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 Daniel Semick, MPA, CFE, CGFM
Ethics Commissioner, Anne Arundel County

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

Managing Member, Paradigm Forensics, LLC

Secretary Stacy Lewis, MS, CFE

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

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

Richard Henry, CFE
Inspector General For Education, Maryland

Shameeka L. Jones, CFE
Magellan Health

Tecla Kellum, CFE, CICA

Director of the Office of Audits (OA) at the Maryland Department of Transportation, MTA

Keisha Morton, CFE, CSME

Fraud Examiner, Office of Financial Regulation, Maryland

Deborah Pasto, CPA, CFE, CRMA

Tanya Pennington, AHFI, CFE

Senior Manager of SIU at Magellan Health

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

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 Director Shameeka L. Jones ends June 30, 2025. The terms for all others ends June 30, 2026. 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 but are not members; they do not have voting rights.

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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