Grant Thornton is the fourth largest public accounting firm in the United States primarily serving privately held businesses. Primary responsibilities include the development and maintenance of strong client relationships, financial and compliance auditing, peer reviews of other firms, internal and external training, and staff development.*Key Accomplishments:• Responsible for technical aspects of 12 annual audit engagements, including compliance with generally accepted auditing standards, government audit standards and financial reporting. Clients include higher education, non-profit organizations, and local governments.• Consult with clients on the implementation of new accounting standards, including revenue recognition, leases, and non-profit financial statements.• Consult with clients on accounting and business items.• Review internal control systems to identify deficiencies and areas for improvement.• Design and implement team training on the technical and business aspects of certain industries.• Manage and deliver high profile presentations to the boards of directors and audit committees.

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation is a Chicago base private foundation with over $200 Million in assets. The foundation supports land conservation and the arts in the Chicago region and coastal South Carolina.Responsibilities include:• Oversight of financial reporting• Investment management • Legal/compliance matters• Budget development• Audit preparation• Board reporting and communication, including presentations at Board Committee meetings

Grant Thornton is the fourth largest public accounting firm in the United States primarily serving privately held businesses. Primary responsibilities include the development and maintenance of strong client relationships, financial and compliance auditing, peer reviews of other firms, internal and external training, and staff development.*Key Accomplishments:• Responsible for technical aspects of 12 annual audit engagements, including compliance with generally accepted auditing standards, government audit standards and financial reporting. Clients include higher education, non-profit organizations, and local governments.• Consult with clients on the implementation of new accounting standards, including revenue recognition, leases, and non-profit financial statements.• Consult with clients on accounting and business items.• Review internal control systems to identify deficiencies and areas for improvement.• Design and implement team training on the technical and business aspects of certain industries.• Manage and deliver high profile presentations to the boards of directors and audit committees.

McGladrey LLP is the fifth largest public accounting firm in the United States primarily serving privately held businesses. Primary responsibilities include the development and maintenance of strong client relationships, financial and compliance auditing, business development, and staff development and training.*Key Accomplishments:• Acting partner on approximately 20 audit engagements annually.• Responsible for technical aspects of 30 annual audit engagements, including compliance with auditing standards, government audit standards and financial reporting.• Consulted on 3 successful not-for-profit business combinations. Point of contact on technical accounting issues, including asset and liability valuation and opening balance sheet presentation, as well as process and internal control integration.• Lead Director for successful litigation project which spanned over 5 years;• Lead on large consulting project tasked with the development of accounting procedures related to new computer system implementation; • Prepared and reviewed 990 information returns• Business development accountabilities include developing prospect leads, preparing and presenting proposals, negotiating and closing proposals;• Developed and closed two large higher education engagements with annual billings over $100,000 each.• People manager, coach, mentor and leader for a team of 5-7 accounting professionals on a daily basis. Periodic manager for larger scale teams based on client assignments.• Design and implement team training on the technical and business aspects of certain industries.• Present accounting and financial expertise to regional and national industry associations on a regular basis.• Manage and deliver high profile presentations to the board of directors.