NASBA Center For Public Trust 
Ethics Matters
Q1 2024
The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT), whose vision is advancing ethical leadership to influence the world, announces new appointments to its board of directors for 2024. The CPT is excited to work alongside these leaders as they share their knowledge and expertise through board service.
James Alderson, of La Quinta, CA – A retired CPA, Alderson has an extensive background in healthcare and accounting and is the past president of the Montana chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Alderson has spoken nationwide on healthcare compliance issues and business ethics to a wide variety of audiences, including the FBI and several universities nationwide. His role as a whistleblower in a major healthcare case resulted in the biggest hospital healthcare fraud case in history. He has been featured in the New York Times, Modern HealthCare and on the BBC and CBS’s 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace.
Barry Berkowitz, CPA, of Huntingdon Valley, PA – Berkowitz practices public accounting through Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., an independent CPA firm, where he chairs the firm’s HUD Task Force. Currently, he serves as a director-at-large on the NASBA Board of Directors and as chair of the NASBA CBT Administration Committee for 2023-24. Berkowitz recently concluded a nine-year term on the Board of Examiners, including two years as its chair. He was recently appointed by his state CPA society to serve on the AICPA Council, and he serves as NASBA’s representative on the Auditing Standards Board.
Jenn Bouchard, of New York, NY – As chief people and administration officer with Figure 8 (parent to the Museum of Ice Cream, Home Quart and Hiatus), Bouchard is responsible for the business planning and culture, administration, human resources, talent, learning, internal communications and change management functions across the company portfolio. Prior to joining Figure 8, she served as the director of talent experience and change enablement for Meta (formerly Facebook Inc.). Bouchard is a graduate of the University of Alabama and former employee of the CPT. Additionally, she serves on the Vision Cameroon Youth Basketball and SXSW advisory boards.
Michael Fritz, CPA, of Blacklick, OH – A retired senior partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Fritz served as the industry professional practice director for state and local government, higher education and not-for-profit industries. From 2013-23, he served on the NASBA Board of Directors as past chair, chair, vice chair, director-at-large, Great Lakes regional director, secretary, and treasurer. In 2015, Fritz completed a seven-year term with the Accountancy Board of Ohio where he is a former board and committee chair. He has served on the AICPA Government Audit Quality Center Executive Board and as a past executive board member of the Ohio Society of CPAs. He is currently the NASBA Awards Committee chair for 2023-24.
Kelly Richmond Pope, PhD, CPA, of Chicago, IL – Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Accounting at DePaul University, and a nationally recognized expert in risk, forensic accounting and white-collar crime research. An award-winning educator and documentary filmmaker, researcher, author, and international speaker, she teaches managerial and forensic accounting at the undergraduate and graduate level. In 2023 and 2020, the AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor named Pope among the top 25 most powerful women in accounting. Her book, Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion Dollar Fraud Industry, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2023) is a riveting look at the perpetrators, victims and whistleblowers behind financial crimes and how organizations can prevent and detect fraud.
To view a complete listing of the CPT Board of Directors, visit: https://thecpt.org/about-us/leadership/.