Lisa Barrow 
Vice President, Research Department - The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Lisa Barrow is a vice president in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, leading the department’s regional analysis and outreach group. Before joining the Research Department, Dr. Barrow was a senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and an affiliated researcher at the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. Her research focuses on a variety of education issues, including the impact of attending a selective high school on student outcomes, a randomized evaluation of computer-aided algebra instruction in large urban school districts, and evaluations of performance-based scholarship impacts on academic outcomes and student time use at the college level. Her prior research on school choice, education production, and the earned income tax credit has appeared in numerous economic and policy journals. Barrow has also served as senior economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a visiting assistant professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, and a visiting lecturer at the Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Barrow holds a BA in economics from Carleton College and an MA and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.
Justin Breidenbach 
Assistant Professor of Accounting - Capital University
Justin Breidenbach is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Capital University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate accounting courses. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration (Accounting) and a Master of Accountancy from Bowling Green State University. A CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), he previously taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and Lake Erie College. At Ohio Wesleyan, he also served as Faculty Director of The Woltemade Center for Economics, Business, & Entrepreneurship. Justin owns Breidenbach Consulting Services LLC, providing accounting and tax services to individuals and businesses across various industries. Since 2013, he has specialized in accounting and regulatory consulting for the cannabis industry, advising cultivators, processors, and retailers on CFO services, tax compliance, internal controls, and licensing. He regularly presents at domestic and international conferences on the state-legalized cannabis industry and professional ethics.
Ted Christy 
Senior Manager, Audit - KPMG
Ted is a Senior Manager in KPMG’s Audit practice and was a founding member of the audit practice’s ESG Center of Excellence. Ted is a collaborative and team-oriented leader in KPMG Cleveland’s Audit practice. Eleven years of experience providing financial statement audits and is responsible for the execution of reporting and assurance procedures related to ESG subject matter. Most recently, Ted has spent the last 4 years developing the US firm’s resources and capabilities in ESG, including the execution of a variety of ESG reporting and assurance engagements.
Shelby Collins 
Founder - WNY Research Solutions
Shelby has devoted her career to accounting research and finds great joy in sharing these skills with others. Shelby currently works as a consultant assisting companies with new standards adoptions and technical accounting research. Prior to her current role, Shelby taught the accounting research course at the University at Buffalo for seven years and authored a highly regarded textbook, Skills for Accounting Research (5th edition). Her early career experiences with many facets of accounting research, from a position at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as a postgraduate technical assistant, to KPMG's Accounting Advisory Services group, to a position in accounting policy at Exelon Corp in Chicago, have led her to appreciate research from many perspectives. Shelby is a CPA and holds a Masters in Accounting from the University of Georgia.
Tiffany Crosby 
Chief Learning Officer - The Ohio Society of CPAs
Tiffany Crosby is the Chief Learning Officer for The Ohio Society of CPAs. She is responsible for organizational development, workforce development and learning. Crosby is also one of OSCPA’s premiere instructors for ethics. Prior to her work with the society, she was the Founder and President of Petra Learning LLC, a professional training and development company. Additionally, Crosby was an Executive Director in the Advisory Risk Practice of Ernst & Young, LLP. She spent more than 13 years at EY leading various types of internal audit, internal control, finance, and enterprise risk management projects. She has helped numerous companies define and implement processes and procedures to comply with new financial accounting standards, strengthen governance processes, and reduce costs. Crosby teaches financial management and business leadership classes as an adjunct faculty member at Southeastern University. She previously taught financial accounting and managerial accounting as an adjunct faculty member at Columbus State Community College (CSCC). Crosby is a CPA licensed in Pennsylvania and Ohio. She received a B.S.B.A. in Accounting from Duquesne University and MBA from Franklin University and is a doctoral student in Southeastern University’s Organizational Leadership Program.
Anne DeTraglia 
Vice President of Global Audit and Enterprise Risk Management - Sabre Corporation
Anne is a risk management professional with thirty years’ experience building teams and capabilities across multiple disciplines, including internal audit, compliance, enterprise risk management, and fraud risk management at Fortune 500 companies such as Home Depot, Sears Holdings, Nike, United Airlines, and Whole Foods. She is currently working at Sabre Corporation as their Vice President of Global Audit and Enterprise Risk Management. Anne is a graduate of Illinois State University, with a degree in Spanish Linguistics and Literature. She earned an MBA from The American Graduate School of International Management and is proud to be a Certified Internal Auditor and Fraud Examiner. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her children who have all recently graduated from college, eating fun meals with her foodie husband, and working off those calories by running and biking.
Ben Franjesevic 
Director - Protiviti
Ben is a Director with over 17 years of experience focused on helping organizations assess and manage their technology risk. Ben has supported engagements in numerous areas including AI/ML, robotic process automation, process mining, cybersecurity, data analytics, IT governance, IT general controls, system development, and asset management. He has worked with organizations in various industries acting in roles across the three lines of defense. Ben helps to support Protiviti’s Next Gen Internal Audit initiatives globally, is a member of Protiviti’s global AI governance and risk management center of excellence, serves as a leader for Next Gen enabling technologies, and is a frequent speaker on topics including AI / ML, process mining, advanced analytics, Agile audit, and RPA risk and control. Prior to joining Protiviti in 2012, Ben worked for the Internal Audit Department of a local government entity where he was responsible for leading and executing operational and IT audits.
Stacy Gilbert 
Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller - KeyBank
Stacy Gilbert is the Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller at KeyBank and oversees financial accounting operations and technical accounting, external reporting, capital markets controllership, credit and credit risk controllership, and finance risk & controls. With over 25 years of accounting and financial reporting experience with publicly traded financial institutions, Stacy began her career as a public accounting auditor at KPMG in Cleveland, Ohio. She originally joined Key in 2002 where she had various responsibilities in accounting policy and KeyBank Capital Markets accounting operations. In 2008, Stacy had an opportunity to join FirstMerit Corporation, a $25B financial services company, where she led the automation of the company’s SEC reporting process and was promoted to assistant corporate controller before returning to Key in 2016. Since re-joining Key, she has held increasing responsibilities over accounting operations, accounting policy and external reporting. Stacy earned her B.B.A. in accounting from Cleveland State University and is an active certified public accountant in the State of Ohio.
Patrick Gilmore 
Partner - Deloitte
Patrick Gilmore is a Partner with Deloitte in its national office, where he specializes in matters pertaining to SEC rules and regulations related to financial reporting. Patrick joined Deloitte in 2021 after 17 years on the staff of the SEC in the Division of Corporation Finance. Prior to joining Deloitte, from 2017 until his departure, Patrick served as the Deputy Chief Accountant in the Division of Corporation Finance’s Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC, where he led the staff in providing technical accounting and reporting support for the Division’s disclosure review program, led various rulemaking efforts, and answered interpretive questions and waiver requests related to the form and content of financial statements to be included in SEC filings. During 2020, Gilmore also served as the Acting Disclosure Review Program Director, where he oversaw the Division’s selective review of transactional and periodic filings. He spent the earlier part of his career with the SEC in various management and staff positions in the Division of Corporation Finance’s Office of the Chief Accountant and the disclosure review program in the computer and software industry group. Gilmore earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University and is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA.
Robert A. Hauptman 
Managing Director, Valuation Advisory - Stout
Rob is a Managing Director in Stout’s Valuation Advisory practice with more than 25 years of business valuation experience. He provides valuation services to clients for numerous purposes, including purchase price allocations (ASC 805), goodwill impairment testing (ASC 350), acquisitions and divestitures, corporate and strategic planning, estate and gift taxation, and for litigation related matters. Rob holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Accredited Senior Appraiser – Business Valuation (ASA) designations.
Sean Humphreys 
Managing Director - Protiviti
Sean is a Managing Director in Protiviti’s Internal Audit and Financial Advisory practice. As the Market Leader for the firm’s Northeast Ohio practice based in Cleveland, he brings over two decades of diverse experience, including Management experience with a large Fortune Global 500 organization, to lead the firm’s client services across Northern Ohio and Eastern Michigan. In that role, Sean helps connect our client organizations with dynamic advisory teams to help them solve critical business challenges.