Maryland Chapter 21 of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee

Jessica Gay, CPC, CFE, AFHI-AHIP

Vice President, Integrity Advantage

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

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

Treasurer
Managing Member, Paradigm Forensics, LLC

Stacy Lewis, MS, CFE
Secretary

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

R. Frank Abel, CPA/CF

Ex Officio-Immediate Past President

Highlights of the June 18, 2024, Board Meeting

The Board met virtually to discuss a leadership transition. With the resignation of R. Frank Abel, effective June 30, the Board met June 18 and elected Director Jessica Gay to fill the 2^nd year of the president’s term ending June 30, 2025. In accordance with the Chapter bylaws, the Board can fill a vacancy in the midst of an officer's term.

In addition, the Board began discussion of plans for a July meeting to brief newly elected Board members about the the Chapter's status, operations, and processes.

Besides the announcement on the home page, the terms of officers will be updated on this web page when changes go into effect on July 1.

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

Brodie Mack

Chief, Import, and Certification Division, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, NHTSA

Keisha Morton

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.

Chapter Officers and Board Members at ACFE's Global Level

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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