Resume

• 2010

  Leadership for the 21st Century: Chaos

  Conflict

  and Courage

  Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education

• 2009

  Building

  Leading

  and Sustaining the Innovative Organization

  MIT Sloan Executive Education

• 1996

  MBA

  Management

• 1985

  BS

  Accounting

  Management

  Certification in Control Self Assessment

  Institute of Internal Auditors

  Certification in Risk Management Assurance

  Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

  Certified Fraud Examiner

  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

  Chartered Global Management Accountant

  Certified Public Accountant

  State of New York

  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

  Certified in Financial Forensics

  Certified Internal Auditor

  Institute of Internal Auditors

• 1981

  Foran High School

• Part of corps of volunteer auditors

  conducted audits and managed teams of volunteer auditors leading up to and during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta

  GA. Audited diverse functions and processes

  including construction of Olympic venues

  transportation

  concessions

  warehousing

  logistics

  media relations

  and ticket sales

  and facilities.

  Atlanta Committee for The Olympic Games

  Cub Scout Day Camp Director

  Lead volunteer for 500 scout/300 volunteer week-long Cub Scout Day Camp. Provided overall management

  direction

  and administration of 500+ camper Cub Scout Day Camp (Camp Tomahawk) for scouts in The Capitol District

  Baltimore Area Council

  BSA. Recruited and managed over 300 adult and boy scout volunteers

  ensured compliance with National BSA Day Camp Standards - achieving 100% compliance each year

  and assured scouting fun

  learning

  and core values for all campers attending through the development and execution of 15 different activities/stations for each day of the camp. Year-round volunteer recruitment and coordination

  program development

  camper registration

  and business management.

  Baltimore Area Council

  Boy Scouts of America

  Process Improvement

  Auditing

  Nonprofits

  Internal Controls

  Enterprise Risk Management

  Financial Risk

  Management

  Corporate Governance

  Risk Assessment

  Grants

  Financial Analysis

  Sarbanes-Oxley Act

  Managerial Finance

  Non-profits

  Change Management

  Accounting

  Internal Audit

  Training

  Public Speaking

  Governance

  Folsom

  MBA

  CPA/CFF

  CIA

  CFE

  CCSA

  CRMA

  Elizabeth J.

  Folsom

  MBA

  CPA/CFF

  CIA

  CFE

  CCSA

  CRMA

  Population Services International

  Robert H. Smith School of Business

  University of Maryland

  Academy for Educational Development

  The Institute of Internal Auditors

  Population Services International

  Independent Management Consultant

  Resources Global Professionals

  UMUC

  UNESCO

  Center for National Policy

  Volunteer position on UNESCO Oversight Advisor Committee providing support and advise to the Internal Audit

  Investigation

  and Evaluation functions. Advise on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Internal Oversight Service (IOS) and its strategies

  priorities and work plans and suggest potential areas to address the Organization’s risks; Review and discuss with management the internal control and risk management issues that may arise from IOS oversight activities; review and discuss with management the Organization’s policies and practices with\nrespect to risk assessment and risk management and internal control systems; advise management on potential weaknesses in the internal control framework of UNESCO;

  UNESCO

  Independent Management Consultant

  Audit and risk management consulting for various organizations. Have worked under contract for Grant Thornton

  Resources Global Professionals

  the IIA

  Mosley & Associates

  as well as for own clients. Examples of clients include Oxfam America

  Winrock International

  USDA

  State Department

  United Nations

  NCR

  the IIA

  and Injured Workers Insurance Fund.

  Population Services International

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Responsible for overseeing Global Internal Audit Services and Fraud Investigations in 60+ locations around the world and in headquarters operations in Washington D.C. Direct oversight of eight auditors and indirect responsibility for 30+ country office based auditors. Coordinate and support organization-wide Enterprise Risk Management exercises to identify

  prioritize

  and monitor organizational risks.

  Chief Audit Executive & Director of Global Internal Audit and Investigations

  Teach various classes

  including Forensic and Investigative Accounting

  Introduction to Financial Auditing

  Advanced Auditing

  and Internal Auditing in the School of Undergraduate Studies.

  UMUC

  Resources Global Professionals

  Providing expert-level consulting services to major Washington D.C. Education and Media Company in wide range of responsibilities for Audit and SOX business areas. Responsibilities include:\n\n* Risk and control design effectiveness reviews for business operations\n* Quality Assessment of quarterly business unit control testing and deficiency remediation \n* Audits of key lines of revenue

  high-profile expenditures

  and entity-level processes and controls \n* Integration and application of COSO 2013 Internal Control Framework to entity-wide control assessment

  including development of new controls

  tools

  and assessment model across all business units. \n* Management and analysis of annual entity-wide Code of Business Conduct certification exercise\n* Design presentation materials for senior management meetings on myriad of control-related topics\n* Manage and test version-upgrade and yearly refresh of ERM/SOX IT system (RSA Archer). Design new system module for roll-out of new COSO 2013 compliant Entity Level Control assessment.\n* On-going bench-marking of internal audit practices

  Management

  Audit and SOX Consultant

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Member of Finance & Governance Committee of Board of Directors

  Center for National Policy

  Senior Vice President and Director

  Internal Audit

  Established first Internal Audit & Investigation function for AED to improve the systems of internal control and risk management through-out the organization. Member of Senior Management Group

  and reported to Audit Committee and President & CEO. Responsible for audit universe of over 200 projects in 60 countries and all 50 States

  as well as all headquarters functions and processes. Managed entire audit process end-to-end. Established and managed formal Anti-Fraud and Whistleblower policies and systems to identify

  receive

  evaluate

  and investigate allegations of fraud

  waste

  and abuse throughout the organization. Developed training on internal controls

  anti-fraud

  risk management

  and compliance matters.

  Academy for Educational Development

  Independent Consultant/Quality Assessment Reviewer

  Performed quality assessment reviews for over 20 internal audit organizations

  such as American Express

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange

  AAA Life Insurance

  Mirant

  and Merck Pharmaceuticals.

  The Institute of Internal Auditors

  Robert H. Smith School of Business

  University of Maryland

  College Park

  MD

  Teaching various graduate and undergraduate classes at College Park and Shady Grove campuses. \n\nDevelop and deliver graduate-level courses in Introduction to Internal Auditing and Advanced Internal Auditing in the Masters of Science in Accounting (MSA) n the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Develop “real life” case studies for in-class application and semester-long research to translate theory of textbook to practical audit applications. \n\nTeach undergraduate Financial Auditing and Assurance

  and Frauds and Accounting Information Systems

  in the School of Accounting and Information Assurance. Designed

  developed

  and currently teach undergraduate \"Innovation and Investigations\" course called \"Frauds

  Thefts

  and Scams: What They Did

  How They Did it

  and What the Heck Where They Thinking?!\"\n\nWork with local audit experts and industry leaders to be guest speakers during classes to further link the textbook lessons to the real world aspects of auditing governance

  risk

  and controls.\n\nAdvise students in the \"Action Learning Project\" aspect of the MS program

  including identification of consulting projects and providing oversight and mentoring during delivery of consulting work.

  Adjunct Professor

  Washington D.C.

  Population Services International