Virginia Accounting & Auditing Conference Sep 2019 Falls Church

Catherine M. Pennington , CPA, CGMA, has more than 30 years of experience in both public accounting and industry. She has spent 21 years in public accounting performing audits, tax planning and compliance and accounting services. Her practice is focused on nonprofit organizations. In addition, Cathy spent seven years as a nonprofit controller and five years as a controller in real estate development and property management. She provides professional services to trade associations, professional associations, sports leagues, child development centers, schools, churches and other nonprofit organizations. These professional services not only include audit and tax services but also accounting services that take advantage of her years of experience as a controller. These engagements involve functioning as either a temporary or ongoing, multi-year chief financial officer or controller. Joan M. Renner , CPA, CGMA, has been providing audit and accounting services to nonprofit organizations for more than 30 years. She is in charge of Renner & Company's services to nonprofit organizations. Her areas of expertise include services to trade associations, scientific organizations, federal award recipients, schools and other public charities. Joan is a member of the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) Accounting & Auditing Conference Committee and the Greater Washington Society of CPAs Nonprofit Organizations Committee and has been a popular presenter at professional conferences. Joan has served on a number of nonprofit Boards, including the Goodwin House Foundation, Scholarship Fund of Alexandria, Rotary Club of Alexandria, Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. She has also been recognized as a Living Legend of Alexandria, Rotarian of the Year (Rotary Club of Alexandria) and Board Member of the Year (Alexandria Chamber of Commerce). Nadia A. Rogers , CPA, joined the faculty of Virginia Tech in 2015. She was previously in public practice, most recently a Partner of Creedle, Jones & Alga, P.C. Her primary responsibilities within the firm were to direct the firm’s Richmond Office and to coordinate assurance compliance of the firm as a whole. Prior to joining Creedle, Jones & Alga, P.C., Nadia was a Senior Manager in KPMG LLP’s Audit Practice in Richmond, VA. Nadia is the Chair of the Virginia Board of Accountancy’s Peer Review Oversight Committee. She has also contributed to the accounting profession by performing Peer Reviews of firms providing accounting and auditing services to their clients in addition to performing reviews that assist firms in preparing for their Peer Review. Nadia was a Speaker regarding the topic of Peer Review at the following conferences: 41st Annual Accounting and Auditing Conference sponsored by Virginia Tech and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Peer Review Oversight Committee Summit sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. Additionally, she is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Nadia was also accepted into and participated in the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants 2014 Leadership Academy. Nadia is a graduate of Virginia Tech, wherein she earned a B.S. with a concentration in Accounting and Information Systems as well as a Masters of Accountancy. She has authored an accounting article on biometrics in the Information Systems Control Journal , a worldwide publication on IT governance and assurance. In addition to her teaching responsibilities at Virginia Tech, she is also the Director of our Master of Accounting and Information Systems (MACIS) Program and Advisor of the Accounting Analytics, Audit and Financial Services Options within our MACIS Program. Jacob Shortt , CPA, is an instructor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Virginia Tech and is a licensed CPA in the state of North Carolina. Jacob graduated from Virginia Tech with both his Bachelors and Masters in Accounting and Information Systems. After graduation he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the core audit group specializing in manufacturing clients. He has also worked as a lead consultant in the risk advisory consulting practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP within their banking practice, as the Cash and Investment Manager at Carolinas Healthcare System, and as a VP Regulatory Advisor at Bank of America. Jacob has been teaching at Virginia Tech since the Fall of 2016 and has taught Intermediate Financial Accounting Parts 1 and 2, Accountings Systems and Controls, and most recently Accounting Analytics. James Starkey , CPA, is a project manager at the Financial Accounting Standards Board ( FASB ). In this role, James works on the FASB’s projects on reference rate reform, share-based payments to customers, and private company practical expedients for share-based payment accounting. Prior to joining the FASB, James was a consultant advising private companies in the technology industry on accounting matters primarily related to revenue recognition, share-based payments, business combinations, leases, and preferred stock financing transactions. James began his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he audited entities ranging from small start- ups to global public companies. James holds a CPA license in the states of New Jersey and Massachusetts. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from Boston University. Joyce Terry, CPA, is a senior-level accounting professional with over 30 years of experience serving the non-profit community in accounting, finance, information technology and systems development. Over the past 25 years she has served as the Controller or CFO of a number of non-profit organizations ranging in size from $1.2 to $300 in assets. Joyce is member of the GWSCPA, MACPA and AICPA non- profit section as well as a member of the GWSCPA Non-profit Symposium Committee. She is a member of the Bay Business Group of Southern Maryland, an organization dedicated to promoting business activities in Southern Anne Arundel and Calvert counties. She is currently treasurer of two small non-profit organizations in Southern Maryland and consults with two others.