biographies

board members and directors, past and present

Edward R. Barszcz, CIA, CFE
Consultant


Ed Barszcz worked for internal audit departments at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) from 1971 until he retired in 2004. After attending a seminar, Ed decided to start a chapter of EDPAA (now ISACA) in southeast Michigan. Ed has served on the Board since its formation in 1974 and was Chapter President in 1977-78. Ed’s more than 30 years of dedication to the ISACA Detroit Chapter was the inspiration for the Ed Barszcz Lifetime Achievement Award of which he was the first recipient.

See Chapter Spotlight: Interview With Ed Barszcz on pages 7-8 of the October 2005 DataByte, originally published in the Global Communiqué, vol. 10, October 2005, p. 9.

Henry Danowski, CGEIT, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, Security+
Visteon


(See his page on LinkedIn.)

Michael A. Forrest, CISA
Jefferson Wells® International


Brandy A. Pfeiffer, CISA
Federal-Mogul® Corporation

Brandy appears in the photograph of the 2005-2006 Board below.

Michele Haroon, CPA, CISA
Accretive Solutions®, Inc.

With degrees from Alma College and Eastern Michigan University, Michele Haroon, Senior IT Audit Associate, specializes in combining her IT audit and financial audit skills to serve clients at high profile corporations throughout the country. Her professionalism, commitment to excellence, and dynamic nature have helped her become a key resource for her firm, often requested by name by its clients. She has extensive experience in financial audit, IT audit, Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance and operational audits. Her experience includes IT application, IT general, and IT/manual financial controls identification, testing, and remediation for Sarbanes-Oxley 404 as both an internal and external auditor. Michele's friendly demeanor and love of helping people keep her involved in her firm's various community service activities and in local hangouts tutoring college students in accounting and other subjects. (See her page on LinkedIn.)

M. Siobhan Jordan
LaFarge North America, Inc.

Siobhan Jordan graduated from Madonna University and held positions as Team Lead, Group Lead, and IT Auditor at Ford Motor Company from 1999-2006. She is currently IT Audit Manager at Lafarge North America. (See her page on LinkedIn.)

Brenda Karl, CISA
Accretive Solutions, Inc.


Brenda Karl is the Director of Technology Risk Management Services for Accretive Solutions. (See her page on LinkedIn.)

Donald K. Ledwith, CISA, CISSP
HOV Services, Inc.


Don Ledwith earned a BS in Political Science from the University of Utah in 1967 and an MBA from that university's David Eccles School of Business in 1973. He is also a graduate in Leadership and Management from the Command and General Staff College. Don has been the Chief Security Officer for HOV Services, formerly LASON, since 2006. Previously he served as IT Services Manager at Cindrich, Mahalak & Co., Manager of Information Security at General Motors North America, and IT Project Manager at Kmart. (See his page on LinkedIn.)

Richard A. Morris, CISA
Jefferson Wells® International
Richard is serving as Chapter Treasurer in 2009-2010.

Dr. D. Robert Okopny, CIA, CFE
Eastern Michigan University


Dr. Okopny is Professor of Accounting at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) with expertise in internal and external auditing and international accounting. He is also the Faculty Advisor for the Institute of Internal Auditors Student Chapter. He received his MBA from Eastern in 1973 and PhD from Texas A&M University in 1985. Dr. Okopny has been very active in professional organizations including the Institute of Internal Auditors® and the Institute of Management Accountants®. He has been the Coordinator of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA®) Internal Audit Endorsed Internal Audit Program at EMU since its inception in 1990. He is faculty advisor for the IIA Student Chapter. Dr. Okopny frequently presents at professional meetings, including those of the Michigan Association of CPAs, IIA, and Institute of Management Accountants. (See EMU's short bio for a list of selected publications.)

Jamshid Sadaghiyani, CPA, CISA
Delphi® Automotive Corporation


Jamshid Sadaghiyani holds a BS in Accounting, an MBA, and is pursuing an MS in Computer Science. He is a manager at Delphi Corporation. His experience includes leading audit teams in a variety of information technology audit engagements in a wide range of environments, such as mainframe and client/server, and Enterprise Resource Planning packages, such as SAP® and PeopleSoft®. He was also involved in the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 for several of his clients. Formerly, he was a Principal Information Systems Auditor for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has more than 12 years experience in Information Systems, Financial, and Operational audits. Jamshid is serving as Past President (2008-2009).

Carrie Schrader, CISA, CBM, CFE, CGEIT
GMAC® Financial Services

Carrie Schrader served as Chapter President in 2002-2003. (See her page on LinkedIn.)

Charles A. Silva, CISA
General Motors® Corporation

(See his page on LinkedIn.)

Jason A. Thompson, CISA, CIA
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Douglas S. Wahr, CISA, CISSP, CIA
The Auto Club Group (AAA® Michigan)

Doug Wahr has a degree in computer science and an MBA. He is currently Director of IT Audit for The Auto Club Group (AAA). He has over 20 years of diverse experience in IT and Financial/Operational Audit, consulting, network systems engineering and IT project management.  Doug is serving as Chapter Vice President in 2009 - 2010. (See his page on LinkedIn.)

James M. Watson, CISSP, CISA, CIA
Ford Motor Company®

Susan A. Yamin, CPA


Susan Yamin spent a few years managing and directing reimbursement departments in two of the largest hospital organizations in Michigan perfecting her understanding of audit requirements, electronic claims processing, hospital reimbursement and developing point in time contractual models for recording insurance revenue in hospitals. For the last nine years she has been working in the field of internal audit with a focus on COBIT and COSO frameworks. Susan has been board member since 2005 and is serving as Chapter President in 200-2010. (See her page on LinkedIn.)

Manish Zaveri, CISA, CPA
Delphi® Automotive Corporation

Manish Zaveri graduated from Wayne State University and served as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton from 2004-2007. He is currently IT Compliance Manager for Delphi. (See his pages on LinkedIn.)

a bit of history

Officers and Directors, 2007-2008
PRESIDENT: Michael A. Forrest, CISA, Jefferson Wells
VICE PRESIDENT: Jamshid Sadaghiyani, CISA, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
SECRETARY: Susan A. Yamin, CPA, Comerica, Inc.
TREASURER: John W. McCormick, CISA, CIA, Accretive Solutions
DIRECTORS:
Officers and Directors, 2006-2007
PRESIDENT: Brenda L. Karl, CISA, Horn Murdock Cole
VICE PRESIDENT: Michael A. Forrest, CISA, Jefferson Wells
SECRETARY: Susan A. Yamin, CPA, Comerica, Inc.
TREASURER: Jamshid Sadaghiyani, CISA, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
DIRECTORS:
Officers and Directors, 2005-5006

Pictured here are some of the Board Members for the 2005- 2006 Chapter Year. Pictured in the front row from left to right: John Quaine, Karine Wegrzynowicz, Susan Yamin, Paul Haley. Pictured in the back row from left to right: Ed Barszcz, Jamshid Sadaghiyani, Mike Forrest, Andrea Stromar, Brenda Karl, Brandy Hanna, Patti Earl-Cole, Carrie Schrader, John McCormick, Art Abruzzo.

Officers and Directors, 2005-2006
PRESIDENT: Patricia A. Earl-Cole, CISA, CIA, Lafarge North America
VICE PRESIDENT: Brenda L. Karl, CISA, Horn Murdock Cole
SECRETARY: Michael A. Forrest, CISA, Jefferson Wells
TREASURER: Jamshid Sadaghiyani, CISA, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
DIRECTORS:

Officers and Directors, 2004-2005
PRESIDENT: Karine F. Wegrzynowicz, CISA, CIA, Ford Motor Company
VICE PRESIDENT: Patricia A. Earl-Cole, CISA, CIA, Horn Murdock Cole
SECRETARY: Michael A. Forrest, CISA, Jefferson Wells
TREASURER: Brenda L. Karl, CISA, Horn Murdock Cole
DIRECTORS:

Officers and Directors, 2003-2004
PRESIDENT: John W. McCormick, CISA, CIA, Horn Murdock Cole
VICE PRESIDENT: Karine F. Wegrzynowicz, CISA, CIA, Ford Motor Company
SECRETARY: Patricia A. Earl-Cole, CISA, CIA, Horn Murdock Cole
TREASURER: Brenda L. Karl, CISA, Horn Murdock Cole
DIRECTORS:

Officers and Directors, 2002-2003
PRESIDENT: Carrie Schrader, CISA, CBM, Handleman Company
VICE PRESIDENT: Michael S. Stolarczyk, CISA, Jefferson Wells
TREASURER: John W. McCormick, CISA, CIA, Horn Murdock Cole
SECRETARY: James Cramer, CISA
DIRECTORS:
PAST PRESIDENTS

Officers and Directors, 2001-2002
PRESIDENT: Arthur Abruzzo, CISA, CDP, CSP, Amerisure Companies
VICE PRESIDENT: Carrie Schrader, CISA, Handleman Company
SECRETARY: James Cramer, CISA, The Detroit Medical Center
TREASURER: John W. McCormick, CISA, CIA, The Detroit Medical Center
DIRECTORS:
PAST PRESIDENTS

Officers and Directors, 2000-2001
PRESIDENT: Todd McGowan, CPA, CISA, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
VICE PRESIDENT: Arthur Abruzzo, CISA, CDP, CSP, Amerisure Companies
SECRETARY: Carrie Schrader, CISA, Handleman Company
TREASURER: Danielle Snyder, CIA, CISA, General Motors Audit Services
DIRECTORS:
PAST PRESIDENTS

Officers and Directors, 1999-2000
PRESIDENT: Marci Klain, CPA, CISA, General Motors Corporation
VICE PRESIDENT: Todd McGowan, CPA, CISA, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
SECRETARY: Arthur Abruzzo, CISA, CDP, CSP, Amerisure Companies
TREASURER: Danielle Snyder, CIA, CISA, General Motors Audit Services
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PAST PRESIDENTS

Past Presidents, 1974-1999