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Gary Thomson , CPA, is regional managing partner of Dixon Hughes Goodman's Virginia region and has more than 27 years of public accounting experience including experience with an international accounting and consulting firm. He provides a variety of accounting and tax services to all sizes of businesses and their owners including professional services, government contractors, distributors, professional services, real estate developers and contractors. Diane Walker , CPA, is a partner at Johnson Lambert LLP, a multi-office, niche-focused firm that provides audit, tax, and advisory services to employee benefit plans, insurance entities and nonprofit organizations. Diane has more than 20 years of experience providing service to clients in all three of the firm’s industry niches . She also has a significant leadership role in Johnson Lambert’s audit practice including serving as the partner responsible for the firm’s system of quality control as well as leading the firm’s employee benefit plan practice. Diane co - chairs Johnson La mbert’s Technical Committee which has the responsibility for firm-wide training, implementation of new standards and the technical content contained on the firm’s website. Diane is involved with the Texas Captive Insurance Association (TxCIA), serving as a Board Member and Treasurer. Diane’s benefit plan industry experience also includes being a member and former chair of the Employee Benefit Plans Industry Developments – Audit Risk Alert Task Force, former member of the Employee Benefit Plans Audit Quality Center Executive Committee Former Member, and former member of the Employee Benefit Plans Expert Panel. Additionally, she is a frequent speaker on a variety of accounting and auditing topics. A Summa Cum Laude graduate of The College of William & Mary, Diane joined Johnson Lambert in 1998. William (Bill) R. Walter , CPA, CGMA, is a partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman. He has more than 25 years of experience helping companies identify and resolve issues associated with cost accounting and financial management systems. He has an extensive background in the application and interpretation of rules, regulations and standards applicable to government contractors. Bill began his career as an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). He was responsible for evaluating contractor submissions to ensure that they were based on current, accurate and complete information and were prepared according to appropriate regulations. He has developed and taught courses on cost reimbursement contracting, accounting for cost on government contracts, contract pricing and more. He also participates presents to industry groups on current issues in the federal procurement arena. Duncan B. Will , CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE, leverages his more than 30 years of experience in accounting including public accounting, forensic accounting, consulting and audit and tax compliance, while working closely with the loss prevention specialists to manage the department's efforts to deliver to policyholders the high-touch, high-quality CAMICO experience. Will's specialty is accounting and auditing-related risk management services. He advises policyholders through the CAMICO Loss Prevention Hotline and speaks to CPA groups on a wide range of topics. William (Bill) A. Young, Jr. , CPA, CGMA, is a partner at Mitchell, Wiggins & Company, LLP and has 45 years of experience in public accounting. Bill’s clients include automotive dealerships, community banks and a variety of closely held, primarily family -owned businesses. He also specializes in estate planning and estate administration. Bill is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) and is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. He has been a speaker at several Virginia Acco unting and Auditing Conferences, including a time management presentation at last year’s conference. Matthew Zaun , CPA, is a Senior Auditor for the Financial Management and Assurance team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). His areas of responsibility have included financial statement and performance audits of government entities, auditing standards (Yellow Book), and Standards of Internal Control for the Federal Government (Green Book). Mr. Zaun holds Bachelors of Science in Finance, Management, and Accounting, and a Master of Accounting and Information Systems from Virginia Tech.