Addison Anderson 
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Senior Associate - Rea & Associates Inc.
Addison Anderson is a Senior Associate at Rea & Associates Inc., where Addison works with businesses to streamline accounting operations and maximize the value of QuickBooks Online. Primary areas of focus include managing the monthly close process, creating efficiencies within accounting workflows, and serving as a trusted accounting resource for organizations without an internal accounting team. Addison is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, bringing a practical, process-driven approach that delivers timely, reliable financial information business owners can rely on.
Lisa Barrow 
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Vice President, Research Department - The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Lisa Barrow is a vice president in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, leading the department’s regional analysis and outreach group. Before joining the Research Department, Dr. Barrow was a senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and an affiliated researcher at the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. Her research focuses on a variety of education issues, including the impact of attending a selective high school on student outcomes, a randomized evaluation of computer-aided algebra instruction in large urban school districts, and evaluations of performance-based scholarship impacts on academic outcomes and student time use at the college level. Her prior research on school choice, education production, and the earned income tax credit has appeared in numerous economic and policy journals. Barrow has also served as senior economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a visiting assistant professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, and a visiting lecturer at the Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Barrow holds a BA in economics from Carleton College and an MA and a PhD in economics from Princeton University.
Justin Breidenbach 
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Assistant Professor of Accounting - Capital University
Justin Breidenbach is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Capital University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate accounting courses. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration (Accounting) and a Master of Accountancy from Bowling Green State University. A CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), he previously taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and Lake Erie College. At Ohio Wesleyan, he also served as Faculty Director of The Woltemade Center for Economics, Business, & Entrepreneurship. Justin owns Breidenbach Consulting Services LLC, providing accounting and tax services to individuals and businesses across various industries. Since 2013, he has specialized in accounting and regulatory consulting for the cannabis industry, advising cultivators, processors, and retailers on CFO services, tax compliance, internal controls, and licensing. He regularly presents at domestic and international conferences on the state-legalized cannabis industry and professional ethics.
Ted Christy 
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Senior Manager, Audit - KPMG
Ted is a Senior Manager in KPMG’s Audit practice and was a founding member of the audit practice’s ESG Center of Excellence. Ted is a collaborative and team-oriented leader in KPMG Cleveland’s Audit practice. Eleven years of experience providing financial statement audits and is responsible for the execution of reporting and assurance procedures related to ESG subject matter. Most recently, Ted has spent the last 4 years developing the US firm’s resources and capabilities in ESG, including the execution of a variety of ESG reporting and assurance engagements.
Shelby Collins 
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Founder - WNY Research Solutions
Shelby has devoted her career to accounting research and finds great joy in sharing these skills with others. Shelby currently works as a consultant assisting companies with new standards adoptions and technical accounting research. Prior to her current role, Shelby taught the accounting research course at the University at Buffalo for seven years and authored a highly regarded textbook, Skills for Accounting Research (5th edition). Her early career experiences with many facets of accounting research, from a position at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as a postgraduate technical assistant, to KPMG's Accounting Advisory Services group, to a position in accounting policy at Exelon Corp in Chicago, have led her to appreciate research from many perspectives. Shelby is a CPA and holds a Masters in Accounting from the University of Georgia.
Tiffany Crosby 
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Chief Learning Officer - The Ohio Society of CPAs
Tiffany Crosby is the Chief Learning Officer for The Ohio Society of CPAs. She is responsible for organizational development, workforce development and learning. Crosby is also one of OSCPA’s premiere instructors for ethics. Prior to her work with the society, she was the Founder and President of Petra Learning LLC, a professional training and development company. Additionally, Crosby was an Executive Director in the Advisory Risk Practice of Ernst & Young, LLP. She spent more than 13 years at EY leading various types of internal audit, internal control, finance, and enterprise risk management projects. She has helped numerous companies define and implement processes and procedures to comply with new financial accounting standards, strengthen governance processes, and reduce costs. Crosby teaches financial management and business leadership classes as an adjunct faculty member at Southeastern University. She previously taught financial accounting and managerial accounting as an adjunct faculty member at Columbus State Community College (CSCC). Crosby is a CPA licensed in Pennsylvania and Ohio. She received a B.S.B.A. in Accounting from Duquesne University and MBA from Franklin University and is a doctoral student in Southeastern University’s Organizational Leadership Program.
Anne DeTraglia 
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Vice President of Global Audit and Enterprise Risk Management - Sabre Corporation
Anne is a risk management professional with thirty years’ experience building teams and capabilities across multiple disciplines, including internal audit, compliance, enterprise risk management, and fraud risk management at Fortune 500 companies such as Home Depot, Sears Holdings, Nike, United Airlines, and Whole Foods. She is currently working at Sabre Corporation as their Vice President of Global Audit and Enterprise Risk Management. Anne is a graduate of Illinois State University, with a degree in Spanish Linguistics and Literature. She earned an MBA from The American Graduate School of International Management and is proud to be a Certified Internal Auditor and Fraud Examiner. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her children who have all recently graduated from college, eating fun meals with her foodie husband, and working off those calories by running and biking.
John Durbin 
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Director, Valuation Advisory practice - Stout
John Durbin is a Director in the Valuation Advisory practice at Stout with 15 years of business valuation experience and currently serves as the Cleveland region Business Valuation team lead.  He provides valuation services to public companies and private equity backed clients for numerous purposes, including impairment testing (ASC 350 and ASC 360), purchase price allocations (ASC 805), stock-based compensation (ASC 718 and 409a), tax planning and compliance, divestitures, and corporate and strategic planning.  Prior to joining Stout, John worked in sell-side equity research for a boutique firm providing investment research coverage of publicly traded companies.
Eileen Egan 
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Finance Director - The City of Olmsted Falls
Eileen Egan is the newly appointed Finance Director for the City of Olmsted Falls. Previously she was the Manager – Investment and Cash Management for Cuyahoga County. Eileen is a CPA with more than 30 years of experience in Government, Public Accounting, Federal, State and Local Taxes and Economic Development. Eileen’s career has provided her many opportunities to experience all aspects of business from planning a corporate expansion and its economic benefits to a community to assisting taxpayers with property and personal income taxes. Eileen’s well-rounded experience varies from negotiating and securing business incentives for Fortune 50 corporations to defending individual taxpayers to the IRS and other government organizations. Eileen is also a former competitive Irish Dancer and Certified Teacher of Irish Dance.
Maggie Finley 
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Senior Consultant, Grants Management Practice - Forvis Mazars
Maggie Finley is a Senior Consultant in the grants management practice at Forvis Mazars. She has a strong background in public and nonprofit grant work. Since 2021, she has helped secure millions in competitive funding from agencies such as the Department of the Treasury, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Housing and Urban Development, (HUD), and Missouri state agencies like the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC). Maggie specializes in guiding organizations through the full grant life cycle—from writing and compliance to reporting and subrecipient monitoring. She also has experience working with public sector entities who subaward federal funds, helping facilitate award administration and compliance. She’s known for making complex grant requirements approachable and actionable, and she enjoys sharing practical insights through trainings and presentations. She holds a Ph.D. in Health Science from Liberty University and a Master's in Nonprofit and Civic Leadership from Drury University.
Ben Franjesevic 
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Director - Protiviti
Ben is a Director with over 17 years of experience focused on helping organizations assess and manage their technology risk. Ben has supported engagements in numerous areas including AI/ML, robotic process automation, process mining, cybersecurity, data analytics, IT governance, IT general controls, system development, and asset management. He has worked with organizations in various industries acting in roles across the three lines of defense. Ben helps to support Protiviti’s Next Gen Internal Audit initiatives globally, is a member of Protiviti’s global AI governance and risk management center of excellence, serves as a leader for Next Gen enabling technologies, and is a frequent speaker on topics including AI / ML, process mining, advanced analytics, Agile audit, and RPA risk and control. Prior to joining Protiviti in 2012, Ben worked for the Internal Audit Department of a local government entity where he was responsible for leading and executing operational and IT audits.
Manish Garg 
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Director, Accounting & Reporting Advisory - Transaction Advisory
Manish Garg is a Director in the Accounting & Reporting Advisory practice of the Transaction Advisory group. He has over 20 years of experience in a variety of accounting and financial leadership roles, including controllership, FP&A, project management, technical accounting, and transaction advisory. He brings a solid technical advisory background, including advising on new and complex transactions, implementing new accounting guidance, and assessing and analyzing accounting and reporting impacts of financial statements. Manish advises both publicly traded and privately owned companies on compliance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS. Mr. Garg’s extensive expertise lies in the financial services industry, specifically in the areas of business combinations, financial instruments, derivatives and hedging, variable interest entities, tax credits, credit losses, and more. Prior to joining Stout, Manish was a Vice President at Huntington Bank, where he provided financial accounting and reporting advisory to Huntington’s various businesses. He had also held senior positions in various departments of HSBC and led a global finance transformation project at American Express.
Stacy Gilbert 
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Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller - KeyBank
Stacy Gilbert is the Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller at KeyBank and oversees financial accounting operations and technical accounting, external reporting, capital markets controllership, credit and credit risk controllership, and finance risk & controls. With over 25 years of accounting and financial reporting experience with publicly traded financial institutions, Stacy began her career as a public accounting auditor at KPMG in Cleveland, Ohio. She originally joined Key in 2002 where she had various responsibilities in accounting policy and KeyBank Capital Markets accounting operations. In 2008, Stacy had an opportunity to join FirstMerit Corporation, a $25B financial services company, where she led the automation of the company’s SEC reporting process and was promoted to assistant corporate controller before returning to Key in 2016. Since re-joining Key, she has held increasing responsibilities over accounting operations, accounting policy and external reporting. Stacy earned her B.B.A. in accounting from Cleveland State University and is an active certified public accountant in the State of Ohio.
Patrick Gilmore 
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Partner - Deloitte
Patrick Gilmore is a Partner with Deloitte in its national office, where he specializes in matters pertaining to SEC rules and regulations related to financial reporting. Patrick joined Deloitte in 2021 after 17 years on the staff of the SEC in the Division of Corporation Finance. Prior to joining Deloitte, from 2017 until his departure, Patrick served as the Deputy Chief Accountant in the Division of Corporation Finance’s Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC, where he led the staff in providing technical accounting and reporting support for the Division’s disclosure review program, led various rulemaking efforts, and answered interpretive questions and waiver requests related to the form and content of financial statements to be included in SEC filings. During 2020, Gilmore also served as the Acting Disclosure Review Program Director, where he oversaw the Division’s selective review of transactional and periodic filings. He spent the earlier part of his career with the SEC in various management and staff positions in the Division of Corporation Finance’s Office of the Chief Accountant and the disclosure review program in the computer and software industry group. Gilmore earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University and is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA.
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Managing Director, Valuation Advisory - Stout
Rob is a Managing Director in Stout’s Valuation Advisory practice with more than 25 years of business valuation experience. He provides valuation services to clients for numerous purposes, including purchase price allocations (ASC 805), goodwill impairment testing (ASC 350), acquisitions and divestitures, corporate and strategic planning, estate and gift taxation, and for litigation related matters. Rob holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Accredited Senior Appraiser – Business Valuation (ASA) designations.
Gaurav Hiranandani 
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Senior Associate Chief Accountant, OCA - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Gaurav Hiranandani is a Senior Associate Chief Accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In this role, he serves on the leadership team for OCA's accounting group, focusing on accounting and financial reporting matters relating to financial assets, derivatives and hedging, debt and equity, consolidation, compensation, income taxes, and crypto assets. The accounting group's activities include responding to accounting consultations from registrants, auditors, and SEC staff regarding complex financial reporting issues; overseeing the activities of the Financial Accounting Standards Board; monitoring the activities of international accounting standard setters including the International Accounting Standards Board; and communicating key technical accounting issues to stakeholders. Prior to joining the Commission, Gaurav worked in various industry technical accounting and financial reporting roles, first at Coinbase, Inc. and then at Stripe, Inc. Before that, Gaurav served in multiple roles at Ernst & Young, LLP, including within audit, advisory and the national practice. Gaurav is a graduate of George Mason University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia and New York, as well as a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Sean Humphreys 
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Managing Director, Internal Audit & Financial Advisory - Protiviti
Sean is a Managing Director in Protiviti’s Internal Audit and Financial Advisory practice. As the Market Leader for the firm’s Northeast Ohio practice based in Cleveland, he brings over two decades of diverse experience, including Management experience with a large Fortune Global 500 organization, to lead the firm’s client services across Northern Ohio. In that role, Sean helps connect our client organizations with dynamic advisory teams to help them solve critical business challenges.