responsible for personally signing
opinions, including rendering the various opinions within the State's Annual
Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR). At
the end of his tenure, he served as the Auditor General's Technical Specialist,
responsible for advising the Auditor General on the intersection of technical
accounting, legal, and auditing matters encountered by his staff auditors and
public accounting firms working under his authority.
At
the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Mr. Nugent teaches Intermediate
Accounting, Auditing, Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, and Business Law
and is the faculty advisor to the Accounting and Finance Club. He researches and
develops case studies, including recent case studies on § 280A of the Internal
Revenue Code and non-profit frauds.
Mr.
Zaloga is the Chief Financial Officer of the Firefighters’ Pension Investment
Fund (FPIF). He is a finance and accounting professional with over 25 years of
experience in the CPA firm, large and mid-size corporate, and government pension
fund environments. Prior to joining FIPF, he served as the Director of
Operations, Accounting and Audit at the Illinois State Board of Investment. Mr.
Zaloga holds an MBA with concentrations in Finance and International Business
from DePaul University and is a Certified Public Accountant with an active
license in the state of Illinois.
Regina ("Gina") Tuczak, CPA is a Senior Manager in the Chicago Employee Benefit Plan Audit practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP. She has many years experience in public accounting and has specialized in qualified employee benefit plan audits since 1998. In that time, she has managed over several hundred employee benefit plan audits in various industries.
Ms. Tuczak has a B.A., with High Distinction, in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Jane
Clark, CPA has been Director of the Illinois Auditor General’s Financial and
Compliance Division since May 2017. In this capacity she is responsible for the
administration and oversight of the financial and compliance audit program for
the Office. The division conducts financial audits, single audits, compliance
examinations, agreed upon procedures and IS review to inform the public, the
Legislature, and State officers about the obligation, expenditure, receipt, and
use of public funds, and provide State agencies with specific recommendation to
help ensure compliance with State and federal statutes, rules and regulations.
Jane started with the Office in March 1994 and has a Bachelor of Science in
Accounting from Western Kentucky University.
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.