MEGA Accounting & Auditing Conference

Jeffrey Mechanick

Jeff Mechanick is Senior Project Advisor for Not-for-Profit Organizations at the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). In that role, he provides organization-wide technical and strategic advice on standard-setting activities affecting the not-for-profit (NFP) sector, guides and facilitates stakeholder outreach with the sector, chairs the FASB’s NFP Advisory Committee, and participates in some of the FASB’s broader educational activities. He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Group for the initiative that developed the International Nonprofit Accounting Standard (INPAS), now maintained by the International Nonprofit Reporting Foundation.

Prior to joining the FASB staff in 2006, Jeff spent 20 years working in and with the not-for-profit sector, as the Chief Financial Officer of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and before that, as a Senior Manager with KPMG, LLP, in the firm’s New York City office. From 1992 to 1994, he served as the National Technical Senior Manager for the firm’s Higher Education, Research, and Other Not-for-Profit Organizations (HERON) practice. He is also a past member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) NFP Entities Expert Panel. Jeff received his MBA from Rutgers University and his AB from the University of Chicago, and he is a member of the AICPA and the New York State Society of CPAs. He is also an adjunct instructor in Columbia University’s MS degree program in Nonprofit Management.

Thomas Groskopf

A nationally recognized industry thought leader and head of Barnes Dennig’s assurance practice, Tom serves as the Technical Director for the AICPA’s Center for Plain English Accounting (CPEA), and Accounting Today has named him one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.

He’s been on multiple national and international standard-setting committees and speaks annually at many conferences. His leadership has been crucial to the successful adoption of new accounting standards (revenue, lease accounting, and CECL). Frequently quoted in national publications and writing monthly for CPEA, Tom’s Journal of Accountancy article on reimagining risk assessment has generated widespread acclaim.

In 2025, Forbes named Tom to America’s Best-in-State CPAs list in recognition of his skill and dedication to both the profession and the community.

In his role as Technical Director of CPEA, Tom has contributed significantly to developing educational resources for CPAs, including a multi-year project to create the Reimagining Risk Assessment course.

Tom is also a founding member of the inaugural Financial Accounting Foundation Private Company Council, which works with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to determine if and how U.S. GAAP should be adapted for private companies, and is a member of the Xavier University Williams College of Business Accounting Advisory Board.

He is a past member of the International Financial Reporting Standards’ Small- and Medium-sized Entity Implementation Group and served as a member of the FASB’s Private Company Financial Reporting Committee (PCFRC), where he led efforts to reduce costs for private entities testing goodwill for impairment. In addition, he has served on the AICPA’s Private Companies Practice Section Technical Issues Committee and on the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Audit and Accounting Committee.

Every year, Tom speaks at numerous national and regional events, including webcasts, hybrid seminars, and keynote presentations. In addition, he’s been quoted in many local and national publications and asked by attorneys across the nation to testify as an expert witness in accounting-related cases.

Tom is a summa cum laude graduate of Xavier University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance with High Honor from Xavier University. Because of his continued support of the university and professional renown, Xavier University has appointed him a member of its Williams College of Business Accounting Advisory Board.

Tony Boras

Tony is a partner in Crowe’s National Office. As a member of the National Office, Tony provides technical guidance on governmental accounting and auditing matters to the firm’s professionals and clients. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences on topics related to the Yellow Book, Uniform Guidance Auditing, GASB Statement Implementation and AICPA Standards. Prior to joining Crowe’s National Office, Tony served as a senior manager in the public sector services audit practice providing auditing and consulting services to governmental and not-for-profit organizations. Tony has experience with many types of governmental entities, including municipalities, school districts, public 4-year universities, community colleges, state and local pension & other postemployment benefit plans, transportation and other business-type activity entities. Tony currently serves as the Chair of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel and has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree from Marquette University.

Michael Brand

Michael L. Brand is currently a member in the firm of BMSS, LLC working out of their Huntsville, AL office with an emphasis in auditing and accounting services, peer review, litigation support, and quality management. He has been in the practice of public accounting for over 34 years.

Mike is a member of the AICPAs Audit Standards Board and was formerly a member of the AICPA’s PCPS Technical Issues Committee, is a past chair of the Alabama Society of CPAs Board of Directors; past co-chair of the AICPA’s ENGAGE conference; and past chair and current member of the steering committee for National Advanced Accounting and Auditing Technical Symposium at ENGAGE. He serves as a committee member of the Partners in Peer Review of the ASCPA, and the AICPAs Attestation Standards Task Force. He also serves on the Accounting Advisory Council for the University of North Alabama. Previously, he was chair of the Accounting and Review Services Committee, on the Professional Ethics Executive Committee, Peer Review Board, Joint Trial Board, and Quality Control Standards Task Force of the AICPA.

Kenneth Heaslip

Kenn is a top-rated instructor who has been leading dynamic, interactive and informative accounting programs for over 20 years.

He has extensive experience teaching all levels of accounting, auditing, ethics, fraud, SSARS, and other practice-related subjects, and has presented to groups at all levels, from students to seasoned professionals.

Kenn’s presentations focus on practical applications and include discussions among participants, examples, and case studies.

He consistently receives high ratings and evaluations in his presentations.

Michael Glynn

Michael P. (Mike) Glynn is an Associate Director in the AICPA Audit and Attest Standards Team. In this capacity, Mike serves as the staff liaison to the Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC). In addition, Mike supports the activities of Auditing Standards Board (ASB) and its subcommittees by assisting members in drafting and deliberating authoritative professional standards and interpretations.

Prior to joining the Audit and Attest Standards Team, Mike was a technical manager in the AICPA SEC Practice Section (SECPS). In that capacity, Mike supported the Quality Control Inquiry Committee (QCIC) by participating in deliberations of QCIC cases and participating in meetings with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the SEC’s oversight of the self-regulatory process. Prior to joining the SECPS, Mike was a technical manager in the AICPA Professional Ethics Division.

Prior to joining the AICPA in April 1998, Mike worked at Ernst & Young LLP in New York.

Mike is a graduate of Pace University with a BBA in public accounting.

Thomas Groskopf

A nationally recognized industry thought leader and head of Barnes Dennig’s assurance practice, Tom serves as the Technical Director for the AICPA’s Center for Plain English Accounting (CPEA), and Accounting Today has named him one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.

He’s been on multiple national and international standard-setting committees and speaks annually at many conferences. His leadership has been crucial to the successful adoption of new accounting standards (revenue, lease accounting, and CECL). Frequently quoted in national publications and writing monthly for CPEA, Tom’s Journal of Accountancy article on reimagining risk assessment has generated widespread acclaim.

In 2025, Forbes named Tom to America’s Best-in-State CPAs list in recognition of his skill and dedication to both the profession and the community.

In his role as Technical Director of CPEA, Tom has contributed significantly to developing educational resources for CPAs, including a multi-year project to create the Reimagining Risk Assessment course.

Tom is also a founding member of the inaugural Financial Accounting Foundation Private Company Council, which works with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to determine if and how U.S. GAAP should be adapted for private companies, and is a member of the Xavier University Williams College of Business Accounting Advisory Board.

He is a past member of the International Financial Reporting Standards’ Small- and Medium-sized Entity Implementation Group and served as a member of the FASB’s Private Company Financial Reporting Committee (PCFRC), where he led efforts to reduce costs for private entities testing goodwill for impairment. In addition, he has served on the AICPA’s Private Companies Practice Section Technical Issues Committee and on the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Audit and Accounting Committee.

Every year, Tom speaks at numerous national and regional events, including webcasts, hybrid seminars, and keynote presentations. In addition, he’s been quoted in many local and national publications and asked by attorneys across the nation to testify as an expert witness in accounting-related cases.

Tom is a summa cum laude graduate of Xavier University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance with High Honor from Xavier University. Because of his continued support of the university and professional renown, Xavier University has appointed him a member of its Williams College of Business Accounting Advisory Board.

Tony Boras

Tony is a partner in Crowe’s National Office. As a member of the National Office, Tony provides technical guidance on governmental accounting and auditing matters to the firm’s professionals and clients. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences on topics related to the Yellow Book, Uniform Guidance Auditing, GASB Statement Implementation and AICPA Standards. Prior to joining Crowe’s National Office, Tony served as a senior manager in the public sector services audit practice providing auditing and consulting services to governmental and not-for-profit organizations. Tony has experience with many types of governmental entities, including municipalities, school districts, public 4-year universities, community colleges, state and local pension & other postemployment benefit plans, transportation and other business-type activity entities. Tony currently serves as the Chair of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel and has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree from Marquette University.

Gian-Carl Casa

In July 2016 Gian-Carl Casa was selected as the first President and CEO of the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance (“The Alliance”), Connecticut’s statewide association of nonprofit organizations. He has led the effort to build The Alliance, so that it is now recognized as the voice of community nonprofits before the legislature, the state executive branch, the Congressional delegation and the media.

Before that he served for five and a half years as Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs at the state Office of Policy and Management. At OPM he was responsible for budget-related and other legislation, managed requests for state bond funding and was point person for public communications, working closely with the Governor’s office in all areas.

He also worked for over two decades at the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, most recently as Directory of Public Policy and Advocacy, where he worked on many association-related activities and helped build the organization’s grassroots lobbying capacity.

He has a BA and MA in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He has otherwise always lived in Connecticut.

Kenneth Heaslip

Kenn is a top-rated instructor who has been leading dynamic, interactive and informative accounting programs for over 20 years.

He has extensive experience teaching all levels of accounting, auditing, ethics, fraud, SSARS, and other practice-related subjects, and has presented to groups at all levels, from students to seasoned professionals.

Kenn’s presentations focus on practical applications and include discussions among participants, examples, and case studies.

He consistently receives high ratings and evaluations in his presentations.

John D'Amico

John D’Amico, a Managing Director with CBIZ and Shareholder with CBIZ CPAs (CBIZ), has over 30 years of experience in providing audit, accounting, and consulting services to not-for-profit organizations and governmental agencies. Prior to joining CBIZ, John worked at a Big 4 firm, as well as other regional accounting firms. His areas of expertise include not-for-profit accounting, GASB, Single Audits, government auditing standards, cost allocations, and internal controls.

John is the current Chair of the NYCPA Not-for-profit committee. John is also an Instructor for the AICPA, a Subject Matter Expert for Single Audits for the AICPA Peer Review Oversight Program, and a member of the AICPA Peer Review Task Force. John also sits on the executive committee of the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center.

John has authored articles, conducted workshops and seminars, and presented them at various conferences on topics Including Not-for-profit Accounting, Single Audits, Government Auditing Standards and Uniform Guidance requirements.

XiXi Dong

XiXi Dong is a Shareholder within the Not-For-Profit & Government Practice at CBIZ CPAs, located in our New York City office. She brings 18 years of expertise in providing accounting and consulting services to a variety of not-for-profit organizations, including large social service organizations, third party funded organizations, educational institutions, charitable, fundraising and membership organizations including those requiring audits pursuant to Uniform Guidance (Single Audit). She also has experience in conducting audits of employee benefit plans, including defined contribution, defined benefit and multi-employer plans. Ms. Dong has held several not-for-profit Board positions both past and present. Ms. Dong presents at various not-for-profit industry conferences and has published articles in the CPA Journal and firm newsletters. Ms. Dong was recognized as Notable Woman by Crain’s New York in 2020.

Sean Prince

Sean Prince is a Partner in Crowe LLP’s National Office, where he leads the firm’s revenue recognition subject matter team and advises engagement teams and clients on complex accounting matters under U.S. GAAP. With over 17 years of experience in technical accounting, Sean has spent his career at the intersection of standard-setting and practice — including prior roles at Deloitte’s National Office and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). He holds both CPA and CFA designations and earned his Master of Accountancy from Brigham Young University in 2007, graduating summa cum laude.

Sean is a nationally recognized educator on ASC 606 and ASC 842, delivering quarterly webcasts to thousands of accounting practitioners across the country. His work focuses on translating the nuances of complex standards into practical, example-driven guidance that practitioners can actually apply — with a particular emphasis on the judgment-intensive areas that draw scrutiny from SEC staff and auditor reviewers. He has presented for state CPA societies, professional associations, and university audiences, consistently earning top speaker ratings.

When he’s not dissecting accounting standards, Sean serves as an AI Transformation Champion for Crowe’s Audit Business Unit and is actively engaged in developing graduate-level accounting curriculum. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and eight children.