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BIOs OF SPEAKERS FOR FALLS CHURCH CONFERENCE

Arthur (Art) Auerbach , CPA, CGMA is an independent tax consultant located in Atlanta, GA., specializing in tax consulting and estate and financial planning for individuals and closely held businesses. He is affiliated with the Asbury Law Firm as a consultant. He is a member of the Georgia, Virginia, New York and Greater Washington CPA societies. Art was appointed to the AICPA Tax Executive Committee for a term beginning February 1, 2018 ending May 31, 2019. As an active member of the Georgia Society he serves on the Georgia Department of Revenue Commissioners Advisory Group, the Financial Literacy Task Force and Chairs the GSCPA Federal State Tax Task Force. He has served as an advisor to the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue and the Tax Commissioners Advisory group in Virginia. Art is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Accountancy and serves as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Virginia Society of CPA’s . Art is a nationally recognized speaker on a variety of tax topics offered for continuing education for CPA’s and financial planners. He has authored several publications and articles. Art is licensed in Georgia, Virginia, District of Columbia and New York and is a life member of the American In stitute of CPA’s. He can be reached at Arthur.Auerbach@cpa.com. Tracy M. Bedgood , CPA, As an audit manager, is responsible for all aspects of the audit process. She maintains an active presence throughout the planning, performing, supervising and reporting stages of the engagement, as well as provides direct communication and value-added services to clients. Tracy serves clients across a wide range of industry groups, specializing in attestation services for the government sector. Attestation services she provides include financial and performance audits, agreed-upon procedures, single audits and compliance audits. With over 13 years of audit experience, Tracy has also guided state and local government entities with financial statement and compliance audits in accordance with both GAAS and Government Auditing Standards, the Single Audit, and the Auditor of Public Accounts’ Specifications for Audits of Counties, Cities and Towns, and Specifications for Audits of Authorities, Boards and Commissions. Prior to joining Cherry Bekaert, Tracy practiced public accounting in Georgia for nearly 10 years. Michael Bingham , CPA, is a Senior Auditor for the Financial Management and Assurance team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). He is part of the Yellow Book Project Team, the Yellow Book and Green Book Technical Assistance group, and also serves as a project liaison with the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). Mr. Bingham was the Auditor-in-Charge for the inaugural audits of the Statements of Long-Term Fiscal Projections of the United States Government and has worked on various Department of Defense financial management and financial audit engagements. Prior to joining GAO in 2008, Mr. Bingham worked for an inner city tutoring and mentoring non-profit in Chicago. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and his M.A.S. from Northern Illinois University. He is a CPA licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Robert (Rob) Cherry, CPA, is a senior manager with Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP. Rob provides audits, reviews, and compilations of financial statements. He has worked extensively with management, business owners, and key stakeholders in the real estate, construction, and manufacturing/distribution industries. Burman S. Clark is President of Muneris. He has 25 years of experience in the insurance and employee benefits industry. Clark’s strong benefits background encompasses life, health, disability and retirement benefits with specific emphasis on Health Care Reform. He specializes in providing cost-effective solutions to small and mid-size employers. Clark, a Randolph-Macon graduate, earned designation as a Registered Health Underwriter (RHU) from the American College and his Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) designation in 2007. Jim Cole , CPA, CGMA, is the CEO for the Masonic Home of Virginia, a Richmond-based continuing care retirement community. Formerly controller of the Virginia Tech Foundation, he held several administrative positions at Virginia Tech following his tenure with an international accounting firm. His 35 years of experience with nonprofits and businesses includes roles as auditor, founder, officer and director of numerous organizations. He has been a licensed life insurance agent and holds two degrees from Virginia Tech. Jim is a former Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) Board member and formerly chaired the VSCPA Business and Industry Conference Task Force. He has been a co-author of the 2014 – 2017 Ethics courses and an ethics instructor for 14 years. Robert (Bob) H. Cox , J.D., MBA, is a trial attorney with over two decades of experience litigating all types of business cases in courts across the nation. His experience covers a wide range of matters involving securities, business torts, contracts, antitrust, intellectual property, real estate and white collar criminal issues. He has represented parties in class actions, multi-district litigation (MDLs), government enforcement actions, private business disputes and appeals in federal and state courts. Bob has experience managing all of a telecommunications company’s litigation over a several year period, totaling well over 100 separate pieces of litigation in courts throughout the United States. The telecommunications company had a forum selection provision in its contracts setting the federal court in Alexandria and the Fairfax Circuit Court as the venue for a majority of the cases. Bob not only took part in the management of these cases, he participated in the litigation of many of these matters, including examining witnesses at hearings and trial, taking and defending depositions, arguing key motions (i.e., summary judgment and dismissal), and drafting briefs and other pleadings. Bob also has substantial experience in securities enforcement and regulatory matters involving accounting firms and auditors. Bob regularly represents accounting firms, corporations, corporate officers and directors, and financial industry professionals in civil, criminal and regulatory matters, including investigations and enforcement proceedings before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). In addition, he conducts internal investigations and provides compliance counseling to prevent such investigations. He also represents accounting firms and accountants in professional malpractice matters. Prior to joining Briglia Hundley, Bob was an assistant director in the PCAOB’s Division of Enforcement and Investigations for more than six years. While with the PCAOB, he handled numerous enforcement investigations and disciplinary proceedings against domestic and international accounting firms and auditors, including matters involving the Big Four and other Global Network accounting firms. He also coordinated enforcement matters with the SEC, FINRA and foreign regulatory bodies. Before the PCAOB, Bob was a partner at the largest litigation-focused law firm in the country where he handled complex antitrust, commercial and securities cases. Bob has authored several articles and treatises chapters on topics involving securities, antitrust, and litigation. For example, he is co- author of Chapter 11, Securities Damages” in Boushie, Spadea, & Cunniff, Calculating and Proving Damages (Law Journal Press 2011), a leading treatise on damages. He is also the author of Chapter 6, Collateral Estoppel and Prima Facie Effect, Antitrust Evidence Handbook, Third Edition (ABA 2016). Bob has substantial experience teaching trial advocacy, including training litigators in depositions, examination of expert witnesses and direct examination and cross-examination at