Virginia Accounting & Auditing Conference Sep 2019 Roanoke

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. Joseph Thornton , CPA/ABV, CFF, PFS, CFP®, CVA, has over 30 years of experience in business valuation, public accounting, banking and financial consulting services. He is a former founder, director and commercial loan officer for Regency Bank in Richmond, and has many years of experience in all aspects of public accounting. Joseph is responsible for the business valuation and litigation support services for Mitchell, Wiggins & Company LLP. As a valuation specialist, he has prepared valuation reports for a wide range of purposes including: business planning, business purchases and sales, gift and estate tax returns, planning for gifts, estates and trusts, and other valuation consulting services. He has been accepted as a qualified expert witness in various courts within Virginia in the area of business valuations and accounting, and he also provides other litigation support services for attorneys in valuation, divorce, income for support purposes, tax consequences and economic damage issues. He has published numerous articles on the subject of business valuations and has made presentations to various groups and college classes on valuation and litigation topics. Joseph has also been recognized as one of Virginia’s “Super CPAs” in the Business Valuation/Litigation category by the Virginia Business magazine and the Virginia Society of CPAs every year since its inception in 2001, and was profiled as the Business Valuation “Super CPA” in the November 2011 issue. Deana N. Thorps, CPA – Manager, Audit Quality Initiatives, AICPA, Durham, NC. Ms. Thorps is a seasoned audit professional with over 13 years of public and private sector experience. Most recently, she has led audit quality efforts with the North Carolina Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General by developing standardized workpaper templates and audit reports to assist with compliance of applicable auditing standards. Brad Tress , CPA, is with Dixon Hughes Goodman. Brad has eight plus years of experience performing auditing, accounting, and consulting services for clients in both the Federal Government and the private sector. He has an extensive background in the application and interpretation of rules, regulations, and standards applicable to government contractors, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). Brad is DHG’s labor law compliance lead and assists clients with issues involving the Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis Bacon Act (DBA), and other regulations associated with government contracting labor issues. Brad has co- hosted the Public Contracting Institute’s Fun with the FAR episode on FAR Part 22, Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions. He is a member of the AICPA, Greater Washington Society of CPAs and is a CPA in Virginia & Pennsylvania. He has a BS in Accounting from Penn State University. Sonya R. Waddell joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Research Department in January 2008. She currently has responsibility for the regional and community development research areas within the department, including setting strategic direction for various data products, surveys and other regional and local analysis. In addition, she directs the incorporation of regional information into FOMC policy preparation for the Richmond Fed. Her work involves analyzing economic trends, writing for a variety of publications and presenting on regional and national economic conditions. Prior to joining the Richmond Fed, she worked as an economist in the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget and at ICF International in Washington, D.C. She received a B.A. from Williams College in 2001 and an M.S. in applied economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006. Emily P. Walker , CAE, is the vice president of advocacy for the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA). She oversees and provides strategic direction for VSCPA government relations programs, including VSCPA legislative and regulatory activities, grassroots initiatives and the VSCPA Political Action Committee (VSCPA PAC). She also oversees the peer review and ethics programs. Follow her on Twitter @VSCPAEmWalker.