State Auditor Training Program Presenters
Presenters include: DOAA, Department of Community Affairs, Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, Georgia Geospatial Information Office, and Crawford & Associates.
Presenters include: DOAA, Department of Community Affairs, Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, Georgia Geospatial Information Office, and Crawford & Associates.
Each year, the Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA) strives to include presentations with various topics to benefit participants from local governments and auditors.
Meet our Presenters
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SHELINA ALI – With over 18 years of experience as a financial analyst at GEFA, Ali specializes in underwriting and have been a key member of a finance team managing over $2 billion in federal and state loan portfolios. Her academic background includes an MBA in Finance and Business Risk Management from St. Mary’s University, KS an MS in banking Financial Management from Boston University, MA, and a BBA in Finance and Computer Information System Management from Georgia State University, GA. She also holds certifications in Business Analytics from Cornell University, and currently working towards her AI (Artificial Intelligence) certificate course in finance.
In her current role at GEFA as a Senior Analyst, she is responsible for producing and presenting crucial financial reports, including Key Performance Indicators, variance reports, cash flow forecasts, and trend analyses, to high-level stakeholders such as the Legislature, State Governor’s Office, and GEFA Senior Management. She also excels in analyzing and interpreting quarterly financial variances, developing projections, and conducting credit analyses. Throughout her career, Ali has successfully managed and underwritten over 1000+ state and federal-funded projects totaling $1 billion. |
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JACK BROCK is a Research and Data Analyst at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, where he has been since June of 2023. He has Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Economics, and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Georgia. He oversees local government reporting requirements with the Office of Research. |
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FRANK CRAWFORD is President of Crawford & Associates, P.C., Certified Public Accountants, an accounting firm located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The firm specializes in providing auditing, consulting and accounting services solely to governmental entities and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the AICPA Government Audit Quality Center. Over the last 37 years, Frank, as President of Crawford & Associates, has provided a variety of audit and accounting services to all sizes and types of governmental entities, including financial statement audits and attestation services, non-attestation services such as financial statement preparation services, general accounting and advisory services, fraud investigations, internal control analysis, accounting policy and procedure development, outsourced internal auditing and internal monitoring, the development of management anti-fraud programs and controls, quality assurance reviews, training, and expert witness services. |
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CASSIE FAULK is a graduate of Heart of Georgia Technical College with an Accounting Diploma. I am an Appraiser IV with the Georgia Department of Audits & Accounts, Sales Ratio Division and have been with the department for 10 years. I previously served as a Chief Appraiser with 9 years in county Ad Valorem Appraisals. |
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NATALIE LEE – GISP, joined the Georgia Geospatial Information Office in 2020. As the Geospatial Data Programs Manager, she oversees projects that build critical data at the State scale. These datasets serve the mission of the Office to empower all levels of government to higher effectiveness, efficiency, and innovation through the coordination and use of geospatial data, standards, and technologies.
Natalie has enjoyed 14 years working with GIS in a variety of disciplines including floodplain mapping, conservation, transportation, and 911. As an active member of the GIS community in Georgia, Natalie has served in the Georgia Geospatial Technology Advisory Committee (GeoTAC, formerly GISCC) as Data Frameworks Chair and lead of the NG9-1-1 Working Group and enjoys participation in organizations like GA Geospatial Association and NSGIC. In 2022 she was elected to serve on the board of the National States Geographic Information Council. |
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SUSAN MILLER, Georgia’s Geospatial Information Officer (or GIO), leads the state’s Geospatial Information Office (Office/Team), whose role is to orchestrate bringing geospatial resources to bear for every level of government throughout the state. The Office partners with local, regional, and state level government, along with federal agencies, and the private sector to facilitate its cross-cutting, interdisciplinary work. They strive to instill the value of data throughout Georgia government as the mission critical asset it is, and to successfully facilitate connections between people, organizations, data, and systems across multiple sectors, resulting in greater returns on any single investment in data and technologies.
Prior to joining the team in Georgia, Susan was the Director of a global GIS program for The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest conservation organization, where she led the design and implementation of organizational-wide geospatial strategies in support of approximately 3,500 GIS practitioners in 48 countries and all US States. Susan’s undergrad and graduate degrees focus on the application of geospatial sciences to solve complex problems facing our world today. She has served on many Boards, including Georgia Tech’s Centre for GIS, the Society for Conservation GIS, as well as the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC), a group which advocates state interests on national geospatial policy and initiatives. She has received distinguished honors for her work in Georgia, including: a Special Achievement Award from Esri in 2021 for advancing geospatial sciences and technology as a leader in the states data response efforts surrounding Covid-19; named one of the nation’s Top 50 Leaders in State Government and Information Technology in 2019 for making state government more efficient and effective through the implementation of new technologies, as well as one of the Top 50 Women in Technology in the United States in 2018 for her dedication, excellence, and successful promotion of the use of technology from State Scoop; in 2017 she shared an Innovation Award for using technology to streamline the workflow of administering the US Federal Transportation Bill in Georgia from the National Association of Development Organizations; and in 2016 was awarded the Outstanding Service Award for advancing state and national geospatial technologies from NSGIC. |
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ERIC MOODY is a Manager on the Financial Audits team of the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts. Eric has been with the Department for almost 19 years. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He reviews annual audit reports of both nonprofit organizations that contract with the state and local governments, which include counties, consolidated governments, municipalities, other political subdivisions (local authorities), and regional commissions. |
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JACKIE NEUBERT is the Deputy Director of the Nonprofit and Local Government Audit Section of the Professional Standards and Practices Division of the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts. In this position, Jackie helps to oversee a team that works to improve the financial reporting of approximately 800 Georgia local governments as well as approximately 500 nonprofit organizations that contract with the State of Georgia. Jackie has over 30 years of experience in governmental auditing and accounting.
She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Government Finance Manager (CGFM). Jackie is a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs and the AICPA. She serves as a member of the Governmental Accounting and Auditing Conference task force with the Georgia Society of CPAs. She is currently serving as a member-at-large on the GSCPA’s Leadership Council. Jackie is a member of GFOA and is serving as a member of the GFOA Special Review Executive Committee. Jackie is also a member of the Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and has served in many AGA Atlanta Chapter executive positions including Chapter President, Chapter Secretary, Chapter Treasurer, Chapter Accountability Officer as well as Chapter Program and Education Officer. |
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CHRIS PEMBROOK, MBA, CGAP, CPA, CRFAC is a Partner/Shareholder at Crawford & Associates, P.C., in Oklahoma City. The accounting firm is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and specializes in providing auditing, consulting, and accounting services solely to governmental entities. Prior to joining the firm, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System and the Deputy Director of the Local Government & Special Services Division of the Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector’s Office. He is currently serving as a committee member of the OSCPA Government Accounting & Auditing Committee and the AICPA Government Expert Panel, and also was selected to serve on the joint COSO-ACFE-AICPA Task Force for the development of the group’s Fraud Risk Management Guide. Chris was selected as a 2016 Oklahoma Society Trailblazer, a designation by the OSCPA recognizing young CPAs that are helping the CPA profession blaze new and exciting trails for the future. Chris was also selected by the AICPA to participate in their Task Force for the development of the new Advanced Single Audit Certificate Program and was awarded the AICPA digital badge representing his status as an advanced single auditor. |
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GERALD WADE – In 2014, started my career with Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) in the role of Financial Analyst. To date, I have approximately three decades of industry experience in commercial finance, risk, portfolio, and asset management. My background includes extensive knowledge of lending theories and principles, municipality / infrastructure lending, commercial lending laws, contracts, and agreements.
Successful track record structuring commercial deals, identifying and mitigating operational, market, industry, and economic risks, ensuring the likelihood for satisfactory loan repayments. Prior to GEFA, managed cash assets over $8 billion for The Coca-Cola Company’s European subsidiaries minimizing risks associated with foreign exchange rates, tax liabilities, currency depreciation, political and economic downturns, and exposure created by offshore cash balances. In 1995, successfully completed the Bank of America formal Commercial Credit Training Program. Analyzed and underwrote commercial loans for various middle-market clients generating annual revenues between $10 to $500 million for all areas of the Commercial Bank including industrial, real estate, agriculture, construction, and new development. In 1993, earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Hampton University, Hampton, VA. In 1991, earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing/Management from Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA. |