2026 CUAV Annual Conference
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Monday, May 4, 2026
| Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Welcome/State of Higher Education in the Commonwealth | Amy Sebring, Executive VP/COO, Virginia Tech |
| 2026 Federal Legislative Update | Rebekah Gunn, Director of Government and Community Relations, Virginia Tech |
| Civil Rights: How Did We Get Here? | Harrison Blythe, Director, Compliance and Conflict Resolution, Virginia Tech |
| Fraud: How and Why | Ryan Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Practice Accounting and Information Systems, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech |
| Dividing Loyalties: Integrity, Independence, and the Auditor's Role in Modern Institutions | Marc Edwards, University Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech |
| CAE Invite-Only - Inside the IIA's Topical Requirements: How Audit Shops Should Treat Them & Apply Them | Charlie Johnson, IIA Standards Board, FORVIS |
| Breakout Session 1 - Athletics & NIL | FORVIS |
| CAE Invite-Only - Hotline Trends and Audit Directives: What CAE's Need to Know | Andrew McWhinney, Audit Compliance Manager, OSIG, and Jennifer DeVaughn, Hotine Manager, OSIG |
| Breakout Session 2 - Elevating Internal Audit with Data Analytics and Dashboards | Tom Demmer, Principal Data Analytics Auditor, Virginia Tech, and Ester Talamazzi, Senior Data Analytics Auditor, Virginia Tech |
| CAE Invite-Only - Aligning for Impact: APA and Internal Audit Collaboration | David Rasnic, Audit Director, Higher Education Programs, APA |
| Breakout Session 3 - Immigration Audits: Key Risks, Controls, and Insights | Samantha Becerra Reed, Senior Auditor, Virginia Tech |
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
| Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 2026 Higher Education Outlook | Bobby Gauthier, Mid-Atlantic Higher Education Leader, FORVIS |
| Lessons Learned from the Trenches: 25+ Years of Higher Education Auditing | Kim Turner, Retired CAE, Texas Tech |
| Navigating Conflicts of Interest & Commitment in Higher Education | Alan Fellers, Director of Conflicts of Interest and Commitment Disclosures, Virginia Tech |
| The IT Security Threat Landscape Today | David Raymond, Associate VP for Security and Identity, Virginia Tech |
| An Ethics Summit | Dawn Hess, Director of Compliance and Ethics, Virginia Tech |
| Building Trust Across Campus OR Campus Conversations: Mastering Influence in Internal Audit | Kim Turner, Retired CAE, Texas Tech |
| Enrollment Projections and Trends | Juan Espinoza, VP for Enrollment Management, Virginia Tech |
| Working Across the 3-Line Model: Lessons Learned | Sharon Kurek, VP, Office of Audit, Risk and Compliance, Virginia Tech |
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
| Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| AE Skills: What it Takes to Get To and Stay at the Top | Kim Turner, Retired CAE, Texas Tech |
| Auditing AI in Practice: Oversight, Accountability, and Data Governance for Generative and Agentic AI | Glenn Wilson, IT Audit Manager, Old Dominion University, and Hannah Bass, IT Auditor, Old Dominion University |
| Fraud Case Insights | Kayla Faulkner, Director of Internal Audit, Christopher Newport University |
Audit and Compliance
