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Stephanie R. Peters , CAE, is president & chief executive officer of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA), a statewide professional association for CPAs. She has been with the VSCPA since 1997 and leads the organization on national and state professional issues, legislative and regulatory activities and external relations. As president & CEO, Peters is a member of the VSCPA board of directors and its executive committee. Nationally, Peters serves as Chair of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) State Society Relations Committee. Peters has served on the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Peer Review Board and the AICPA/NASBA Uniform Accountancy Act Committee, and she is a past president of the CPA Society Executives’ Association. A Certified Association Executive (CAE), Peters served as president of the Virginia Society of Association Executives and has received its CEO Award of Excellence. Peters currently serves as Vice Chair of the Virginia Council on Economic Education. Peters received her Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Virginia and her Master of Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management and Lead Virginia. Kelly Richmond Pope , CPA, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the School of Accountancy and MIS at DePaul University where her research and teaching focuses on organizational misconduct, ethics and fraud, and how organizations design cultures and compliance systems to confront these challenges. She is also a documentary filmmaker and directed and produced the award-winning film, "All the Queen’s Horses." Kelly received her Ph.D. in accounting from Virginia Tech. Joan M. Renner , CPA, CGMA, has been providing audit and accounting services to nonprofit organizations for more than 30 years. She is in charge of Renner & Company's services to nonprofit organizations. Her areas of expertise include services to trade associations, scientific organizations, federal award recipients, schools and other public charities. Joan is a member of the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) Accounting & Auditing Conference Committee and the Greater Washington Society of CPAs Nonprofit Organizations Committee and has been a popular presenter at professional conferences. Joan has served on a number of nonprofit Boards, including the Goodwin House Foundation, Scholarship Fund of Alexandria, Rotary Club of Alexandria, Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. She has also been recognized as a Living Legend of Alexandria, Rotarian of the Year (Rotary Club of Alexandria) and Board Member of the Year (Alexandria Chamber of Commerce). Nadia A. Rogers , CPA, joined the faculty of Virginia Tech in 2015. She was previously in public practice, most recently a Partner of Creedle, Jones & Alga, P.C. Her primary responsibilities within the firm were to direct the firm’s Richmond Office and to coordinate assurance compliance of the firm as a whole. Prior to joining Creedle, Jones & Alga, P.C., Nadia was a Senior Manager in KPMG LLP’s Audit Practice in Richmond, VA. Nadia is the Chair of the Virginia Board of Accountancy’s Peer Review Oversight Committee. She has also contributed to the accounting profession by performing Peer Reviews of firms providing accounting and auditing services to their clients in addition to performing reviews that assist firms in preparing for their Peer Review. Nadia was a Speaker regarding the topic of Peer Review at the following conferences: 41st Annual Accounting and Auditing Conference sponsored by Virginia Tech and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Peer Review Oversight Committee Summit sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. Additionally, she is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Nadia was also accepted into and participated in the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants 2014 Leadership Academy. Nadia is a graduate of Virginia Tech, wherein she earned a B.S. with a concentration in Accounting and Information Systems as well as a Masters of Accountancy. She has authored an accounting article on biometrics in the Information Systems Control Journal , a worldwide publication on IT governance and assurance. In addition to her teaching responsibilities at Virginia Tech, she is also the Director of our Master of Accounting and Information Systems (MACIS) Program and Advisor of the Accounting Analytics, Audit and Financial Services Options within our MACIS Program. Jacob Shortt, CPA, joined the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Virginia Tech in the fall of 2016. He graduated from Virginia Tech with both his bachelor's and master's in accounting and information systems. After graduation he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the core audit group specializing in manufacturing clients. He then joined the risk advisory consulting practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP working in the banking practice. In addition to risk advisory services he also conducted internal and external corporate trainings. Most recently, Jacob worked as a regulatory advisor at Bank of America. Jacob is a licensed CPA in North Carolina. Joyce Terry , CPA is a senior-level accounting professional with over 30 years of experience serving the non-profit community in accounting, finance, information technology and systems development. Over the past 25 years she has served as the Controller or CFO of a number of non- profit organizations ranging in size from $1.2 to $300 in assets. Joyce is member of the GWSCPA, MACPA and AICPA non-profit section as well as a member of the GWSCPA Non-profit Symposium Committee. She is a member of the Bay Business Group of Southern Maryland, an organization dedicated to promoting business activities in Southern Anne Arundel and Calvert counties. She is currently treasurer of two small non- profit organizations in Southern Maryland and consults with two others. Gary Thomson , CPA, is regional managing partner of Dixon Hughes Goodman's Virginia region and has more than 27 years of public accounting experience including experience with an international accounting and consulting firm. He provides a variety of accounting and tax services to all sizes of businesses and their owners including professional services, government contractors, distributors, professional services, real estate developers and contractors.