Risk Assessment Under SAS No. 145

CPA, CGMA

Elizabeth Gantnier serves as a Professional Practice Partner for various offices in the DHG footprint, providing accounting and auditing services to both privately held and publicly traded companies. In this role she provides support to engagement teams on technical accounting and auditing issues, completes second-level reviews, communicates new developments and monitors the quality of assurance services provided. As a partner in DHG’s Assurance Innovation and Methodology Group, Elizabeth brings more than 30 years of experience to the table. She focuses on statistical audits and has been a National AICPA instructor on technical accounting and auditing topics, winning the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader Award multiple years. Liz is the immediate past Chairperson of the Small Firm Task Force Committee of the Center for Audit Quality, a two time past member of the SEC Regulations Committee, a member of the AICPA Peer Review Board and Chairperson of the Standards Task Force, Chairperson of the Auditing Standards Board’s Other Information Task Force, immediate past chairman of the Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy, a two time past member of the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and a past member of the Center for Audit Quality’s Professional Practice Executive Committee. Before joining Dixon Hughes Goodman, Liz worked with a Big Four firm as a statistical audit specialist, IT audit specialist and as an in-house professional development instructor. She is also a former Vice President of Finance for a publicly held manufacturing firm in Chesapeake, VA. Most recently she was the President and Director of Quality Control for Stegman & Company.