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Association of Pacific Island Public Auditors Successfully Completes 35th Annual Conference Over 400 Attendees Focus on Bridging the Gap of Public Accountability and Transparency
02 October 2024
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Instructor
Beth Schubert
Lakewood, CO
Audit 
Beth Schubert is the Director of the Special Drinking Water Projects Directorate in the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General. Her directorate focuses on the oversight of approximately $24 Billion in funding provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the removal of lead service lines and the reduction of emerging contaminants in drinking water. She has 21 years of federal auditing experience including approximately 12 years working with the U.S. Insular Islands.
Beth started her federal career as an intern with the Office of Natural Resource Revenue before moving to the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General in 2008. In 2010, she accepted a 2-year assignment located in Honolulu, Hawaii which is where her interest and passion in the Pacific Islands began. She became the DOI OIG’s first Insular Area Capacity Building program coordinator where she planned and coordinated training and assistance to the U.S. Insular Islands Offices of the Public Auditors. She has provided training and assistance to auditors in the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as well as the Freely Associated States of the Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia and its four states; Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Chuuk.
Beth holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado-Denver, as well as master’s degree policy management from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Her bachelor’s degree is in business administration with a specialization in finance from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She is a certified fraud examiner.
Past Courses
October 21, 2020
CPEs - 2 Credit Hours-
Virtual
- Audit
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
CNMI (GMT+10)
Other
This two-hour session will convene an expert panel of auditors to consider past audit work on U.S. COVID spending, the current opportunities and challenges for COVID auditing, and the future of COVID audits in the region. Island auditors will find the program both timely and important in supporting their accountability mission.
VIEW ADDITIONAL DETAILS- August 30, 2024
- CPEs - 4 Credit Hours
-
On-site
- Audit
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Palau (GMT+9)
Palau
Human health and the environment are important considerations no matter where you live. Governments are increasing their focus on environmental concerns which can lead to an increase in funding in environmental programs, the creation of new programs, or expanded responsibilities in existing programs.
- August 26, 2021
- CPEs - 4 Credit Hours
-
Virtual
Leadership
1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Hawaii (GMT-10)
Other
Explaining Audit Results to Policy-makers
In this session, participants will learn theories and practice tools to present audit and finance results to policy-makers. They are busy, they have many tasks, and we can explain complex topics to them clearly. From Greek theories on communication to presenting with clear information and context, we'll cover time-tested tools that will help you get to the basic message sooner and inform governing groups about the important results of our audit and finance work.
Love Triangle - Audit Risk, Internal Control, and Sampling
Audit risk, internal control, and sampling are key components to any audit. It is important not only to understand each of those aspects, but also to understand how they relate to each other. We will examine the various components of audit risk and internal control and how those may impact sampling.
- August 23, 2021
- CPEs - 2 Credit Hours
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Virtual
- Audit
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Hawaii (GMT-10)
Other
Audit organizations world wide have been affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Even if you are not conducting a COVID-19 specific audit, auditors conducting audit work during the pandemic, or whose scope of work falls within the period of the pandemic, may face obstacles that can increase their audit risk including the unavailability of key staff, the inability to access key information, and the inability to follow established controls.
- August 03, 2020
- CPEs - 4 Credit Hours
-
Virtual
- Audit
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
CNMI (GMT+10)
Other
Other Instructors
Bob Adachi
Oakland, CA
Bernard Adiniwin
Republic of Marshall Islands
Michael Barsabal
Philippines
Margie P. Bastolla
Orlando, FL
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David Bean
Springfield, IL
Katelyn Bell
Denver, CO
Jeffrey Berlin
Hawaii
Michael Binder
Washington, DC
Gerry Boaz, CPA, CGFM, CGMA
Tennessee
Scott Cahoon
Guam
Vince Camacho, Esq.
Guam
Clarissa Corbin, PMP
Williamsburg, Virginia
Frank Crawford
Oklahoma City, OK
Doreen Crisostomo, Ph.D., CGFM, CFE, CICA
Guam
Benjamin Cruz, JD
Guam
Steve Determan
Lakewood, CO
Vince Duenas
Guam
Matt Elliott
Washington, DC
Daniel Fitzgerald, CPA
Guam
Emil Friberg
Washington, DC
Mark Funkhouser
West Virginia
Glenn Furuya
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Mark Lee Greenblatt
Washington, D.C.
Jose Guevara, III, CGFM, PMP, MBA
Guam
Manny Hechanova
Guam
Yuka Hechanova, CPA, CIA, CGFM, CGAP, CGMA
Guam
Jerrick Hernandez, MA, CGAP, CICA
Guam
Artemio "Ricky" Hernandez, Ph.D., CGFM
Guam
David House
Denver, CO
Kerri Hunter
Denver, CO
Le'Angela Ingram
Baltimore, MD
Nick Johnston
Auckland, NZ
Kino Kabua
Republic of Marshall Islands
Drummond Kahn
Portland, OR
Jason Katigbak, CPA, CIA, CFE, CGMA
Guam
Karden Kelly
Anchorage, AK
Muhammad Khalid
Punjab
Les Kondo
Honolulu, HI
Katharine Kovacek
Colorado
Dan Kowalski
Ogden, NJ
Esther Lameko-Poutoa
Auckland, NZ
Robert Lavigna
Madison, Wisconsin
Amin Leiman, PMP, CPC, SDC, SMC, CISA, ,MSBA, MBA
Los Angeles, California
Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero
Guam
Daphne Leon Guerrero, SHRM-SCP, CAPM
Guam
Stefani S. Levesque
Denver, CO
Sarah Markley
Auckland, NZ
Kip R. Memmott
Salem, OR
Anna Mendiola
FSM National
Nicki Miller
Washington, DC
Jason Mitchell
Pago Pago, AS
Billy Morehead, Ph.D., CPA, CGFM
Madison, MS
Mark Morgan, Ph.D., CPA, CFE
Madison, MS
Susan Murphy
Boston, MA
Rizalito "RG" Paglingayen, CPA
Guam
Pilar Pangelinan
Guam
Junior Patrick
Republic of Marshall Islands
Christopher Pembrook
Oklahoma City, OK
Maripaz Perez, CGFM, CGAP, CICA, CIA, CFE
Guam
Lillian Perez-Posadas, MN, RN
Guam
Skip Polson
Durham, NC
Dianne Ray
Denver, CO
Rory J. Respicio
Guam
John J. Rivera, Ph.D., AIF, CFE, CM, SHRM-SCP
Guam
Martin Ruben
Charlottetown, PEI
David Rykken
Washington, DC
Kathleen Sedney
Washington DC
Seitu Stephens
Philadelphia
Mark Sturton
United Kingdom
Pending Traveler
NY
Terry VanEaton
American Samoa
Josephine Villanueva, CPA, CGMA, CGFM, CSAF, SHRM-CP, PMP
Guam
Mizpah Wiegand, CPA
Guam
Jeanne Yamamura
Reno, NV
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Photos from recent activities hosted by the Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) in support of conferences, training and leadership development, are available below.
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