University of Illinois

Tom Smith is currently a private consultant in planned giving. He has over 30 years of planned giving experience, including eight years at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA, and eleven years at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, VT. Tom is active in local and national levels of the National Committee on Planned Giving. He has been a presenter for various groups including AFP, NACUBO, NCPG and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Some of Tom's presentations have appeared in print in CASE Currents, The Journal of Gift Planning, and Planned Giving Today. Prior to his career in development, Tom was a language professor on the college level. He also has experience in the real estate industry. Tom has an A.B. degree from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, and an M.A. degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. In 1986, he received his Certified Financial Planner designation from the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado.

Brooke Whitted is a nationally recognized expert in Educational and Mental Health law. He is the senior partner of Whitted, Cleary and Takiff. Mr. Whitted is the President of the Leslie Shankman School Corporation which runs the University of Chicago Orthogenic School and the University of Chicago Hyde Park Day School. He also is a member of the Community and Residential Services Authority. Mr. Whitted is an instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School's Department of Psychiatry.

Daniel J. Cinelli, FAIA, is a Principal and Executive Director at Perkins Eastman and has extensive experience working with the firm's senior living practice area. He has collaborated with more than 100 national senior living not-for-profit organizations, sponsors, and associations and has become a true visionary in the field. His particular strength in strategic planning, board education, trends analysis and master planning tied with 30 years of hands on experience allows him to facilitate his clients' strategic future thinking. Mr. Cinelli is a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA), and Life Services Network (LSN); and has served as Past Chairman of the AIA Chicago Chapter Housing Committee, University of Illinois, Chicago Alumni, Global Design Alliance, and the Highland Park Housing Commission. Mr. Cinelli is a Founding Member of the Society for Advancement of Geriatric Environments (SAGE); and is a registered architect in the states of Illinois, New York, Texas, Arizona, and Ohio.

After working several years for Memorex and Atari, Nancy gave birth to her first daughter, Leah. She reconnected with the world of small children by working at the Kids Too toy store, before her second daughter, Stacey, came along. Today, Nancy is an empty-nester. Leah is living and working in Washington D.C., while Stacey is attending college at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Nancy is starting her fourteenth year with Moreland Area Community Centers Preschool, where she has taught both three and four year olds. She is currently a teacher in the morning four's class and lead teacher in the afternoon four's program. Nancy is proud of her years at MACC and that both her daughters are graduates of the program. Outside of the classroom, Nancy enjoys reading, yoga, Maj Jongg, walking her dog Rusty, and spending time with her family.

Philip Abruzzi currently serves as the Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Illinois. Prior to that, Philip served at the University of Michigan as the Director of Purchasing, Stores and Auxiliary Services. Philip possesses more than 20 years of higher education purchasing experience, and has been active in the Big 10 Purchasing Consortium as well as the Michigan Life Science Consortium. Philip has been a presenter at several NAEP National Conferences and has also served on the Nominations Committee and Program Committee.

Internationally recognized for his research contributions on aging and cognitive neuroscience and the impact of physical and cognitive training on brain function, Dr. Kramer is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Co-director of the NIA Royal Center on Healthy Aging at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Charles Linville is the President of Ploughman Analytics. During his 20 years of work in the computer industry, he saw a growing need for more advanced methods of retrieving and analyzing business data. He founded Ploughman Analytics to offer intelligence tools and services that will help clients make better business decisions. Dr. Linville has held positions with International Business Machines, the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network, American University and Archer Daniels Midland. He has taught in university departments of computer science and information systems, environmental studies and public administration, and has presented at the National Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the Corporate Roundtable Director for the Illinois Informatics Institute at the University of Illinois.

Gale Summerfield is Director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and Associate Professor of Human and Community Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research addresses gender, human security, and globalization. She has written on the gender aspects of reforms in China and other developing countries; risk and international economic crises; transnational care work; and cross-border sourcing. A current project focuses on human security issues of production and use of biofuels, especially food security in developing countries. Gale was guest editor of a special issue of the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society on "Risks and Rights in the 21st Century." This issue explored policies to reduce the long-run losses from financial and economic crises, informalization of employment, and democratization in politics. Her co-edited books include Women in the Age of Economic Transformation; Women's Rights to House and Land: China, Laos, Vietnam; and Women and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice. She has worked with IAFFE since the NGO forum of the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, when she helped organize and participated in an IAFFE panel on economic restructuring. She recently co-edited a double special issue of Feminist Economics on gender, China and the WTO and is working on a project on gender equity in employment in information technology in China, India, and the US.

Jim Nowlan is the Director of the Civic Leadership Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a former Republican lawmaker and has served as aide to four Illinois governors.

Dr. Robert M. Meyers is presently the director of sinus training at the residency level at the University of Illinois, Department of Otolaryngology in Chicago. He holds the rank of full professor in that department. He has been active nationally for many years in giving lectures throughout the United States, as well as internationally on sinus surgery. He has been chairman of national meetings in the United States 30 times. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Rhinologic Society which is the premiere organization within the Academy of Otolaryngology in this sub-specialty. He has produced videos, written books, and many articles on this subject. His particular interest within this subject is the use of image-guided surgery on the sinuses.

Mark is the Vice President of Safety Management Resources, an independent consulting firm specializing in the development and refinement of cost-effective safety programs. Mark has worked with a variety of companies and organizations to improve employee safety, ensure compliance with OSHA regulations, reduce worker's compensation premiums, develop employee training programs and improve employee morale and productivity. Mark is also a frequent speaker for companies and associations and provides expert witness testimony in legal proceedings. In addition, Mark is the Campus Risk Manager at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Mark is certified in management practices by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (CSP) and has earned the designation of Associate of Risk Management (ARM) from the Insurance Institute of America. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in safety and accident prevention.

Dr Adrienne Perlman is a Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was a Founding Member of the Dysphagia Research Society and is presently serving as President of the Society. Dr Perlman is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and a member of the ASHA Specialty Recognition Committee for development of the requirements for specialty recognition in the diagnosis and treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia. She is a co-editor of the textbook Deglutition and Its Disorders, and is responsible for development of the Teledynamic Evaluation Software System (TESS). She has published and lectured extensively in the area of dysphagia.

Alice has always struggled to keep her right brain and left brain in sync. After spending her undergraduate years at the University of Illinois in Urbana writing poetry and playing classical violin, she lost her head and got an MBA in finance.

Dr. Angela Lyons is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. She was recently identified by the U.S. Government Accountability Office as one of twenty national leaders in financial education and was invited to participate in the U.S. Comptroller General's forum on "Improving Financial Literacy: The Role of the Federal Government." In 2003, she presented testimony on the importance of financial literacy for young adults before the Subcommittee on Education and the Workforce for the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2002, she was a delegate to the National Summit on Retirement Savings in Washington, D.C. Currently, she serves as a consultant to the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees providing expertise on the debtor education component of the bankruptcy reform law. Dr. Lyons has been invited to speak before a number of groups and organizations including: the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the American Council on Consumer Interests, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Foundation for Credit Education. She is currently the Director for the University of Illinois Center for Economic Education and the Co-Editor for the Journal of Consumer Education.

Ms. Anjali Ghai is Chief Financial Officer of Fiorano and is in charge of the overall financial management and operations of Fiorano. Prior to this Ms. Ghai worked at American Express Financial Advisors Inc. in Individual Portfolio Management and as Strategy Advisor. Ms. Ghai is a Certified Public Accountant from the University of Illinois and a member of the AICPA.

Anju Seth, professor of strategic management, joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Delhi University, India, and was honored with the first-position gold medal. She received her MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and was awarded the DVC silver medal. Dr. Seth received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, where she specialized in corporate strategy. Dr. Seth worked for several years with the Management Consultancy Division of A. F. Ferguson and Co., India. Her international consulting experience includes assignments in the areas of corporate strategy, project evaluation, marketing and distribution, information systems, organization structure, developmental planning, and public policy for organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial firms to large multinational corporations. A number of her scholarly papers have appeared in prestigious publications, including the Handbook of Business Strategy, Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of Management Studies and the Strategic Management Journal. She has received numerous awards for her research and is frequently invited to present papers at international conferences and universities. Dr. Seth has taught courses in strategic management, international strategy, and industry and competitive analysis, and has directed undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in acquisitions, corporate restructuring, corporate governance, foreign direct investment, and environmental management. She is actively involved in executive development for midlevel and senior managers.

Anna Sapozhnikov is the founder and artistic director of MOYAMO DANCE, a company featuring many dancers and choreographers from the Chicago land area and the Midwest. She has served on dance faculty at the Youth Performing Arts High School in Louisville and as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana for the 2005 2006 school year. Her choreography has been produced in various venues throughout Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, and Kentucky. Anna has received numerous grants from the Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Foundation for Women, who found her work to be "stunning, impressive, and skillful." Anna will be teaching Modern Technique and Dance History at the Dance Center of Columbia College in the fall.

Dr. D'Souza attended College at the University of Calcutta, India (1964), which is also where he subsequently obtained his M.B., B.S Degree (M.D. Equivalent). In 1968, Dr. D'Souza did a residency in General Psychiatry at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, MO (1975-1978), where he also received the honor of being chief resident. In addition, he was a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and did post graduate training (3 semester hours) in Mental Health Administration at the University of Missouri. Dr. D'Souza is currently certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and holds a certificate in Addiction Medicine through the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). He also holds a certificate in ECFMG. He holds licenses to practice medicine in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin. His awards and honors include Giant of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Mutation Yearbook and Exemplary Psychiatrist of the Year Award (1993) by NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill). Dr. D'Souza is currently an Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatric, University of Illinois. He is also on active staff at the Rockford Memorial Hospital and at the Oak Hospital of Rockford. In addition, he is on courtesy medical staff at St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford and at St. Joseph Hospital and the Highland Hospital in Belvidere, IL. At present, Dr. D'Souza is also a consulting psychiatrist for Willows on Main (Rockford), the Wesley Willows Nursing Home (Rockford) and the Addiction, Treatment and Education Program (A.T. E. P.) for the Rockford Memorial Hospital. He also works with adolescents at the Maryville Farm Campus. For the past 24 years Dr. D'Souza has done independent medical examination for both workers' compensation and personal injury litigation.

Anthony Pagano is an associate professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago His research and consulting has spanned several areas including privatization of public transportation, measurement of the output of government and service organizations, quality of service measurement in public transit, economic impact analysis, and organizational consolidation and relocation analysis and the development of social indicators for business. He is the author or coauthor of over 85 articles, technical reports, books and book chapters and papers presented at professional meetings. Dr. Pagano has served as President of the Chicago Chapter of the Transportation Research Forum, member of the TRF National Council, and Academic Vice President of the national organization. He also served as co-founder and Co-General Editor of the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum which publishes articles of interest to academics, policy makers and practitioners. He serves as Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Association which is an association of private transit operators in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Avijit Ghosh is Vice President of Technology and Economic Development of the University of Illinois, served as Dean of the College of Business from August 2001 through December 2007 and is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the University of Illinois, Ghosh served as the Vice Dean and Deputy Dean at NYU's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, an institution he joined in 1980. As the Langone Professor of Marketing, he served as director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Stern from 1991 - 1994. In 1995, Ghosh was appointed as Vice Dean of the Stern School with overall responsibility for the full-time and part-time MBA programs as well as executive education. In this role he brought about significant changes in the MBA programs, including curriculum innovations, improved student quality and job placement, and enhanced administrative services. In 1998 Ghosh was appointed to the position of Deputy Dean, a newly created position that shared the overall leadership and responsibility for the school with the Dean. Since coming to Illinois in 2001, Ghosh has spearheaded a number of new initiatives including launching new programs, revising existing programs and starting new research centers. In 2004, the College of Business, with a $4.5 million grant from the Kauffman Foundation, formed the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Center for Entrepreneurial Development whose goals are to make entrepreneurship education and experiences available across college departments and diverse disciplines throughout the campus. The college also formed the Golder Center for Private Equity and programs in technology management. Ghosh has also fostered significant changes to the undergraduate program including launching the business honors program and a business minor for non-business majors wishing to pursue careers in their majors in business. Under his leadership, the College sharpened its focus on graduate and professional education, which has attracted significant external recognition. In an effort to serve the Chicago corporate community more directly, the college established new programs for working professionals in downtown Chicago. In fall 2003, the College of Business began offering its Executive MBA degree in cooperation with the University of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland. This program is currently ranked number one in Eastern Europe. Ghosh's current project, Investing in Excellence: The Campaign for Business Education at Illinois, is an ambitious $75 million fundraising campaign. Campaign funds will be used to construct a state-of-the-art instructional facility, as well as to double the endowment for named chairs, programmatic initiatives, research support, and student scholarships and fellowships. In 2004 he served as the chair of the committee to recruit the next president of the University of Illinois. Ghosh received his Bachelor of Science from Calcutta University, a Post-Graduate Degree in Business from Xavier Institute, and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Iowa. Ghosh's research interests are in the areas of marketing and retail strategy and location analysis. He is a well known educator, researcher and consultant in these fields. Ghosh is the author of a number of books on retailing and location analysis, and his research has appeared in leading academic journals in marketing and geography. He was the editor of the Journal of Retailing from 1985 to 1991 and has served on the editorial boards of a number of professional journals.

Barbara J. Wilson, Ph.D., is a Professor and Head of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her Ph.D. in communication with a minor in child development from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining the U of Illinois, she was on the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara for 12 years. Professor Wilson's area of expertise is the social and psychological effects of the mass media, particularly on children. She is co-author of Children, Adolescents, and the Media (Sage Publications, 2002) and three book volumes of the National Television Violence Study (Sage Publications, 1997-1998). In addition, Professor Wilson has published more than 50 scholarly articles and chapters on media effects and their implications for media policy.

Barton is has been involved in the development of libraries for over 30 years. For the last 10 years, Mr. Clark has been involved in the International Federation of Library Associations and has been Chair and Treasurer for the Library Buildings and Equipment Section -- AlA. He is a strong supporter of the American Library Association Library Buildings and Equipment Section, and Chaired the Planning Committee for XII Buildings Seminar. Internationally, Barton has been Information Coordinator for in the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of IFLANET. Barton has been a Profession and the Associate University Librarian for Planning and Budgeting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Library since 1985. From 1993-95 he was Acting Assistant University Librarian. In 1992-93 he was Acting Director of Administrative Professor. From 1983-93 Barton was Director of Departmental Library Professor (1985- ).Acting Director and Associate Professor (1983-85).University of Illinoisat Urbana Champaign, Library. 1981-83 Assistant Director of Departmental Library Services for Social Sciences Libraries. Associate Professor (1981-83), Assistant Professor (1981).University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Library. 1977-8 Education and Social Science Librarian. Associate Professor (1981-83), Assistant Professor (1977-81). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Library. 1971-72Head, Undergraduate Library Assistant Professor (1972), Instructor (1971-72). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Library. 1970-71 Assistant Librarian, Social Sciences Division. Instructor (1970-71). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Library.

Dr. Bertram Bruce is a Professor of Library & Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; he is an educator and computer scientist with contributions in science education, technology support for education, learner diversity, and other areas. He is author of Literacy in the Information Age: Inquiries Into Meaning Making with New Technologies, and recipient of a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the National College of Ireland.

Scott H. Kirk, M.D. has been a member of NovaMed's Board of Directors since August 1995. Dr. Kirk has practiced ophthalmology in the Chicago area since 1982, and has been the Medical Director at SureVision Eye Centers in River Forest, Illinois since 1987. Dr. Kirk is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Illinois and is on the medical staff at West Suburban Hospital, Oak Park Hospital and Gottleib Memorial Hospital. Dr. Kirk has served as a site surveyor for the AAAHC since 1991 and is a current member of the AAAHC Board of Directors. Dr. Kirk is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Kirk is also a director of the Outpatient Ophthalmology Surgical Society. Dr. Kirk earned his M.D. from Washington University Medical School in 1978 and completed his residency there in 1982.

Dr. Tazudeen is Board Certified in neurology. He has been affiliated with the Paris Community Hospital/Family Medical Center for 10 years. He is a member of the Vermillion County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, American Medical Association and American Neurology Association. He also has been a clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois for 20 years. Paris Office Hours: Every Tuesday; Appointments: (800) 412-6415

Christos Tsitsaros is currently Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, Dr. Tsitsaros has appeared in recitals, chamber music concerts and as a soloist throughout Europe and the United States. He holds the Diplome Superieur d'Execution from the cole Normale de Musique de Paris, an Artist Diploma and MM degree from Indiana University, and a DMA in piano performance from the University of Illinois. Two recordings of his piano compositions are available through the Centaur label.

Joseph Murphy is a professor of education at Peabody College of Education of Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education.

Dr. S. Christopher Moore is clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford and in private practice at Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd. since 1984. Dr. Moore earned is medical degree from Finch University of Health Sciences (Chicago Medical School). He completed his internship, residency and fellowship at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota where he received the Eugenie Bolz award for teaching and research. Dr. Moore is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Dr. Moore is on the active staff at SwedishAmerican Hospital and Saint Anthony Medical Center where he has served on the Executive Committee. Dr. Moore has numerous publications to his credit as well as numerous scientific presentations to the local medical community. Dr. Moore is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and member of many medical societies including the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Moore is trained and experienced in the management of all aspects of gastroenterology, although special interests include inflammatory bowel disease, esophageal diseases, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Dr. Steven O. Ikenberry is clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Illinois at Rockford and joined Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd. in 2000. Dr. Ikenberry graduated from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and then completed a residency in internal medicine, a fellowship in gastroenterology, and an advanced training fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine where he later served as Co-Director of the Endoscopic Ultrasound Unit. Dr. Ikenberry is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology with broad interests in digestive diseases and endoscopy and special interest in endoscopic ultrasound, a new technology which incorporates flexible endoscopy and ultrasound imaging. Dr. Ikenberry has over 50 published scientific articles and abstracts to his credit.

Dr. David J. Fletcher in his day job is an occupational medicine specialist and co-founder of SafeWorks Illinois, a private medical practice, which he operates in downstate Illinois in Champaign and Decatur. He is a 1979 graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago and a 1982 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. He is a noted national expert in the occupational health field and is the director of Occupational Medicine @ the University of Illinois,Urbana, where he serves as an assistant professor. He is a very avid baseball fan and loves both Chicago baseball teams passionately. He travels to the Cactus League each Spring to watch the Cubs and Sox. In 1998, he got married @ old home plate, where Comiskey Park I once stood, with his former White Sox idol Bill Melton as a witness. He is writer, who is working on a screenplay concerning the Buck Weaver story called the Curse of Silence that grew out of his interest in the Black Sox, which he has extensively researched all over the country. Besides baseball and writing, his passions involve prairie restoration. Dr. Fletcher has restored over 200 acres in downstate Illinois into a modern day Walden Pond with wetlands, praire grasses, wildflowers, and native hardwood trees.

J. Bradley Sargent is a Director in the Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services Group. He also serves as the practice leader for the firm's Forensic Services group. Mr. Sargent has extensive experience in asset search and recovery, business consulting, corporate recovery services, damage calculations and analyses, employee dishonesty claims, financial and accounting investigations, financial due diligence, internal investigations and performance compliance reviews. Mr. Sargent has additional experience in biographical investigations, computer forensics and management internal control reviews. Mr. Sargent has provided litigation advisory services for numerous purposes including internal corporate investigations, dispute resolution and mediation and assisting both in-house counsel, trial attorneys, examiners and trustees. Mr. Sargent specializes in fraud and embezzlement matters and performing forensic accounting procedures for a diversified client base in industries including automotive, banking, distribution, education, employee benefits, finance, food processing, governmental, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, metals, retail, securities, service, telecommunications, transportation, warehousing, waste management and wholesale. Mr. Sargent serves as Chair of the American Board of Forensic Accounting and the Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society Consulting Services Executive Committee. He is the national instructor for the Certified Forensic Accountant review course. Mr. Sargent has published numerous articles and presented continuing education seminars on the subject of forensic accounting and fraud examinations. He has been frequently quoted in various media on forensic accounting topics. Mr. Sargent also serves as a guest lecturer at the University of Illinois, Northern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University on forensic accounting subjects. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Sargent was with Plante & Moran in its Litigation, Valuation & Investigative Services Group in Chicago. Mr. Sargent earned a BS in Accounting with Honors from the University of Illinois-Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed in the state of Illinois. In addition, Mr. Sargent is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners International attaining Fellow status, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Association of Certified Fraud Specialists, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society Consulting Services Executive Committee, Special Interest Group: Litigation Support and an associate member for the American Bar Association, Litigation and Criminal Justice Sections. He is a recipient of the ACFEI Distinguished Board Service Award and University of Illinois at Chicago's Accounting Alumni of the Year Award.