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Jeff Gabello is a supervising project manager with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). He joined the FASB staff in May 2014, leading the project team that developed the 2017 standard to improve and simplify accounting rules around hedge accounting. Since early 2021, Jeff has focused on not-for-profit technical accounting issues. He also leads the FASB project on the statement of cash flows.

Prior to joining the FASB, Jeff worked for five years as an accounting policy manager at IBM in Somers, New York, where he assessed the impact of FASB and International Accounting Standards Board standard-setting activities on the company's financial reporting. Prior to that, Jeff worked for eight years as the assistant director of external reporting at UBS AG in Zurich, Switzerland, focused on International Financial Reporting Standards, U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting. Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania and an MBA from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Diane E. Edelstein is a Senior Partner at Maher Duessel in Pittsburgh and has over 30 years of experience in public accounting. Her entire auditing career has focused on nonprofits, governments, and Single Audits. She now works part time and specializes in teaching and consulting. Diane was a member of the AICPA NPO Planning Conference Committee from 2012 to 2017 and spoke each year on Single Audit topics. She is also a past member of the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center Executive Committee. She has conducted peer reviews of Single Audits and is a prior member of the PICPA Professional Ethics Committee. Diane received a B.A. in accounting (with distinction) from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Christy N. Tennant is Deputy Director with the Tennessee Comptroller's Division of Investigations. Christy is responsible for overseeing and directing investigations involving fraud, waste and abuse in local governments, state agencies, and other publicly funded entities. Christy has worked with the Comptroller's Office for over 23 years. She has directed investigations, resulting in the discovery of fraud, waste and abuse and the prosecution of public officials and employees. Christy has also worked closely with the TBI, the FBI, local District Attorneys General and local law enforcement groups. A graduate of Tennessee Technological University , Christy is also a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Government Manager and a Certified Fraud Examiner. She provides training to professional groups related to internal controls and fraud.

Dr. Michaelia Black is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Lee University's School of Business in Cleveland, TN. She earned her Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and doctorate from Liberty University. She is a certified public accountant and member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Michaelia has spent over 18 years teaching accounting to students at various institutions. Her specialties are in cost accounting, analytics, and accounting information systems. In addition to higher education, she is experienced in non-profit accounting, risk management, internal audit, financial statement reporting, endowment funds, and grant accounting.

Chris Golden is a Cybersecurity Specialist on the Incident Response team at Tennessee Valley Authority. The Incident Response team detects and responds to hundreds of threats to TVA's systems and resources every day. Chris has over 20 years of experience working in Information Technology and holds a master's degree from Boston University in Cybersecurity.