Maryland Chapter 21 of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee

President Jessica Gay, CPC, CFE, AFHI-AHIP

Vice President, Integrity Advantage

Vice President Keisha Morton, CFE, CSME
Office of Financial Regulation Maryland

Treasurer Robert N. Cantor, CPA, CVA, CFE, CDFA

Managing Member, Paradigm Forensics, LLC

Secretary Stacy Lewis, MS, CFE

Training Director Frank S. Turner II, CFE, CFI, CFCI

Deputy County Auditor, Anne Arundel County, MD

R. Frank Abel, CPA/CF, CFE, CIDA

Ex Officio-Immediate Past President

Board Meetings

The Board meets virtually on a monthly basis to prepare for the annual conference, other training sessions, and to develop new initiatives. Please contact the Chapter at mdchap21@gmail.com with your ideas.

Board Members

Shameeka L. Jones, CFE
Magellan Health

Tecla Kellum, CFE, CICA

Director, Office of Audits, Maryland Department of Transportation

Deborah Pasto, CPA, CFE, CRMA

Tanya Pennington, AHFI, CFE

Senior Manager of SIU at Magellan Health

Regina Miante, CPA, CFE, CICA, CPC, CPIP

Daniel Semick, MPA, CFE, CGFM

Ethics Commissioner, Anne Arundel County

Laura Tucholski, CFE, CPA, CIA, CRMA
Internal Auditor, Harford County Public Schools

Raymond White, CFE, CIA, CAPM

Audit Manager, Bechtel Corporation

Terms of Office

Officers and board members serve 2-year terms in most cases. The terms for President Jessica Gay, Treasurer Robert N. Cantor, and Directors Shameeka L. Jones and Laura Tucholski ends June 30, 2027 The terms for all others ends June 30, 2028. If you are interested in serving as an officer and Board Member please contact the Chapter leadership at mdchap21 (at) gmail.com. Only CFEs and Associates can vote and hold office. Affiliates are welcome to support the chapter in many other ways. We need all of you.

Spring Conference 2024

Board Members at Salisbury University

Several members of the Chapter's Board are shown (front row, blue shirts) here with faculty and students of Salisbury University's Fraud and Forensic Accounting Program. Board Members attended the Shore Fraud Conference on the campus Nov. 22, 2019. The Chapter hosted an information table so others could learn about our activities and find out how to join us. Also, Chapter members joined a number of other conference participants from Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia who heard from James Ratley, president emeritus of ACFE, and other speakers.

Contributing for Academic Efforts

The Chapter presented a $5000 check for Salisbury University's Fraud and Forensic Accounting Program during the 2019 Shore Fraud Conference.

In 2017, ACFE Maryland Chapter President Stephen Lesniewski, Jr., and several board members provided Chapter funds for a fraud library at Salisbury University..

Fraud Magazine featured a Chapter President

Alan E. Small, Ex Officio-Immediate Past President of the Maryland Chapter, ACFE, and Assistant Director, Internal Audit & Management Review, Morgan State University, was featured in the Jan.-Feb 2021 issue of Fraud Magazine. .

Besides Alan, in recent years, Stephen J. Lesniewski, Jr.; John E. Grimes; Brian S. Tanen; and Todd Sheffer have served as president.

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