Experience:Mitch has over 23 years of accounting experience. After several years as a senior accountant with an international firm, he joined Goodman & Company in 1983 and was admitted to the partnership in 1992. Mitch serves as the firm�s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Partner and as Chairman of the firm�s Financial Services Industry Group. He is the Engagement Partner or SEC Review Partner on all banking and other public company engagements. Mitch also serves on the firm�s Quality Control and Accounting and Auditing Committees. He is also the Quality Control Review and Consulting Partner for various tax-exempt organizations. Mitch was a member of the AICPA Banking and Savings Institution Committee responsible for developing the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide, Banks and Savings Institutions. As a member of the Banking and Savings Institution Committee, he was selected by his fellow committee members to speak at the National Savings Institution Conference on Derivatives: The Basics, and to assist in the development of the AICPA�s Guide for Considering Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit. Mitch also has spoken several times at the annual Virginia Bankers Association CFO Workshop and at the VSCPA/Virginia Tech Annual Accounting and Auditing Conference. Due to Mitch�s knowledge with respect to financial transaction systems and related documentation requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, he is often called upon to consult on litigation support engagements. Other Activities: Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Member, Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA), Member, Past President & Board of Directors, Tidewater Chapter of the VSCPA, Former Treasurer & Board of Directors, Boys and Girls Clubs of South Hampton Roads (1992-2001), Former President and Chairman, Catholic Elementary Education Foundation of Hampton Roads (1992-2001). |