Areas of Expertise:
- Working with governments and non-profits
- Auditing standards
- Single Audits (Uniform Guidance)
- GASB pronouncements
- Employee benefit plan audits
Professional Accomplishments:
- Member of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel (2016-2020)
- Chairperson of the AICPA’s Governmental Audit Quality Center Executive Committee (2008-2011)
- Member of the AICPA’s Practice Monitoring Task Force for Single Audits
- Member of ASBOI’s Accounting, Auditing and Budgeting Committee
- Speaker and trainer for conferences and trainings for the AICPA, State Societies, ASBO, GFOAz, NMGFOA, and AGA Phoenix
- Member of the AICPA’s Professional Ethics Executive Committee (2012-2015)
- Member of the Nominations Committee for the AICPA Board of Directors (2014-2015)
- Question writer and reviewer for the AICPA’s Uniform CPA examination (2002-2010)
- Special Review Committee member of the GFOA’s certificate program (2006-2016)
- Chairperson for the AICPA Task Force on the SEFA (2007-2009)
- Recipient of the Advanced Single Audit Certificate from the AICPA
- Former member of the planning committee for the AICPA National Governmental & Not-for-Profit Training Program Conference
- Former Treasurer for Bag It!, a Tucson nonprofit organization providing resources to cancer patients
Memberships:
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Arizona Association of School Business Officials
- Government Finance Officers Association of Arizona
- Government Finance Officers Association
- Association of Government Accountants
Links to Articles and Presentations:
- New Independent Auditor’s Report on the Way!!!
- HeinfeldMeech Gives Back
- Mandatory auditor rotation: The wrong answer to ensuring audit quality for Arizona school districts.
- Auditors Get Audited Too!
- HeinfeldMeech’s Commitment to the Profession
- The Ins and Outs of Government Fund Financial Statements
- Uniform Guidance Reminders
- Financial Reporting for Healthcare Benefits
- Governmental Audit Update presentation slides (January 2017 State & Local Governmental Conference)
- The AICPA: Much More than Debits & Credits (article)
- AICPA – More than Debits and Credits (recorded presentation)
- Leadership Traits
- Governmental Updates: Uniform Guidance and GASB
- New Code of Conduct
- Mandatory Auditor Rotation – Is a Change Really Necessary?