Accounting
Chris Pembrook, MBA, CGAP, CPA, CRFAC is a Shareholder at Crawford & Associates, P.C., in Oklahoma City. Prior to joining the firm, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System and the Deputy Director of the Local Government & Special Services Division of the Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector’s Office. He is currently serving as a committee member of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel and the Oklahoma Society of CPA's Government Accounting & Auditing Committee. He also was selected to serve on the joint COSO-ACFE Task Force for the development of the group’s Fraud Risk Management Guide.
Maripaz N. Perez is the Assistant Chief Financial Officer of the Guam Power Authority (GPA). She joined the GPA’s management team in 2011 as their Internal Auditor and became the Assistant Chief Financial Officer in November 2020. Paz is an active member of the Association of Government Accountants where she served as the Secretary and the Directors for the Education and Accountability Committees. She is currently serving as the chapter’s President-Elect and the Certification Committee Director.
Lillian Perez-Posadas is the CEO/Hospital Administrator of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. She is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years of experience in clinical and administrative/leadership nursing positions primarily at Guam's only government hospital. Other nursing experience includes community health nursing as well as faculty at the University of Guam School of Nursing. In addition to the diverse and vast professional nursing experience, Lillian served voluntarily as Chairperson of the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners (GBNE) for eight consecutive years. A significant accomplishment as GBNE Chair is the revision and update of the GBNE Rules and Regulations.
Skip Polson has provided administrative and logistical support for 16 previous APIPA Conferences. This will be his 17th one! His first conference was in Majuro in 2004. He did not help with the 2005 conference in Palau, but he has enjoyed helping with every conference...
Dianne Ray is Colorado's State Auditor and is responsible for overseeing independent audits and reviews that hold government agencies accountable and promote positive change in government. She leads a staff of 75 experienced professionals.
Martin Ruben, FCPA, FCGA spent 30 years as a director with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and 8 years as a director with the Office of the Auditor General of the Cayman Islands before starting his consulting career in 2017. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant who was conferred the Fellow designation in 2013 for service to his profession.
Grants
David Rykken has more than 25 years of experience in public service working with all levels of government. He has worked for HHS at headquarters in DC for the last 15 years as a Supervisory Management Analyst, a Senior Emergency Management Specialist, and a Supervisory Public Health Advisor.
Beth Schubert is the Office of Inspector General’s program coordinator for its Insular Areas Capacity Building Program. Ms. Schubert is responsible for all OIG training and technical assistance in the insular islands.
Audit
Kathleen R. Sedney is the Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations for the U.S. Department of Interior Office of Inspector General. She has approximately 20 years of experience as an auditor and forensic accountant, and she has led audits and investigations related to contracts, foreign assistance, financial management, and physical security.
Terry VanEaton joined the Office of the Governor of American Samoa as Legal Counsel to the Governor in October of this year. Prior to this position, Mr. VanEaton served as an attorney in the Compliance Division of the Nebraska Department of Revenue before becoming the Director of Compliance for the Nebraska Department of Economic.