Governmental Accounting Conference - A Virtual Event

Melisa Galasso

Melisa F. Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with over 15 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not for profit and governmental accounting.

Her passion is providing high-quality CPE that is meaningful, creates efficiencies and improves quality, and positively impacts ROI. She also supports essential professional development, audit level training, and train the trainer efforts.

Melisa is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers.

She also serves on the FASB's Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), the AICPA's Technical Issues Committee (TIC), has had leadership roles on various A&A committees, and serves on the VSCPA's Board of Directors.
Melisa is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient and was honored as a "40 under 40" by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017 and 2018. She was also named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training.

Keenan McKinney

Keenan is a director in the Armanino Risk Assurance Advisory practice, where his primary area of expertise is assessing and testing internal controls systems, evaluating processes and working with management to develop recommendations for improvement. Keenan has more than 28 years of internal auditing and project management experience, including more than 10 years of government internal auditing and project management experience.

Keenan's work experience includes performance of financial and operational internal audits, process improvement reviews, construction audits, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) reviews and quality assessment reviews of internal audit shops using the guidelines of the Institute of Internal Auditors for various clients in multiple industries.

Prior to joining Armanino, Keenan served as manager of risk advisory services at Brown Smith Wallace; audit manager at Aegion Corporation (formerly Insituform Technologies); staff at the firm Jefferson Wells; and audit manager of the City of St. Louis (Comptroller's Office) Internal Audit Department.

Keenan earned his B.S. in accounting from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Construction Auditor (CCA).

Ronald Steinkamp

Ron Steinkamp, CPA, CIA, CFE, CRMA is a Principal in the Risk Advisory Services practice at Brown Smith Wallace LLC and leads the Government Services group. Ron has over 20 years of internal audit and fraud prevention and investigation experience including 7 years as the Chief Audit Executive for the City of St. Louis. He currently provides internal audit and fraud prevention, detection, and investigative services to his clients. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Board member for the local Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and Institute of Internal Auditors.

Melisa Galasso

Melisa F. Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with over 15 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not for profit and governmental accounting.

Her passion is providing high-quality CPE that is meaningful, creates efficiencies and improves quality, and positively impacts ROI. She also supports essential professional development, audit level training, and train the trainer efforts.

Melisa is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers.

She also serves on the FASB's Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), the AICPA's Technical Issues Committee (TIC), has had leadership roles on various A&A committees, and serves on the VSCPA's Board of Directors.
Melisa is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient and was honored as a "40 under 40" by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017 and 2018. She was also named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training.

Ahava Goldman

Ahava Goldman, CPA, is an associate director with the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants Audit and Attest Standards team. She is the staff liaison for the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and supports their standard-setting activities. She is also serving as a Technical Advisor on the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). Previously, Ms. Goldman was a senior manager on the AICPA Examinations Team where she was responsible for the content and development of all sections of the Uniform CPA Examination. Before joining the AICPA, she worked in public accounting at both local and national firms. She graduated magna cum laude from Stern College of Yeshiva University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.