Governmental Accounting & Auditing Conference (E1706420)

Rick Albrecht is a Senior Security Advocate in the Client Service Management Office in the Global Security Organization of ADP in Roseland, NJ. His key accomplishments at ADP include (1) Development of standardized metrics and reporting to enable visibility and drive organizational change through visualization and advanced analytics of data; and (2) Identification and remediation of gaps in security incident management processes for both the Fraud Prevention and Critical Incident Response teams at ADP.

Prior to joining ADP, Mr. Albrecht was a Director/Regional Manager of financial specialty divisions of several insurance companies over a 30-year career. This experience included launching and growing new regional offices for two large insurance companies.

Prior to that, he began his professional life as a high school teacher and holds three NJ Teaching Certifications including Comprehensive Business.

He earned his MBA degree (Concentration in Accounting) from Montclair State University in 1991.

Matthew D. Jessup, J.D., is an attorney with McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC, focusing almost exclusively on public finance transactions. He’s participated in the issuance of hundreds of millions of dollars of bonds and notes for countless counties, municipalities and public authorities. His recent successes include the financing of a municipal justice complex through the issuance of government-subsidized Build America Bonds and the multi-issuer financing of the Bayonne Crossing Shopping Center through the issuance of payment-in-lieu-of tax bonds. His expertise spans the arena of public finance, including general obligation and revenue obligations, public/private development financing and New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust financing. Mr. Jessup is admitted to the bars of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is a member of the American Bar Association and the National Association of Bond Lawyers. He received a B.B.A from The George Washington University; a J.D from Villanova University School of Law; and an M.B.A. from Villanova University.

Maureen Mitchell is a Financial Regulation Manager for the State of New Jersey Division of Local Government Services. She has over 15 years of public entity specific experience in a broad range of Local Government entities. Ms. Mitchell started her career in government while working for Bowman & Company LLP a regional accounting firm performing audits of local entities. She then went on to work in local government as a Certified Municipal Chief Financial Officer, Certified Tax Collector, Qualified Purchasing Agent, and Planning Board Secretary.

Maureen Mitchell is also a Certified Public Accountant with a Master’s degree in Governmental Accounting from Rutgers’ University. She received her bachelor of arts in accounting from Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA.

Founder of DFDR Consulting LLC, now doing business as, CYBIR. Over the course of sixteen years, Nelson has consulted on, examined and testified to digital evidence related to personal, corporate, criminal, civil and domestic cases, along with data breaches. Acknowledged in “EnCE The Official EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide” (Second and Third Editions) and “Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation” (Second Edition), Nelson has also been published in eForensics Magazine for SQL investigation techniques. As a speaker, in addition to industry conferences and events, Nelson serves on the faculty of National Business Institute for CLEs and was a past Adjunct Professor of Digital Forensics.

Roberta Reese is a Senior Project Manager with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (Norwalk, CT) 1999. Her current project assignments are the conceptual framework project on recognition and the financial reporting model reexamination. Her major technical projects have included capital asset, infrastructure, and note disclosures issues for various GASB Implementation Guides; note disclosures, impairment of capital assets, service concession arrangements, postemployment benefits, and the conceptual framework: definitions and measurement of elements of financial statements.

Prior to her position with the GASB, she served for four years as Chief Accountant for the State of Nevada Controller’s Office with responsibility for preparation of the comprehensive annual financial report. Her previous experience includes seven years with the Reno, Nevada office of Deloitte performing financial and compliance audits of state and local governmental entities.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of the Pacific and a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University. She is licensed as a certified public accountant in the state of Nevada.

Jason (Jay) Spiegel is an audit partner in KPMG's Government Practice based in the Short Hills, New Jersey office and has over 15 years of diversified experience in serving government, higher education, and not-for-profit organizations in the New Jersey and Metro New York areas. He has extensive experience in conducting financial statement audits in accordance with U.S. generally accepted auditing standards and Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, as well as compliance audits in accordance with the single audit requirements under Federal OMB Uniform Guidance and New Jersey OMB Circular Letter 15-08.

Paul is a Legislative Analyst for the State of New Jersey Division of Local Government Services. He provides assistance and advice in drafting regulations, as well as, provides input on pending legislation. He is also the primary contact at the Division for local and county procurement questions, providing technical guidance and advice to municipalities, boards of education, authorities, and counties throughout the State. Paul began his career in government at the Division in 2016 after practicing privately as a solo attorney focused on intellectual property transactions.

Paul graduated with his Bachelor degree in History from the College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, and completed his Juris Doctor at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.