ACUA Members Out and About By Betsy Bowers, CIA, CFE, CGFM, CIG, CRMA and Patricia Snopkowski, CPA, CIA
The Association of Governing Boards National Conference on Trusteeship Participation This past April, two ACUA members were invited to be part of the AGB national conference by holding morning Idea Exchanges. Our members teamed with Baker Tilly, a proven ACUA supporter. The sessions held were: • Enterprise Risk Management, led by Michael Somich, Executive Director of Internal Audits,
Duke University and Raina Rose Tagle, Partner, Baker Tilly. • How Trustees Can Leverage Internal Audit to Gain Assurance, led by Patricia Snopkowski,
Chief Audit Executive, Oregon University System and Kimberly Ginn, Principal, Baker Tilly. This was the first time ACUA members were invited to this important event. Mike, Patti, Raina and Kim interacted with trustees from all over the country noting the importance of internal audit in higher education.
About the AuthorS
Betsy Bowers, CIA, CFE, CGFM, CIG, CRMA is the Associate Vice President for Internal Auditing & Management Consulting at the University of West Florida (UWF), where she has directed internal auditing since 1993. She is also an adjunct professor at UWF, teaching an upper-division course on White Collar Crime. Ms. Bowers is a past national president of the Association of College & University Auditors (ACUA), past editor for the ACUA College & University Auditor journal, and coordinator for ACUA Faculty. She is on the Board of Directors for the Northwest Florida Institute of Internal Auditors and the Northwest Florida Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Patricia A. Snopkowski “Patti”, CPA, CIA has been the Chief Audit Executive for the Oregon University System (OUS) Internal Audit Division since 2000. The Division serves the seven public universities of the Oregon University System. Prior to joining OUS, Patti held various audit positions with the Pennsylvania Auditor General’s Office, SAFECO Corporation, the University of Washington, and Cornell University. ACUA Summer 2013, Vol. 65, No. 2
NCAA Focus Group Participation In March, Clint Hangebrauck, Associate Director of Internal Audit at NCAA, invited ACUA to participate in a national focus group that examined ways to improve athletic department financial reporting. The focus group was made up of external audit partners, university vice presidents for finance and administration, athletics directors, conference leaders, and athletics finance officers. Patti Snopkowski led the effort to gather and present ACUA member feedback to the group. Several improvements to Several improvements reporting will be announced as a result of the focus group’s work. to reporting will be ACUA’s feedback was highly regarded. As a result, Clint will be convening a future ACUA focus group to discuss how to improve announced as a result of current agreed-upon procedures for Division I and II universities that the focus group’s work. will provide greater value to the institutions. Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) – Higher Education Conference ACUA Faculty member Michael Somich, Duke University; ACUA member Sheryl Vacca, University of California; and retired ACUA member Charles Chaffin, University of Texas System, served on a panel at the kickoff general session for the Higher Education Conference in June 2013 in Austin, Texas. With moderator Dr. Urton Anderson, the panel discussed “Shooting the Messengers: A Survival Guide for Audit and Compliance in Higher Education.” ACUA Faculty member Ransom McClung was also a presenter at the SCCE Conference on the topic “What to Do if You Suspect a Fraud in Your Office.” Other ACUA members presenting at this conference were: • Luanna Putney, University of California, on the topic “Matching and Mismatching Metrics
for Meaning,” • David Galloway, Brigham Young University, on the topic “Integrating Audit, Compliance,
Risk Management & Legal,” • Steven Tremaglio, Northwestern University, on the topic “Compliance Program Assessments
in Higher Education: How They Add Value,” and • Mark Phillips, Duke Medicine, on the topic “FISMA Compliance in Higher Education.” n 6 College & University Auditor