Speakers

	Jeff Bailey Director KPMG Jeff is the lead Director for KPMG’s Analytics Driving Insights (KADI) efforts in the Government Health and Human Services practice. He partners with data scientists and software engineers to leverage predictive and prescriptive analytics to guide strategy with the goal of designing impactful client solutions. He has worked for large and small healthcare tech companies whose clients included both for-profit, non-profit, and governmental healthcare organizations in building Decision Support/Business Intelligence solutions and data governance programs.

	Kelly Donovan Managing Director KPMG Kelly Donovan is a Managing Director in the national Advisory Services, Risk Consulting practice where she conducts misconduct and fraud investigations, assists clients with fraud risk management and integrity monitoring and with the assessment, design and implementation of compliance programs. An accomplished state prosecutor for more than 20 years, Kelly held roles with the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney’s Office, the NYS Office of Inspector General and the NYS Attorney General’s Office.

	Dr. Richard Hurley Ph.D., JD, MS, CPA, CFE University of Connecticut Dr. Richard Hurley is a Professor of Accounting in the Business School at the University of Connecticut. Richard Hurley has been an active faculty member in Business Schools since 1977. Since joining the University of Connecticut in 1999, his teaching responsibility includes the following MBA courses: Financial Accounting; Financial Statement Analysis; Security Fraud; and Forensic Accounting. Dr. Hurley earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Connecticut, a Master’s Degree in Accounting from the State University of New York, a Juris Doctorate in Law from the Albany Law School, and a BA degree from Syracuse University. Dr. Hurley is an Attorney licensed to practice law in the State of New York, U.S. Federal Court, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also licensed to practice as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Dr. Hurley served as a member of the ACFE Higher Education Committee for four years and as Chair of the Higher Education Committee for two years. He authored the Fraud Edge column in Fraud Magazine for two years and co-authored a column entitled Global Fraud Focus that appeared in Fraud Magazine a publication of the ACFE for five years. Dr. Hurley received the 2011 Association Certified Fraud Examiners’ “Educator of the Year” award. Dr. Hurley is the Vice-President of the New York Albany Area Chapter of the ACFE. Dr. Hurley is a member of the Association of Government Accountants and received the 2013 “Educator of the Year” Award from the AGA. Dr. Hurley’s business and professional career includes being an auditor, a practicing attorney, and in private practice as a tax attorney. Dr. Hurley has conducted seminars on various issues for several ACFE and AGA chapters, including [Albany, Boston, New York City, Chicago] in addition he has presented to Academic and Professional groups in Las Vegas, San Diego, Portland, Atlanta, Baltimore, Orlando, Tampa, Fort Myers, Charleston, Savannah, Providence, Stamford, Philadelphia, Richmond, Washington, Wilmington, Darlington, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, Atlantic City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, and Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Hurley has recently been appointed as the Editor of a newly created journal entitled “Journal of Fraud Research” and is a publication of the Academy of Business Research.

	William J. Kresse JD, CPA, CFE Governors State University William J. Kresse William J. Kresse, aka “Professor Fraud,” is an Assistant Professor at Governors State University in the Chicago suburb of University Park, Illinois, a Commissioner with the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, and the proprietor of the website ProfessorFraud.com. An expert in the areas of fraud and identity theft, Professor Kresse was previously the Director of the Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption. Professor Kresse is an attorney, a Certified Public Accountant / Certified in Financial Forensics, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Forensic Accountant and a Global Chartered Management Accountant. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners named Professor Kresse “Educator of the Year” in 2007, and he has been named as one of the Top 15 Forensic Accountant Professors in the U.S., and the #2 Accounting Professor in North America on Twitter. Professor Kresse holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (Accountancy) from the University of Notre Dame, a Master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois. Often referred to as “Professor Fraud,” Professor Kresse has appeared widely in the media, including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, WGN, FOX, NPR, CBC (Canada), TBS (South Korea), the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Southtown-Star, the Dallas Morning News and the Christian Science Monitor. Professor Kresse was a regular contributor to the New York Times and authored the “Professor Fraud” blog on the Chicago Tribune’s ChicagoNow website. Professor Kresse has authored or co-authored numerous articles appearing in such journals as Issues in Accounting Education, The Journal of Learning in Higher Education, The International Journal of Learning, The Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, Performance Improvement Quarterly, Fraud Magazine, Review of Business Research, Review of Management Innovation and Creativity and The Police Chief. Before entering academia, Professor Kresse worked in the audit and tax divisions of two major international CPA firms, served as the Law Clerk to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln Marovitz of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and worked as an Associate Attorney for major Chicago law firms. Professor Kresse is a member of the Board of Directors of Project Six, an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to investigating, exposing and ending government corruption in Chicago and across Illinois. Professor Kresse was a Member of the Board of Directors of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, and a member of the Audit Committee of the College of DuPage - the largest community college in Illinois. He has also served as a Hearing Officer for both the Chicago and Cook County Boards of Election and as an Arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Foundation.

	Catherine Leahy Scott NYS Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott became New York State Inspector General on May 2, 2013. Prior to becoming Inspector General, Ms. Leahy Scott served as First Deputy Inspector General. As such, Ms. Leahy Scott oversaw the Inspector General’s Office operations, supervised and managed the agency’s caseload, and represented the office before both the State Forensic Commission and the Stimulus Oversight Panel where New York State was provided $26 billion through The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Previously, Ms. Leahy Scott served as an Assistant Attorney General for New York State, investigating and prosecuting criminal matters with an emphasis on white-collar fraud and public integrity cases. In addition, Ms. Leahy Scott spent five years in the general practice of law as a sole practitioner in Columbia County. She served over thirteen years at the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office, eight of which as Chief Assistant District Attorney. In that role, Ms. Leahy Scott investigated and prosecuted all levels of crimes, created new and innovative court-affiliated drug treatment programs, and supervised all prosecutors working within the office. During that time, Ms. Leahy Scott was appointed a member of the New York State Committee for Establishing Protocols for Forensic Child Interviews, and was a member of the both the State and National District Attorneys’ Associations. Prior to her time at the Columbia County District Attorney’s office, Ms. Leahy Scott also served as a Columbia County Assistant Public Defender. Ms. Leahy Scott received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University, where she was named Hofstra University’s Woman of the Year in 1981, and her law degree from the Hofstra University School of Law.

	Steven Patterson CFE State of West Virginia Steven Patterson, CFE, is an Intelligence Analyst for the West Virginia Intelligence Fusion Center. Prior to joining the WVIFC he was an Internal Auditor Manager & Forensic Accountant for Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. and Massey Energy Co. Over 16 years of experience in internal auditing, forensic accounting, and fraud investigation overseeing and leading multiple comprehensive fraud investigations and special inquiries including executive, employee and vendor fraud, maximizing recovery efforts while working with internal process owners and outside law enforcement agencies. As well as completing a wide variety of financial audits, special management requests, inventory reviews, contract & HR reviews, SOX, as well as external year-end assistance work. He has and continues to present and train locally and nationally on the subjects of interviewing, fraud investigation, and investigative reasoning. He is one of the founding members and current President of the Charleston Chapter of the ACFE where coordinating, provide training, and networking opportunities to antifraud professionals through CPE and other events in West Virginia. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Alderson Broaddus College in Phillipi, WV.

	Roland Poirier Manager KPMG A Manager in the Regulatory Consulting practice, Roland’s focus covers government health and human services projects with an emphasis on navigating the regulatory and legal framework surrounding payment reform. Roland’s project experience includes Medicaid transformation program support for the NYS DSRIP engagement, as well as Model Contract and Provider Contract Guidelines support, MCO Encounter Data integrity support, and MCO Financing support. Prior to joining KPMG, Roland was a Medicaid Budget Specialist at the New York State Division of Budget.

	Dong Siegel Manager KPMG With strong practical experience in Data & Analytics in healthcare and human services, Dong has more than 20 years of experience managing large scale business intelligence delivery projects and operations. A former chief of Healthcare Informatics for Tennessee government and founder of its Program Integrity office, Dong has supported KPMG’s efforts in helping agencies harness D&A for a variety of needs that include topical “issues of the day” as well as long-term agency transformation, including managing large fraud, waste, and abuse discovery projects using her Certified Fraud Examiner expertise.