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trial. In addition, he has frequently spoken at professional conferences, training workshops, and continuing legal education courses, such as the FBI Academy at Quantico, Va. and the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA). Seth W. Davis , CPA, is a partner with more than 15 years of experience in public accounting. As Dixon Hughes Goodman’s (DHG) tax market leader for Metro D.C., Seth is focused on coordinating relevant U.S. federal, state and local, and international tax services that are aligned with each company’s business objectives. His experience includes serving large, privately -held and publicly-traded companies operating in a wide variety of industries, including media and entertainment, aerospace and defense, government contracting, banking and financial services, technology, and manufacturing/distribution. Seth has extensive experience with federal and state income tax planning, accounting for income taxes (ASC 740 and IAS 12) and helping companies analyze the tax implications of various merger and acquisition scenarios. His passion is serving as a strategic partner to the firm’s clients with the intent of adding value to each organization. Prior to joining DHG, Seth worked at a Big Four f irm for more than 13 years in Atlanta, Ga., Charlotte, N.C. and McLean, Va. Krista Edoff, CPA, is a Partner in Cherry Bekaert’s Hampton Roads practice, Krista has over twelve years of experience providing attestation services to governmental, commercial and nonpr ofit clients. As a member of the Firm’s Government Services industry group, local governments depend on Krista’s expertise in performing financial and compliance audits (including single audits). She also delivers audit , review, agreed-upon procedure and consulting services to middle- market clients within the manufacturing, distribution and retail industries. Krista’s duties encompass all aspects of these services from planning, performing, supervising, reporting and wrapping-up the engagement, to direct communication and value- added services to her clients. Before joining Cherry Bekaert in 2002, Krista was employed in public accounting in Florida and South Carolina, where her primary focuses were governmental accounting and small business taxation. She has been both an internal and external instructor for government-related CPE. Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, CPA, CGMA, has a lengthy history of volunteering for the profession, including serving as a member of the AICPA Business and Industry Executive Committee as well as the AICPA Board of Directors where she served as a member of the Audit and Finance committees. She also worked with the Benevolent Fund and has served as a Council representative. Kimberly is a past chair of the Maryland Association of CPAs, and has served on many of its committees including the New Young Professional Network and Tomorrow's CPA. Lisa Germano , CPA, CGMA, J.D., is president and general counsel of Actuarial Benefits & Design Company (AB&DC), an organization that assists business owners and key executives to establish and monitor retirement income goals, maintain retirement plan compliance, satisfy reporting and disclosre to government agencies and assist with internal controls and plan governance. Lisa is a member of the Virginia Bar and is licensed as a CPA by the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a principal in the law firm of Coyner & Germano, located in Charlottesville. Lisa founded two 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations; one for ovarian cancer research and the other a private-public partnership for public school funding for athletics and other nonacademic programs that keep students engaged. Lisa is immediate past chair of the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) Board of Directors and has served on the Board and has chaired numerous high-level committies for the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). She was appointed by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Shulman to his Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee. She currently serves on the committee for the IRS EP/EO 2017 Joint Council meeting, co-chairs the IRS Mid-Atlantic Pension Liaison Group and was co-chair of the 2014 AICPA National Employee Benefits Conference. In 2015, Lisa received the Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award from the AICPA. In 2011, she was inducted as a fellow into the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel for her contributions in the employee benefits field and also in that year received the inaugural AICPA Sustained Contribution Award for her contributions to the CPA profession. In 1996 Lisa received the Hammer Award from Vice President Gore for voluntary service on regulatory work for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. She authors several newsletters and speaks frequently on employee retirement plan related topics, small business leadership and nonprofit governance and professional networking. Follow her on Twitter at @LisaGermanoCPA. Mike Glynn , CPA, CGMA, is a senior technical manager in the AICPA Audit and Attest Standards Team. He serves as the staff liaison to the Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC). In addition, Mike supports the activities of Auditing Standards Board (ASB) and its subcommittees by assisting members in drafting and deliberating authoritative professional standards and interpretations. Cindy Gross , CPA, CISA, is a director in the information technology audit practice at Brown Edwards. Prior to joining Brown Edwards, Cindy was a director in one of the top 10 firms in the nation where she provided IT audit and consulting services to a wide range of entities including financial services, technology and health care entities. She has over 15 years of experience in system development and design. At Brown Edwards, she focuses on providing a full complement of value-added IT assurance and advisory services, ranging from traditional system audits and SOC engagements to penetration testing and Sarbanes-Oxley control evaluations. She also applies her depth and expertise in the areas of disaster recovery/business continuity planning, vendor management and IT risk assessments. Cindy provides services to clients throughout the firm’s nine offices. A 2006 graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Cindy has a Master of professional accountancy degree. In addition, she has a B.S. degree in computer programming and information systems from Shepherd University. She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Randolph (Randy) Johnston , MCS, has been a top rated speaker in the technology industry for over 40 years. He was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 2011. He was selected as a Top 25 Thought Leader in Accounting from 2011-2017. His influence throughout the accounting industry is highlighted once again this year by being a recipient of the 2016 Accounting Today Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting award for the thirteenth consecutive year. Among his many other awards he holds the honor of being one of nine technology stars in the U.S. by Accounting Technology Magazine. Randy writes a monthly column for The CPA Practice Advisor, articles for the Journal of Accountancy, and creates articles for both accounting and technology publications, as well as being the author of numerous books. He has started and owns multiple businesses including K2 Enterprises in Hammond, Louisiana and Network Management Group, Inc. in Hutchinson, Kansas. NMGI has supported CPA firms for 30+ years and is the largest managed service provider serving the CPA profession in North America. His wife and four children enjoy many experiences together including theatre, music, travel, golf, skiing, snorkeling and model trains. Lawrence (Lee) Klumpp , CPA, CGMA, is BDO’s National Nonprofit & Education Industry Group audit and a ccounting technical leader. He recently completed a fellowship at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) where he led FASB's project to reexamine existing standards for financial statement presentation by nonprofit entities, focusing on improving the net asset classification requirements and information provided in financial statements and notes about liquidity, financial performance and cash flows. Lee has 20 years of experience serving a diverse group of nonprofit organizations while working for BDO and previously in the audit practices of Ernst & Young, LLP and KPMG. Additionally, he is an