For Audit Leaders...by Audit Leaders
You will benefit from the real-world experiences of Joel F. Kramer, CPA,
Managing Director of MIS's Internal Audit Division; Ann Butera, CRP,
Founder and President of The Whole Person Project, Inc.; and Leonard W. Vona, CPA, CFE,
Chief Executive Officer, Fraud Auditing, Inc., and author of Fraud Risk Assessment: Building a Fraud Audit Program.
In This Five-Day, Fast-Track Executive Development Program You Will:
• Explore the new directions of the audit leader's position, how best to react to turbulent times, and what you must do to successfully lead a risk-based audit department in 2010 and beyond
• Find out what you can do to ensure your department is positioned to add real value in turbulent times
• Gain insights into your leadership style and determine whether it is helping or hurting your efforts
• Cover conflict resolution and negotiation techniques that will foster sustained organizational change
• Learn proven strategies for improving your communication with audit and executive committee members and your audit team
• Examine the role of the audit leader in proactively safeguarding against fraud and GRC failure
NASBA: Business Management & Organization
Advanced Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group Live
Esteemed Faculty 
Joel F. Kramer, CPA
Joel F. Kramer is Managing Director of the Internal Audit Division of MIS Training Institute. Mr. Kramer joined MIS in 1982, and introduced its highly acclaimed Internal Audit curriculum. Prior to joining MIS, Mr. Kramer was Director of Internal Audit for Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. He also held the position of Internal Audit Manager for the Gillette Company, and he spent five years with Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Kramer is a recognized speaker at international, national, and regional audit conferences. He has addressed many Institute of Internal Audit Chapters, and has conducted on-site training programs for major organizations throughout North and South America and Europe. Mr. Kramer is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Greater Boston Chapter of the IIA, and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Louisiana State University Center for Internal Auditing.
 Ann M. Butera, CRP
Ann M. Butera is the Founder and President of The Whole Person Project, Inc., an organizational development consulting firm that specializes in assisting companies to introduce, handle, and manage change. As a lecturer and trainer, she provides proven strategies in the areas of corporate governance, auditing and internal controls, business risk assessment, leadership and managerial skill development, and project planning and management.
Ms. Butera was an instructor at the BAI Bank School, the Graduate School of Banking at University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the Southeastern School for Sales Leadership at Vanderbilt University. Beginning in 1984 and continuing on an almost annual basis thereafter, Ms. Butera has been cited in Who's Who. In 1990, Women On The Job honored her with the Business Achievement Award. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Long Island Development Corporation. Ms. Butera is a member of the IIA, the American Society for Training and Development, and the World Future Society.
Leonard W. Vona, CPA, CFE
Leonard W. Vona, CEO of Fraud Auditing, Inc., is a financial investigator with more than 30 years of diversified auditing and forensic accounting experience, including a distinguished 18-year private industry career.
His firm advises clients in areas of litigation support, financial investigations, and fraud prevention. His financial investigation experience includes embezzlement, economic damage, asset theft, bribery, intellectual property, and disbursement schemes.
Mr. Vona's trial experience is extensive, including appearances in federal and state courts.
He is qualified as an expert witness, as a CPA and a CFE, and is cited in West Law for the successful use of circumstantial evidence. The author of Wiley Publishing's
Fraud Risk Assessment: Building a Fraud Audit Program,
Mr. Vona lectures nationally and internationally on fraud risk assessments, fraud investigation, fraud prevention and detection, and fraud schemes perpetrated on companies. He regularly speaks at audit conferences and has developed the Fraud Training Curriculum for the MIS Training Institute, an internationally recognized audit training organization.
Mr. Vona has provided more than 1,000 days of fraud training to organizations around the world.
He was on the faculty of the National Association of Fraud Examiners 1995-2000 and 2001 Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He has written the training course on Auditors Responsibility for Detecting Fraud – SAS99 used by CPA Societies across the country.
His private industry experience includes being recognized by Arthur Andersen as one of the top 25 Audit Directors in North America and conducting a financial investigation as part of a
Qui Tam
investigation for the U.S. Department of Justice.
He led internal audit departments for more than 15 years and his knowledge of internal controls and fraud prevention theory is vast. Mr. Vona is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the
Institute
of
Internal Auditors.
He was the 1994 President of the N.Y. Capital Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants and the founding President of the Albany Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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