Join us for our webcast, Grant Compliance Essentials for Effective Management, to learn tools and information grant professionals, compliance officers, and organizational leaders need to navigate the complex landscape of grants and audit compliance.

This session will cover the foundational elements of grants and delve into the critical aspects of compliance to help your organization meet regulatory requirements and boost funding opportunities. During this session, we’ll discuss:

• Basics of grants
• What grant compliance is
• How to set up your compliance policies and procedures
• Internal monitoring programs
• Subrecipient monitoring

Sheila Herrera, CPA, Principal, Baker Tilly

Sheila has practiced public accounting since 2006. She primarily works with government clients and specializes in audits of federal awards under the Uniform Grant Guidance. Sheila is a frequent speaker at state and local conferences and serves as a member of the firm’s single audit technical committee responsible for developing training, audit programs, and templates and providing comments on drafts of the compliance supplement and updates to AICPA audit guides. Sheila also manages and assists audits of schools and universities, state agencies, and other industries, including government contractors, technology, life sciences, real estate, and not-for-profit.

Halie Garcia, CPA, CIA, Principal, Baker Tilly

Halie has practiced public accounting and consulting since 2006. Her expertise includes internal audit, grant compliance consulting, and policy and procedure development. She has worked extensively with local and state governments, not-for-profits, higher education institutions, and Tribes throughout the western United States to reduce risks, strengthen controls, and improve performance.

Dani Springfels, CPA, Manager, Baker Tilly

Dani has practiced public accounting since 2013 and provides professional services to a wide variety of not-for-profit clients, primarily institutions of higher education and foundations. She conducts a diverse variety of audits with a specialization in federal compliance audits.

Dani’s experience includes preparing financial statements, performing program-specific single audits, and conducting audits in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and single audits of federal awards.