Governmental Accounting & Auditing Conference (2 days) - Eugene

Amy John joined the Secretary of State Audits Division in 2000 as a staff auditor and has spent 20 years leading financial and federal compliance audits for a variety of state agencies and programs. During that time, she spent several years as the in-charge auditor for the Municipal Audit Program and has been managing the program since 2017. Amy is a CPA and licensed municipal auditor.

Amy has participated in the OSCPA since 2005 when she joined the Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee and served as Committee Chair in 2012. She also served on the OSCPA Board of Directors from 2013 through 2020, serving as Chair in 2019. 

When not pouring over governmental audit reports, Amy likes to travel, spend time with her husband and large extended family, climb mountains, and take her dogs hiking.

(12/2/21)

Christian Perrier specializes in helping people with their technology so that they can achieve success in their business. He has spent the last 15 years working with organizations to allow them to harness the power of new technology while defending themselves against cyber-attack. As the Vice President of Technical Solutions at Fixed Fee IT, Christian oversees the security posture, policies, and management of a SOC II Type II audited organization and has experience with SEC, FINRA, HIPAA, PCI, SOC, and NIST compliance standards. He has a passion for helping people and organizations navigate the ever-changing world of cybersecurity and implementing solutions to keep themselves protected.

(1/14/21)

Harry Bose, Co-owner, The RBH Group LLC

Harry Bose, CPA has been practicing public accounting in Pendleton, Oregon since 1986 and starting in 1994 established a practice peer reviewing CPA firms in Oregon and nationally. A member of the Oregon Society of CPAs (OSCPA), Harry has served as a regional chapter chair at the local level and as an officer and board member at the state level. He chaired the OSCPA during the Society’s fiscal year April 2016 through March 2017. Harry has been an active member of the OSCPA Peer Review Committee for many years, chairing the Committee in 2006-07 and currently serves as a technical reviewer for the program. On the national level, he is an active member of the American Institute of Public Accountants (AICPA) and served on the AICPA Peer Review Task Force from 2002 through 2005. Harry has written articles for various professional publications, and has served as an instruction leader at continuing education conferences. He is a native Oregonian, graduating from the University of Oregon in 1981, and receiving his Oregon CPA certificate in July 1984.

(9/20/21)

Lisa Parker, Project Manager, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

Lisa Parker is a senior project manager with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Prior to joining the GASB, Lisa worked for Runyon Kersteen Ouellette CPA’s for 10 years, the Town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine as their Finance Director and interim Town Manager for 2 years, and the City of Saco, Maine as their Finance Director for 8 years. Lisa is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. She is also a member of the Association of Governmental Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Maine Society of Certified Public Accountants and has served as their President. Lisa also has previously served as President of the Maine Governmental Finance Officers Association, an Executive Board member of the New England Governmental Finance Officers Association, and a member of a National GFOA standing committee. Lisa attended Boston College and the University of Southern Maine graduating with Magna Cum Laude honors and a Bachelors degree in Accounting.

(4/21/20)

Robert Minniti, AICPA

Dr. Robert Minniti, DBA, CPA, CFE, Cr.FA, CFF, CVA, MAFF, CGMA Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Minniti is the President and Owner of Minniti CPA, LLC. Dr. Minniti is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Forensic Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified in Financial Forensics, Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, Chartered Global Management Accountant, and is a licensed private investigator in the state of Arizona. Dr. Minniti received his doctoral degree in business administration from Walden University, received his MBA degree and Graduate Certificate in Accounting from DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management, and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Minniti teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in accounting, fraud examination, fraud criminology, ethics, forensic accounting, external audit, and internal audit, at DeVry University, Grand Canyon University, Northwestern University, and the University of Phoenix. He designed graduate and undergraduate courses for Grand Canyon University, Northwestern University, and Anthem College. He is a writer and public speaker. He has experience in forensic accounting, fraud examinations, financial audits, internal audits, compliance audits, real estate valuations, business valuations, internal control development, business continuation planning, risk management, financial forecasting, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance work. Dr. Minniti is an instructor teaching continuing professional education classes for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Compliance Online, CPE Link. AccountingEd, Global Compliance Panel, Clear Law Institute and various state CPA Societies.

Rev. 8/17

Scott Preppernau, Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman

Scott is a principal and consulting actuary in the Portland, Oregon, office of Milliman. He has over 17 years of experience in pension plan consulting and has worked with governmental and corporate plan sponsors to effectively manage their pension and retiree medical programs. Scott’s clients include large state and municipal retirement systems as well as private sector plan sponsors. In these roles, Scott frequently delivers public presentations to Retirement Boards, elected officials, and other stakeholders.

(1/6/22)

Susan Brown, Finance & Accounting Services Manager, City of Gresham

Susan is the Finance and Accounting Services Manager for the City of Gresham, within the Department of Finance and Management Services. She has worked for the City of Gresham since March 2015 after almost 16 years working for Multnomah County in various roles within the Finance Division. Accounting Services at the City is responsible for the City’s financial management and reporting including cash, investment and debt management, financial analysis, general ledger, capital and cost accounting, grant accounting, internal control management, annual financial audit and preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, and various other accounting and reporting functions. Susan is a member of several professional organizations, including GFOA, OGFOA, AICPA and AGA, and has presented at various conferences regarding the implementation of new audit and accounting standards.

Troy Rector is a shareholder in the Not-for-Profit and Governmental Services Group at Clark Nuber and has spent his career serving tax exempt organizations. He serves a range of community based organizations including low income housing, healthcare and those receiving governmental grant assistance. Troy regularly advises and presents on Uniform Guidance related topics. He is the auditing subcommittee chair of the Washington Society of CPA's Governmental Audit & Accounting Committee, a prior member of the AICPA's Government Audit Quality Center's Executive Committee and member of several Not-For Profit Boards and Finance Committees.

(2/19/24)