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Michelle is a partner in RSM’s public sector industry group. She is a member of the National Professional Standards Group and leads the firm’s national education practice. Michelle provides financial and compliance audit quality control reviews and consults on accounting and financial reporting matters to clients in the public sector, which include higher education (private, public and for-profit), nonprofit entities and governmental entities (cities, counties, school districts, native american tribes and special purpose governments). She assists engagement teams with complex audit, accounting and compliance matters. The clients and engagement teams Michelle supports are from all regions of the United States. She has been firm-designated as a subject matter expert for the accounting and reporting of alternative investments. Michelle assists in development of the firm’s audit policies and updating of audit and accounting manuals and guidance. She also assists with the development and updating of the firm’s manuals and tools related to performing Single Audits and program-specific audits which include guidance specific to student financial assistance programs. Michelle is involved in developing and teaching professional education courses on a national and regional level, both internally and externally. These courses include benchmarking, various higher education programs and Government Accounting Standards Board updates and implementation programs. She serves as the firm’s liaison with the Government Accounting Standards Board and participates in the AICPA’s Enhanced Oversight review program.