2018 NASC Annual Conference March 21-23, 2018 Montgomery, Alabama SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

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1 2018 NASC Annual Conference March 21-23, 2018 Montgomery, Alabama SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES YASH ACHARYA, PMP, CSM, is a director within KPMG's State & Local Government Management Consulting Practice in the Northeast. He specializes in projects within the finance and administration domain focused on accounting and policy analysis, business process and organizational assessments and re-engineering, cloud computing, and end-to-end ERP implementations (cloud and on-premise). Yash has over 16 years of accounting and system implementation experience and has led projects for the states of New York, Connecticut, and Maryland and the city of New York, as well as several agencies within these entities. Specific to ERP implementations, he s helped deliver more than 10 ERP implementation projects while serving in various capacities. Yash has a bachelor s degree in computer science engineering and a certification from NYU's accounting program. He is also a certified project management professional and a certified scrum master. RYAN ALLEN was appointed chief information security officer for the Office of Information Technology in November 2017, where he leads the state of Alabama s cyber security initiatives. Mr. Allen brings a wealth of experience to the state s IT leadership team. Prior to this appointment, he served as division director of infrastructure and cyber security for Children s Hospital of Alabama, where he led IT operations functions for the third-largest pediatric hospital in the U.S. Ryan held a concurrent role with the UAB Department of Pediatrics as the director of operations, overseeing the department s IT and facilities efforts. Ryan has a master of science degree in health administration and a B.A. in technical writing from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and also holds CISSP, CPHIMS and CHPS certifications. He earned a Presidential Service Award for his time spent volunteering as a POST certified police officer and continues to work with local law enforcement on cyber-crime initiatives. Ryan is affiliated with numerous community organizations, including mentoring for the Holy Family Cristo Rey High School Corporate Work Study Program, serving as a board member of Lord Wedgwood Charity, and a participating member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Health Information and Management System Society. Ryan is a native of Clearwater, Kansas, but has been a resident of Birmingham since He lives in Hoover with his wife, Kim, and son, Cole. LYNNE BAJEMA has served as the Oklahoma state comptroller since April Before her appointment as state comptroller, she served as the chief financial officer and deputy director of the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board after working in public accounting in the area of taxation. She currently serves on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Board, the Government Technology Accountability Review Board, the State Building Bond Commission, and as chairman of the State Cash Management and Investment Oversight Commission. She is an active member of NASACT and currently chairs the NASC CAFR Committee. She also serves on the GASB Revenue and Expense Recognition Task Force and the AGA Intergovernmental Partnership. She is past-president of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Association of Governmental Accountants and past-president of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Oklahoma Society of CPAs. Lynne graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma and has been a certified public accountant since DAVID R. BEAN is the director of research and technical activities for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. He assigns and provides oversight to the GASB s research, technical, and administrative activities. Prior to joining the GASB in 1990, 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 and was

2 the founder of the GAAFR Review. He was the last director of the National Council on Governmental Accounting before the formation of the GASB in David is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association, the Connecticut and Illinois Government Finance Officers Associations, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Illinois CPA Society, the Association of Government Accountants, the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, and the Municipal Analysts Group of New York. JAVI BORGES is a principal with over 18 years of experience serving EY clients. He serves as EY s Northeast region and is the U.S. tax state and local government and public-sector leader. EY tax is committed to helping governments understand the impact of their policy decisions, improve administrative efficiencies and meet their tax compliance needs. Javi has experience assisting several state governments with tax-related matters including helping meet the challenges of the Affordable Care Act, foreign tax issues for pension investments, understanding the impact of policy decisions, and organization and workforce issues. He has authored white papers on how state and local governments can meet the challenges of regulatory changes related to the ACA and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Located in New York City, Javi serves as the tax account leader for the state of New York, New York City, and state of New Jersey governments. In this capacity, Javi oversees all tax service delivery to these accounts. Prior to this, Javi led EY s Tallahassee, Florida, office for eight years and was responsible for overseeing day-to-day service delivery to the state of Florida governmental departments and agencies. He also served in similar capacity to the state of North Carolina. He is responsible for overseeing EY s service to northeast state and local governments, education institutions, not-for-profit organizations, and quasi-governmental entities. He is also part of the U.S. Government and Public Sector Leadership Committee at EY. He is a frequent participant and speaker at state and local government conferences. He proudly served on the firm s Latino Professional Network Steering Committee, helping lead EY s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness. Javi is a graduate of the Florida State University. He is fluent in Spanish. BHARATH CHARI is a senior manager in Deloitte s Cyber Risk Services practice and has over 18 years in the IT industry primarily catering to the public sector. Bharath has led security assessments and evaluations at the executive level and across various agencies. He also served as the state of Florida s cyber security officer from 2009 to He is currently assisting a state client with the implementation of a new integrated eligibility system. NELSON CLUGSTON is a vice president with MAXIMUS. He manages the government and non-profit cost accounting practice for the area that covers South Carolina to Maine. Nelson has 29 years of experience in preparing cost allocation plans to help governments recover administrative costs from federal programs and enterprise funds. He has spoken on cost recovery for the Government Finance Officers Association, National Association of State Comptrollers, Virginia GFOA, the Virginia League of Social Services Directors, the Maryland Governor s Grants Office and the Washington, DC Grants Management Conference. Nelson has bachelor of science degrees in accounting and public service from Penn State University. ELIZABETH COLCORD is the accounting and financial reporting manager with the North Carolina Office of State Controller. She is a certified public accountant. She leads a team of financial specialists responsible for the compilation of the state s CAFR and monthly reconciliation of agencies/universities on state s accounting system. She also provides statewide training through classroom training on the state s accounting system and hosts an annual financial conference and a GASB and auditing standards conference for agency/university fiscal staff. Prior to joining the North Carolina Office of State Controller, she worked for the North Carolina Department of Revenue for 25 years serving as chief financial officer for seven years. CATHLYN COONS is a subject matter expert for the state, local and education team at Workiva. She has 20 years of professional accounting experience 10 years with SAIC and Sempra Energy and the last 10 years with the San Diego Association of Governments.

3 Her professional experience includes two ERP system upgrade projects, preparation of both SEC and governmental financial statements, and other complex, special projects. Additionally, she taught at San Diego State University for four years as part of the Management Information Systems Department in the College of Business, and later in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department. She earned a master of science in accountancy from San Diego State University and a bachelor of science, business administration from University of North Carolina, Pembroke. DOUGLAS COTNOIR was appointed state controller for the state of Maine in February 2012, having previously served in the positions of deputy controller and director of financial reporting and analysis since Mr. Cotnoir began his career with state government in In more than 30 years of service to the state of Maine, Doug has served in agency financial management, statewide auditing and financial management roles in five different agencies under five governors, including two democrats, two republicans and one independent. He is a member of NASACT and serves on the Executive Committee of NASC. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Maine Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Mr. Cotnoir holds a bachelor s degree from the University of Maine at Augusta, and professional designations as certified public accountant and certified internal auditor. GAIL COURY, CISA, CISSP, CISM, has over 20 years of experience in information security infrastructure systems and network management, security technical consulting, information systems auditing, and programming in industries including technology, airline reservation systems, insurance, banking, and retail. Gail leads the information security function for Oracle Cloud globally, which includes SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and managed cloud services. She has responsibility for security strategy, security solutions, managed security services, operational compliance, customer security services, and regulatory compliance. She is the former CISO for PeopleSoft and former CISO for J.D. Edwards. Gail has an Executive M.B.A. from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in computer science from Clarke University. She is an active member in the ISSA CISO Executive Forum and sits on advisory councils for both ISACA and ISSA. Gail has been selected to the ISSA Honor Role a life time achievement award. RICHARD ECKSTROM worked many years as a CPA with an international accounting firm after receiving an M.B.A. and a master of accountancy from the University of South Carolina. Prior to being elected South Carolina state comptroller general in 2003 he served a term as South Carolina state treasurer, systematically revamping the state s long-term investment practices. As comptroller general, Richard has pioneered online government spending transparency in South Carolina; continuously expands the public s access to information through the state s fiscal transparency website his staff developed and maintains; and assists local governments wishing to create their own fiscal transparency websites. Richard is immediate past commander of the South Carolina State Guard, retiring in 2014 at the rank of Major General (SCSG). ADRIENNE FIGUR is a member of Ernst & Young s Atlanta Business Tax Services Group. She is a partner and has over 19 years of experience serving public and private clients in the payment technology, distribution, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors throughout the Southeast. Adrienne has significant experience in tax return review, ASC 740 substantive and controls-based projects, and domestic and foreign tax planning services. She currently serves as EY leader for numerous public and private global and domestic clients headquartered in the Southeast or overseas, coordinating and executing the service delivery for our clients in all areas of tax. Adrienne has led the Tax Reporting and Compliance Group for Georgia, Alabama, and Florida which has enhanced her deep technical and practical expertise in these areas. Adrienne serves as the Southeast region TARAS leader. She likewise serves several pre-ipo and private equity-backed clients and has been successful in effectuating exit strategies and capitalization efforts for such clients. She is also the Jacksonville tax market leader. Adrienne serves as the alumni executive sponsor for the southeast and also serves as the local office alumni executive sponsor for the Atlanta office.

4 She has a B.S. and an M.Acc. with a focus on taxation from the University of Florida. She is a certified public accountant in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida. JEFFREY GOODWIN, CPA, is an advisory partner with over 24 years of audit and consulting experience at Deloitte. As the assurance and internal audit leader, Jeff delivers services including financial and accounting process transformation, systems implementation validation and assessments, analytics and solution development, internal audit, SSAE16 reports, and assessment and internal control related engagements. Through his years of experience providing services to the public sector, Jeff has served a variety of public sector entities at the federal, state and local level. Currently, Jeff also leads the advisory services for Deloitte s state of Colorado account team. CHERYL GREY serves as the administrator of the State Financial Services Division in the Department of Administration. Functions within the division include state accounting, state financial services technology, state procurement, local government services, and state Social Security administration. In her 30-plus years of state service, Cheryl has served in a variety of positions including the management of accounting and budgeting functions, management of the state's enterprise financial systems, and serving in other fiscal and information technology related positions. Cheryl attended Brigham Young University, graduated from Carroll College with an accounting degree, and obtained her CPA certification. Cheryl grew up and raised her family in Helena and continues to enjoy its splendor by participating in outdoor activities including trail running, hiking, mountain biking, and camping with her husband and dogs. Cheryl enjoys traveling, serving in her church, and spending time with her husband, Rick, their two children and spouses, and twin granddaughters. MARCIE HANDY has worked for the state of Utah for over 26 years. She started her accounting career as an auditor with the Utah Office of the State Auditors. She currently works for the Department of Administrative Services, Division of Finance as the assistant state comptroller primarily overseeing the financial reporting and implementation of GASB statements. Ms. Handy graduated from Weber State University with a bachelor s of accounting and master s of accounting degrees. Marcie is a certified public accountant, and is active in the local chapters of national auditing and accounting organizations. Marcie is married, has two grown children and three grandsons. JOHN HICKS is the executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers in Washington, D.C. He joined NASBO in April Founded in 1945, NASBO serves as the professional organization for all state budget officers of the fifty states and U.S. territories. NASBO collects data and publishes numerous reports on state fiscal conditions and organizes meetings and training for budget and finance officials. The organization also provides public officials, the media and citizens detailed information on state financial management and budgeting. Prior to coming to NASBO, Hicks served in Kentucky state government for 32 years, including 25 years in Kentucky s Office of State Budget Director. For the last ten years, he served as the deputy state budget director. In that position, Hicks oversaw the budget development and budget execution processes. Hicks graduated from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky and received his master of public administration degree from the University of Kentucky s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. As a past member of NASBO, Hicks served on the association s Executive Committee (board of directors) from 2007 to 2013 and was NASBO's president from 2011 to Hicks is the recipient of NASBO s 1987 George A. Bell Service award and the 2013 Gloria Timmer award, each recognizing outstanding contributions and service to public budgeting and management in state government. C. CHRISTINA HO is a senior executive with 24 years of broad experience in public finance, policy development, strategic planning, program and financial management, operations, auditing, and technology innovation. Christina has a track record of successfully leading changes, driving innovation and achieving results in highly political and multi-cultural environment. Christina is a well-known policy and operational expert in federal financial management and public data. She also brings deep experience

5 in the financial services industry including mortgage banking, securities, capital access programs, and treasury operations. Christina is the CEO & founder of PolicyInsights, Inc., which aims to using artificial intelligence to help governments improve program outcomes and by providing consulting services on the improvements as well as the innovation of government data, systems and processes. Christina was the deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Accounting Policy and Financial Transparency at the U.S. Treasury. Her office was responsible for developing accounting policies governing federal financial activities and promoting innovation in federal financial management including blockchain and robotic process automation. She successfully led the implementation of the Digital Accountability & Transparency Act of 2014 with the goal to track nearly $4 trillion dollars in annual spending and link data from over 100 federal agencies into one common data structure. She also oversaw the consolidation and publication of the Financial Report of the U.S. Government, with over $2 trillion in revenue and over $2.5 trillion in assets. In addition, she represented Treasury on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. Prior to joining Treasury, she was a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP. She has received the US Treasury Secretarial Meritorious Service Award in recognition of her superior achievement in leading the governmentwide implementation of the DATA Act. She also received multiple awards from industry for her innovative work and leadership in technology, open data, and GRC (governance, risk and compliance). She is a frequent blogger, public speaker and has been featured in several leading publications. Christina is a certified public accountant and a certified information system auditor. She received her bachelor s degree in accounting from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. JOE HUDDLESTON is an executive director for EY indirect tax in the national tax office in Washington, where he regularly consults with some of the largest national and multi-national corporations. Prior to joining EY, Joe served for ten years as executive director of the Multistate Tax Commission. In 2011 he was named by tax analysts as one of the top 10 individuals who influence state tax policy and practice, and in 2012 received the eleventh annual award for Outstanding Achievement in State and Local Taxation from New York University. In 2015 he received from Bloomberg BNA the Franklin C. Latcham Award for Distinguished Service in State and Local Taxation. He also worked as vice president of tax solutions for Liquid Engines Inc., a tax software firm focused on advanced state income tax planning models and methodologies for multi-state and multinational companies. Huddleston joined Liquid Engines from a national accounting and management consulting firm, where he was a partner and nation director for state and local tax. He served as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Revenue from 1987 to Huddleston was responsible for development of a multi- million dollar integrated tax system (RITS) for the state of Tennessee. Additionally, he served on the State Board of Equalization for six years and presiding officer for three years. During his tenure as commissioner, he was president of both the Federation of Tax Administrators and the Southeast Association of Tax Administrators. Immediately after leaving the Tennessee Department of Revenue, Huddleston became chief financial officer for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. In that position, he was responsible all of the city's financial affairs, including more than $1 billion in annual expenditures. Huddleston launched his legal career after stints as an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer in Chattanooga, TN., and Columbia, S.C. He entered private practice in Nashville before working from as an assistant district attorney general in Cookeville, TN. He is a founding trustee of both the Paul Hartman Tax Forum at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee and the New England State and Local Tax Forum in Boston. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, he received his J.D. from the Nashville School of Law and was awarded his Doctor of Laws by the University of South Carolina in Huddleston is a member of both the Tennessee and American Bar Associations and their respective tax sections. NEDDA IRIGARAY is a managing director in Accenture s Healthcare Management Consulting Practice. She currently leads the Back Office Transformation Offering for H&PS. During her professional career, she has focused on implementing enterprise finance, supply chain and HR solutions to create value through cost minimization, working capital efficiency and tax minimization. She has extensive experience in the transformation of business operations with a specific focus on the evaluation and strategy

6 formulation phase for large scale initiatives. Nedda specializes in full life-cycle implementations (strategy through transition) for ERP, EPM, shared services and business process outsourcing. ANNA MARIA KIEHL is the deputy secretary for comptroller operations and Pennsylvania s first chief accounting officer. She is honored to be the first woman appointed to this post as well as the first chief accounting officer for the commonwealth. Ms. Kiehl is responsible for the day-to-day financial operations and management of her office and for providing financial leadership for client agencies. Comptroller Operations provides payroll and travel services, payable services, accounting and financial reporting, quality assurance and continuous process improvements, and internal audit functions for all agencies under the governor s jurisdiction. Anna Maria provides executive leadership and direction for Comptroller Operations 424 professional accountants, auditors, contract managers, financial analysts, and payroll professionals and manages a budget of more than $50 million. Comptroller Operations is responsible for ensuring commonwealth financial systems, policy, processes, and controls meet all legal and business requirements, professional standard, and governing legislation. Anna Maria is a certified public accountant and certified government financial manager with 38 years of financial management experience. The responsibilities of her current position include strategic planning, commonwealth-wide accounting and financial reporting, financial management services, development of enterprise-wide financial policies, support of the SAP finance, payroll, and travel system, and continuous process improvements. Her office is responsible for the preparation of Pennsylvania s comprehensive annual financial report and single audit and has been awarded the Government Finance Officers Association s Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the past 34 years. Anna Maria led Comptroller Operations through the most significant business transformation initiative in the history of the office. The finance transformation initiative consolidated eight offices and transformed transaction processing within Comptroller Operations resulting in a $4 million savings in the first year, a 30 percent reduction in complement, and year over year savings of approximately $20 million since the office consolidation in the spring of Her office was chosen to receive GFOA s 2011 E-Government and Technology Award for Excellence in Government Finance for the Finance Transformation initiative as a result of the successful consolidation, standardization, and on-going process improvements implemented under her leadership. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Government Finance Officers Association, the Association of Government Accountants, NASACT and NASC, where she presently serves as the immediate past president and has a seat on the NASACT Executive Committee. Anna Maria is a frequent speaker at association meetings and conferences, and holds a B.S. degree in business administration from the Pennsylvania State University. KRISTOPHER KNIGHT serves as deputy secretary of state and director of the Delaware Division of Corporations. In that role, he oversees the state s $1 billion corporate franchise and servicing of the 1.2 million business entities that make their legal home in Delaware. Mr. Knight also supervises several other divisions of the Delaware Department of State, including the Office of the State Banking Commissioner, the state s Corporate and International Development Office, and Delaware s abandoned property voluntary disclosure agreement program. Since 2012, he has also served as treasurer of the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility s Board of Directors. There, he led a comprehensive overhaul of the utility s financial policies and practices. In February 2017, Mr. Knight was appointed to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board to serve a five-year term effective July 1, Previously, Mr. Knight served as the director of Delaware s Division of Accounting. In that role, he administered policy related to the state s procurement card program, which has an $80 million annual budget. Prior to his career in public service, Mr. Knight served in positions of increasing responsibility at KPMG LLP for more than a decade. As senior audit manager, he managed all aspects of governmental client audits, including those for the University of Delaware, the state of Delaware, and Philadelphia Gas Works. Mr. Knight holds a bachelor s degree in business administration accounting from Loyola University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. KRIS MARTINS is the deputy state accounting officer, financial reporting, for the state of Georgia s State Accounting Office. She is responsible for the overall planning, coordination and delivery of the state s regulatory financial reports including the comprehensive annual financial report and budgetary

7 compliance report, as well as SAO s portion of the single audit report. Additionally, Kris is responsible for internal controls and accounting policy. Kris is very proud of her group having received the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from Government Finance Officers Association for the past five fiscal years. Prior to joining the state of Georgia, Kris worked for Cingular, BellSouth and AT&T in a consolidations and financial reporting role. Kris has a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Miami University, Oxford, OH and she is a certified public accountant. ROBIN MILNE has over 25 years of experience assisting clients with various technology-related needs, specifically devoted to serving governmental clients at the local, county and state levels. Ms. Milne is an enterprise financial, human resource and administrative management expert. She has developed requirements, conducted alternatives analysis and cost-benefit analysis, performed business process reviews, and has performed detailed system analysis, design and implementation of local and state governments. Robin has an M.B.A., is a member of the Project Management Institute with a project management professional certification and is a certified Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt professional. STACY NEAL is the director of accounting for the Missouri Office of Administration. She has over 15 years of professional experience with the state of Missouri. During her tenure, she has worked closely with all aspects of financial reporting including the state s CAFR, been responsible for the management of the statewide accounting system, and development of the state s transparency site. Most recently, she has had responsibility for managing the state s debt portfolio of $1.3 billion of general obligation and special revenue bonds. Stacy has extensive experience working with elected officials and members of the general assembly. Stacy graduated magna cum laude from Missouri State University with a B.S. in accounting. She is a member of the Mid Missouri Chapter of the Association of Governmental Accountants and is a certified public accountant. D. CLARK PARTRIDGE has served as the state comptroller for the state of Arizona since 2002 and has 29 years of state service. His previous state positions include deputy state comptroller, assistant state accounting administrator, and the CFO for the Department of Commerce. Prior to joining the state, he worked in public accounting for Arthur Andersen & Co. and as a dairy farmer in Utah. Clark is the first vice-president of NASACT, is a past-president of NASC, and has served on a variety of NASACT and NASC committees. He also serves as a co-chair of the Association of Governmental Accountants Partnership for Intergovernmental Management and Accountability. He is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association. Clark is a member of the Arizona State Retirement System Board of Trustees, and serves as the Chair of the Operations, Audit, and Legislative Committee, and the Chair of the Investment Committee. Recognition of Clark s service include the NASACT and NASC President s Awards, the NASACT Special Recognition Award for Service, the NASC Distinguished Service Award, the AGA William R. Snodgrass Distinguished Leadership Award, Maricopa County Certificate of Appreciation for Service to the Citizens of Arizona, and the Arizona Department of Administration Career Excellence Award. His civic activities include service as a volunteer, treasurer, and board member for the March of Dimes in Arizona and Utah; a board member of the Utah Icelandic Association; coaching youth sports; and involvement in various scouting and agricultural activities. Clark attended Brigham Young University on a leadership scholarship, graduating with a bachelor of science degree in accounting and is a CPA and a CGFM. GORDON RULE is the business expense manager for Stanford University. In this role he oversees the audit of 140,000 ($90 million) expense reimbursements for Stanford s 14,000+ faculty, staff, students, and visitors, 750,000 pcard transactions, and a total spend of $2 billion in annual spend spread over 20,000 vendors. On behalf of the university, Mr. Rule is the lead subject matter expert working with Fair Isaacs Corporation in the development of Financial Assurance Navigator. He is also establishing the Financial Assurance Services Team at Stanford with the primary responsibility of auditing all financial transactions

8 (AP, invoice, purchase requisition, p-card transactions, vendor management and expense reimbursements). Mr. Rule joined the university in May of Prior to that he was the global AP and expense leader for Twitter, the Global AP and ER director for Symantec, the AP QA manager for Kaiser Permanente, and global AP and ER senior manager for JDSU. BOB SABO has worked for or with state and local government for over 30 years. He served in various administrative positions in government. He also served four years as a city manager in New Jersey. After leaving direct government service he continued to work for several private sector companies that provide software and services to government organizations. Bob has been with Oracle s public sector practice for over 20 years. Bob works with industry groups such as NASACT and the Government Finance Officers Association, as well as existing and potential customers. He advises them on current industry trends and how Oracle customers successfully run their operations using Oracle software. Most recently, Bob has been leading Oracle s effort to introduce cloud-based ERP and planning/budgeting solutions to Oracle s customers. Bob received a bachelor s degree in political science from the College of New Jersey and a master of public administration degree from Syracuse University. ERICK SCHEMINSKE enjoyed a rich, 16-year career in the budget and finance world for the state of Colorado, culminating in six years as Colorado s deputy state budget director. In this role, he led a staff of professionals charged with the statewide submission of balanced, accurate, and persuasive budget requests to the Colorado General Assembly. Erick also guided Colorado s performance management efforts, drafting the laws and policies that continue to shape Colorado s continuous efforts to improve the services delivered to its customers and citizens. Prior to this time, he spent eight years as the budget director and chief financial officer of Colorado s Department of Public Safety. In 2017, Erick joined CGI, where he works to put lessons learned in Colorado to use in the delivery of ERP software implementation and business process improvement for other governments around the country. Erick holds a degree in political science from The Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He and his wife live in a small suburb of Denver, where they spend most of their free time happily chasing after their two children (though he also harbors dreams of once again playing 18 holes of golf in a single day). THOMAS SHACK was appointed the eighteenth comptroller of the commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 20, Created in 1922, the office is an independent overseer of the commonwealth s financial transactions, accountability and service delivery across all branches of state government. Tom originally joined the comptroller s staff in 2012 as assistant general counsel and has served in several senior leadership roles, most recently as deputy comptroller and chief financial and operating officer. Prior to joining the Comptroller s Office, Tom spent eight years as chief of operations, chief financial officer and a senior assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands District Attorney s Office. He received his juris doctorate from New England School of Law in Boston and holds a B.A. in political science and an M.B.A. in entrepreneurship and management from The American University in Washington, D.C. In the community Tom lectures extensively on legal, business and ethics related issues and is a former editor of the Massachusetts Law Review. He has taught at Boston University School of Law and is currently a lecturer-in-law at New England School of Law teaching business planning and is a long-term judge in Harvard Law School s Ames Mock Trial Competition for appellate advocacy. ALAN SKELTON is the director of the Georgia State Accounting Office. In this role, Alan oversees the state s accounting and financial reporting practices and leads several key initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of statewide accounting and operational processes. More specifically, Alan is responsible for the overall planning, coordination, and delivery of the state s regulatory financial reports including the CAFR, BCR, and single audit as well as the issuance of statewide accounting policies and governance related to those policies.

9 Prior to joining the state of Georgia, Alan spent more than 10 years experience at Big 4 accounting firms (primarily with Ernst & Young LLP) and five years with the Florida Auditor General s Office. Mr. Skelton s background includes financial reporting, internal audit, business process risk and controls, and information technology consulting. Mr. Skelton earned a bachelor of science in accounting and finance from Florida State University and is a certified public accountant. BRIAN TINNEY has served as the assistant director for the Washington State Office of Financial Management s Accounting Division since After spending two decades working in accounting for several large agencies in Washington, Brian knows the importance of serving customers. He knows that providing accurate and timely information allows for better decisions and better government. He graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor of science degree in economics. SANDY URBANEK was appointed deputy state auditor in November 2014, after joining the State Auditor s Office in She has nearly 30 years of state service. She worked for the Chief Information Officer's office, Department of Health, Department of Transportation, Department of Family Services, University of Wyoming and Department of Revenue. Sandy received her project management professional certification in February She attended the Northwest Community College, Laramie County Community College and the University of Wyoming. Sandy was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, graduated from Cheyenne Central High and has lived her entire life in Wyoming. Sandy and her husband, George, have four daughters and nine grandchildren. DAVID A. VAUDT was named chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board effective July 1, Mr. Vaudt came to the GASB after serving the previous 10 years as Iowa s elected state auditor. Prior to his election, Mr. Vaudt worked for 25 years in the Des Moines, Iowa office of KPMG LLP, including 13 years as an audit partner. Mr. Vaudt has served as president of the National State Auditors Association, chair of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, and chair of the Iowa Accountancy Examining Board. He also served on the boards of numerous nonprofit service organizations in Iowa. Mr. Vaudt, a graduate of Upper Iowa University, is a certified public accountant. TED WALTER is a graduate of Virginia Tech with dual degrees in accounting and finance. Mr. Walter began his career in Washington, DC, with KPMG, where he performed a variety of consultative and attestation services with primary focus on government clients. Next Mr. Walter spent nine years in the Audit and Compliance Department of Scripps Health, a $2.5B healthcare system in San Diego. Mr. Walter became the manager of internal audit at Illumina, a global, publicly-traded biotech company experiencing rapid growth. In 2013, Mr. Walter became the director of internal audit for FICO, a predictive analytics software company, with the objective of leading the internal audit function and to drive value through insightful, risk-based reviews and the application of analytics and continuous monitoring. Mr. Walter is now senior director of product management at FICO in addition to his internal audit responsibilities and is leading efforts to develop the Falcon Assurance Navigator internal controls platform, a continuous monitoring product to assist organizations with identifying questionable transactions and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. J.D. WILLIAMS is the executive director of state and local government for Infor, Inc. Prior to that he was a vice president and senior manager of state and local government for Oracle America, Inc. for 11 years. He held a similar position at PeopleSoft USA, Inc. for two years prior to the merger of the two technology companies. He retired in 2002 as the elected state controller of Idaho when he chose not to run for a fourth term and return to the private sector. As state controller he was responsible for the financial management and payroll of Idaho state government and also operated the state's central computer service center. He was also a member of the Idaho Water Resource Board for nine years and the Idaho Land Board for over 13 years His office received several national awards for best practices in electronic government and financial and human resource management. In 2001, it received the only Idaho Quality Commitment

10 Award granted that year in the state. He has been very active in promoting the use of technology in government and has been chairman of the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council as well as president of NASC and vice president of NASACT. He has received several leadership awards from national associations including the Private Sector Leadership Award from the Association of Government Accountants. While at PeopleSoft and at Oracle he received three Public Sector Leadership Awards. In 2107, he received a NASACT Distinguished Service Award. He received a master s degree in public administration from Brigham Young University and law degree from the Washington College of Law of American University in Washington, DC. His public service includes being a budget analyst; court fiscal officer, law Clerk, Deputy Idaho Attorney General, County Prosecuting Attorney and Mayor as well as being elected three times statewide as State Controller. He has edited and contributed as an author for nine books on leadership and technology in government including the highly acclaimed Leadership Secrets of Government Financial Managers and the recently released Leadership Secrets of Government Financial Managers 2.0.