Ensure that KPMG audit methodology and ESG assurance methodology, including related manuals and electronic tool, are in compliance with US and international auditing standards.* Read and interpret new auditing, assurance and quality control standards and propose how the requirements of the standards should be incorporated into the audit methodology and Firm policies.* Bring consensus between the US Firm and other KPMG network Firms to minimize the differences between the US and international audit and assurance methodologies. * Present internally on new auditing and assurance standards and changes in the methodology and externally on the activities of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB).* Draft or review comment letters in response to proposed auditing and assurance standards and other documents concerning the auditing profession, such as the proposed Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control - Integrated Framework.* Create or review Firm guidance regarding the implementation of auditing and assurance standards, quality control standards.* Serve as technical advisor to the KPMG representative on the IAASB. Prepare the representative both technically and strategically for IAASB meetings to ensure that the views of the Network are well represented on the Board.* Serve as a member of the IAASB team drafting International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000.At KPMG, promoted from Director to Senior Director in 2021.

Taught Principles of Auditing to undergraduate students. Consistently earned above average evaluations.

National and International Standards Setting ActivitiesActively involved in standards setting activities with the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) of the AICPA and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) of IFAC. Appointed to two terms on the IAASB. Membership on the IAASB is by appointment after a rigorous nomination and selection process. Nominated by Grant Thornton LLP and the Transnational Audit Committee of the Forum of Firms.* Led discussions and participated in debates on current issues affecting the profession.* Brought consensus among differing views.* Drafted International Standards on Auditing and US Statements on Auditing Standards.* Chaired and was otherwise a member of several IAASB, ASB and Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) task forces. Chaired the high-profile IAASB Compilations and Reviews Task Force, the ASB’s International Auditing Standards Task Force and the ASB’s Special Reports Task Force.* Served as Technical Advisor to the Grant Thornton representative on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) Standing Advisory Group.* Spoke in various forums on international auditing issues, including the AICPA International Conference, the Joint Conference of the American Women CPAs and the American Society of Women Accountants, and Grant Thornton’s annual auditing conference.Firm Policy and Training Activities* Drafted Firm policy bulletins on emerging auditing issues.* Worked with the Audit Methodology Group to ensure that the auditing standards are appropriately incorporated into the Firm’s audit methodology.* Led responses on revenue recognition issues to the PCAOB’s annual inspection results.* Developed and presented auditing topics at the Firm’s annual audit training conference.* Consulted with audit teams on auditing and reporting issues.At Grant Thornton, earned a promotion from Equity Partner to Full-Equity Partner in 2008.

Other International Activities* Represented the US profession internationally.Served as technical advisor to the AICPA representative on the IAASB. Prepared the representative both technically and strategically for IAASB meetings to ensure that the views of the US profession were well-represented on the Board.* Technical Advisor to the AICPA representative on the IFAC Board of Directors.* Technical Advisor to the AICPA representative on the IFAC Small and Medium Practices Permanent Task Force, which provides input to various standards setters from a small-firm perspective.* Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Accounting Association.* Advisor to the US Trade Representative on Service Industries on accounting issues.* Staff to the International Qualifications Board, which considers the qualifications of other national designations to determine if they are substantially equivalent to the US CPA, and negotiates mutual recognition agreements with the issuers of those designations.* Member of the Board of Directors of the Certified International Professional Accountant Program, which is working with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for the establishment of a certification program for professional accountants in Russia, Central Asia and the former Soviet States.* Worked to develop the profession in developing nations, particularly in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South America.* Made presentations and speeches around the world and in the US on the status of the profession, US and international auditing standards, and other topics, such as enhanced business reporting.At the AICPA, earned promotions from Technical Manager to Senior Technical Manager on the Audit and Attest Standards Team in 1999, and then to Director – International, Member and Public Interests in 2002.

National and International Standards Setting Activities* Served as technical advisor to the AICPA representative on the IAASB. Prepared the representative both technically and strategically for IAASB meetings to ensure that the views of the US profession were well-represented on the Board.* Led the AICPA's Audit and Attest Standards team, which supports the activities of the ASB and its subcommittees, and the Accounting and Review Services Committee.* Made presentations and speeches around the world and in the US on the status of the profession, US and international auditing standards.* Deliberated and drafted authoritative professional standards and interpretations of auditing, attestation, quality control and accounting and review services standards.* Developed non-authoritative professional guidance such as Auditing Practice Releases and other forms of guidance on emerging issues.* Seconded by the AICPA to the International Auditing Practices Committee (now the IAASB) from 1997-1999, assisted the Committee its subcommittees deliberate and draft authoritative auditing and assurance standards.

Taught Introduction to Accounting I and II, Intermediate Accounting I and II, and Advanced Accounting to undergraduate students, consistently receiving above-average teaching evaluations.

Taught Introduction to Accounting I and II, Intermediate Accounting I and II, and Advanced Accounting to undergraduate students, consistently receiving above-average teaching evaluations.