2014 Missouri Valley Regional Meeting Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Omaha, NE April 4 – 5, 2014 Host Chapter: Gamma Kappa, University of NE at Omaha
Welcome to the 2014 Beta Alpha Psi Missouri Valley Regional Meeting
We appreciate those chapters who took the time to attend this meeting and prepare presentations. We also thank the Board of Directors, the BAP Professional Partners, our guest speakers, our Faculty Advisor, Susan Eldridge, our BAP Professional Partners Liaisons, and our Chapter Advocate, Janice Klimek, for their help with this conference. Finally, a special thanks to Gamma Kappa Chapter members Meggan Gibson, Lauren Kluthe, and Eric Kula for their hard work and commitment to making this an outstanding regional meeting. Please enjoy your visit to Omaha, and do not hesitate to ask us for help during our meeting.
Members of the Gamma Kappa Chapter from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Theme for Year Leading at the Crossroads 2014 Schedule of Events
11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Registration
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Welcome Janice Klimek, Chapter Advocate Opening Session Kevin Stocks, BAP President-Elect Eric Kula, Gamma Kappa Chapter President
1:30 – 2:15 pm
Keynote Speaker - Dan Crumb CFO of the Kansas City Chiefs Financial Leadership of an NFL Club
2:15 – 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 – 5:45 pm
“The Search for the Lost Dutchman’s Goldmine” Professional Partners Liaisons Michael Duffy, Jodi Ryan, and Valerie Wendt
5:45 – 6:15 pm
Professional Partners and Best Practice Judges Meeting
Evening
On your own
Schedule of Events 7:30 – 3:30 pm
Registration
7:30 – 8:30 am
Breakfast
7:30 – 8:30 am
Breakfast for Faculty Advisors with Chapter Advocate, Board and Professional Partners
8:30 – 10:30 am
Best Practices (sponsored by Deloitte) Presentations Leadership University of Nebraska – Lincoln University of Iowa Missouri State University Drake University University of Missouri – St. Louis Truman State University University of Missouri – Kansas City University of Central Missouri
Strategic Planning University of Nebraska – Lincoln University of Iowa University of Nebraska at Omaha University of Missouri – St. Louis Missouri State University University of Missouri – Kansas City Collaboration Creighton University University of Iowa Missouri State University University of Central Missouri and Southeast Missouri State University
Schedule of Events 10:30 – 11:00 am
Break
11:00– 12:00 pm
Chapter Operations Sessions Keeping Members Active Truman State University Iowa State University University of South Dakota Meaningful Service Projects Creighton University Southeast Missouri State University Saint Louis University Engaging Professional Speakers Southeast Missouri State University University of Nebraska at Omaha
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch for Chapter Presidents, Chapter Advocate, Board and Professional Partners
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Faculty Advisors with Chapter Advocate
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Professional Sessions/Alumni Session CPA Licensure and Mobility Michelle Stromp, KPMG Partner and NE Board of Public Accountancy Board Member Dan Sweetwood, NE Board of Public Accountancy Executive Director Jo Lowe, NE Board of Public Accountancy Licensing and Education/Exam Coordinator
International Business Etiquette – Know Before You Go! Darrel Moreland, Valmont Industries, Inc. Chief Audit Executive
Schedule of Events
Alumni Panel: Life After BAP: How to Stand Out as a Young Professional Alex Johnson, KPMG Micah White, KPMG Devin Musil, KPMG Nicole Furman, Yahoo April Nerz, TD Ameritrade
2:00 – 2:15 pm
Break
2:15 – 3:15 pm
Professional Sessions Fighting Fraud, What It Means for Your Career Laurel Tague, Werner Enterprises, Senior Internal Auditor Kimberly Butler, Boys Town Eric Rodriguez, Nelnet Student Loan, Inc.
Forensic Accountants: The Rock Stars of the Accounting World, or at Least the FBI! Michele Stevenson, Special Agent and Applicant Coordinator, Omaha Division of the FBI Karen Bertram, FBI Forensic Accountant
Career and Certification Opportunities in Financial Services Rob Randels, Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
2:15 – 3:15 pm
Faculty Advisors Roundtable
3:15 – 3:30 pm
Closing Session Janice Klimek, Chapter Advocate
3:30 pm
Conference Adjourns
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Keynote Speaker’s Biography Dan Crumb Dan Crumb was named Chief Financial Officer for the Kansas City Chiefs on September 17, 2010. He enters his fifth season in the National Football League, working with Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt and President Mark Donovan in directing the club’s business operations. Since joining the Chiefs, Crumb has been instrumental in strengthening the club’s business operations by instituting changes that have improved the team’s business efficiency including implementation of new payroll and accounting systems, strengthening business continuity and disaster recovery plans and enhancing ticketing procedures for special events. Along with the club’s finance department, Crumb also oversees the ticket office and information systems department, which serves the technology needs of both the Chiefs and Hunt Midwest Enterprises. Prior to joining the Chiefs, Crumb, a New Orleans native, worked for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association as the team’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. During his time with the Hornets, he led the club’s finance, human resources and information technology departments. He oversaw the transition of the finance department from Oklahoma City to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. In addition to financial leadership, Crumb was responsible for compliance with league standards and policies. Crumb began his professional career at KPMG, an international audit, tax and advisory firm. The certified public accountant earned his Master of Business Administration from Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of New Orleans. An active member of the New Orleans community, Crumb served on the Board of Directors for The Salvation Army, Café Hope and Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. He was also a guest lecturer at the Tulane University Law School Sports Law Program and has authored a number of articles for national and state CPA society journals. Crumb has brought that same community involvement to the Midwest and is part of numerous philanthropic organizations in Kansas City. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of Harvesters Community Food Network. He is also on the Board of Directors and Finance Committee of Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas and a Snow Ball Patron Committee member. In addition to his community service Crumb is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, serves on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants and is a member of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Board of Trustees of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation.
Professional Speakers’ Biographies Karen Bertram Forensic Accountant Karen Bertram holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Math and Accounting from Dana College, a Master’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and is a licensed CPA in the state of Nebraska. Prior to joining the FBI, Ms. Bertram worked several years for a regional CPA firm and an Omaha-based financial institution. During her short time at the FBI, Ms. Bertram has enjoyed working a variety of cases and training international investigators. Recently, her financial investigative work helped lead to a plea deal for the owner of a brokerage firm who stole more than $200 million dollars over a twenty-year period.
Kimberly Butler Kimberly Butler is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and the current President of the Heartland Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and has also previously served on the Heartland ACFE board as the Vice-President, Secretary and Training Director. Mrs. Butler is in her seventh year at Boys Town as a Senior Internal Auditor. Mrs. Butler assists with risk assessed audits and yearly external audits, performs special investigations and fraud prevention and awareness trainings, and serves as a consultant on policies and procedures. Mrs. Butler has experience in grant auditing, healthcare auditing, treasury operations, investment auditing, governmental auditing as well the routine department audits. Mrs. Butler graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and Criminal Justice. Mrs. Butler has also worked with the Lincoln Police Department in the White Collar Crime Unit and at Mutual of Omaha as a Medicare Cost Report Auditor and a Medicare Fraud Auditor. She is active in her community, being involved in Wonder Weims Dog Rescue (Weimaraner dogs) and a volunteer fundraiser for the Omaha Police K9 Unit.
Jo Lowe Originally a secondary educator from Minnesota, Jo Lowe spent nearly 20 years as a rancher, community economic developer, recycling coordinator, Chamber of Commerce secretary, and small business owner – simultaneously - in Ainsworth. Following the move to Lincoln, she served as the Nebraska Development Network Coordinator for the Nebraska Rural Development Commission, and an originator of the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center. Attempting to diversify, she now serves as the administrator of the Nebraska State Board of Public Accountancy. Ms. Lowe earned her Master of Public Administration degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Darrel Moreland, Jr. Darrel Moreland, Jr. is the Director and Chief Audit Executive for Valmont Industries, Inc., an international manufacturing company with headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Before joining Valmont in 2004, Darrel was a Senior Manager for Deloitte & Touche’s Omaha Enterprise Risk Services Practice for seven years with primary relationship management responsibilities for providing audit, attestation, and control and risk management process improvement consultation services for clients in the manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, and insurance industries. Darrel was Director of Audit Operations for American Express Company, an internationally based financial, travel, and outsourcing services. During his 17-year tenure, Darrel directed and performed audits at international locations, and developed, implemented, and managed audit functions for offices serving internal clients in North America, England, Europe, and Asia. Darrel also developed reporting structures and techniques to liaise with internationally-located customer audit departments and corporate governance organizations relying upon the results of his organization’s internal audit efforts. Darrel is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a BSBA in Accounting, and is a member of the Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants and former officer of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Darrel has previously spoken on risk assessment models, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, audit approaches and techniques, and was Chairman for IIA Regional and District Conferences. Darrel is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Information Systems Auditor.
Rob A. Randels Rob is a Wealth Management Advisor and the Senior Investment Specialist with the Northwestern Mutual specializing in working with high net worth individuals and businesses. In this role he manages a successful financial security practice with his 20+ years of financial services industry experience. Rob holds a BSBA in Finance with MIS emphasis from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and an MBA specializing in Finance from the University of Nebraska. Rob teaches the Personal Finance course for the College of Business at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and have taught for Creighton University. Professional designations Rob has earned include Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Health Insurance Associate (HIA) and Certified Long Term Care (CLTC). Rob is involved in many community activities including the UNO advisory committee (2005 Committee Member of the Year), Business Network International (Past-President), Fremont Chapter of the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (Past-President), Financial Planning Association (member) and Northwestern Mutual’s Mentor/Mentee program (Mentor).
Eric Rodriquez Eric Rodriguez is the Financial Crimes Risk Manager for Nelnet Student Loan, Inc. His responsibilities include monitoring of student-loan related fraud regulations, policies and procedures. His experience includes 7 years in the student servicing industry, 26 years in the banking financial industry, and 32 years in the fraud prevention, control, detection and investigation/interrogation arena. He is currently a Board Member (Vice President) of ACFE Heartland Chapter (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners). Eric has created and participates in the TIVA fraud policy and procedure group, which is an initiative to enhance the Title IV Federal Loan program. His earned certifications include Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Control Specialist (CCS), and Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS).
Michele Stevenson Special Agent Michele M. Stevenson received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication from Texas A & M University in 1992. She joined the FBI in 1995 in Dallas, Texas and was a member of the Special Surveillance Group before becoming a Special Agent in 1999. SA Stevenson worked white collar crime matters in Omaha for eight years, investigating financial institution fraud, bankruptcy fraud and identity theft matters. She then spent 18 months as a Supervisor in Washington DC working Terrorism Finance matters. Upon her return to Omaha, she worked both public corruption and terrorism investigations before being assigned to her current position of Applicant Coordinator and Training Coordinator for the Omaha Division.
Michele (Shelly) Stromp Shelly Stromp is an audit partner with KPMG LLP in Omaha, Nebraska. Shelly has served both public, private and public sector entities over the last 25 years. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Shelly is a board member for the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy. She is a member and past board member of the Nebraska Society of CPA’s. Shelly also serves as treasurer and board member of the United Way of the Midlands.
Dan Sweetwood Dan Sweetwood has been the Executive Director of the Nebraska State Board of Public Accountancy for ten years. Before his appointment to the Board, he spent 15 years with the Nebraska State Racing Commission ending as the Chief Investigator for the Commission. He also spent five years with the Kansas City, Missouri police department as an officer. Mr. Sweetwood holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He has completed the Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies course at the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education. He is the current vice-chair of the Accountancy Licensing Database (ALD) Task Force for the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). He is a former member and chair of the Executive Directors Committee and member of the UAA Committee. He is a current member of the AICPA Board of Examiners/ State Board Sub-Committee and the Codification of the AICPA Ethics Code/ State Board Sub-Committee.
Laurel Tague Laurel Tague is a Senior Internal Auditor for Werner Enterprises, Inc. Werner Enterprises is a premier transportation and logistics company with coverage in North America, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia. Laurel develops audit work programs and conducts risk assessments for departmental financial and operational audits. Laurel also performs special projects, data analysis, Sarbanes-Oxley testing, training, and manages the Internal Audit electronic workpaper software and departmental website. Laurel has over six years of federal fraud investigation experience and over eight years audit experience. Laurel is a former Fraud Analyst and County Financial Internal Auditor. Laurel has worked with federal law enforcement offices such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Inspector General. Investigations included healthcare fraud, prescription drug fraud, and identify theft. As a government Financial Auditor, Laurel was responsible for reviewing Douglas County’s yearly Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, auditing various Douglas County departments, for finances, operations, and compliance, and coordinating the yearly garage and warehouse inventory process. Laurel graduated from Dana College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and Organizational Behavior and Psychology. Laurel is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Laurel is currently a Board Member and has served as a Board Member/Officer of the Heartland Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners since 2007. She is currently the Secretary and has served as a Committee Chair/Officer of the Aksarben Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2009. Laurel has served as the Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President, and President of the Platte Valley Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association.
