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Officer for 2009-2010 (serving 2010-2011) years
March 31, 2009
Contact: Olga Feldman

The following will serve for the 2010 -2011 year.

Officers

President
John Olenberger
Founder, Colorado Independent Consultants Network

John Olenberger is the founder of Colorado Independent Consultants Network (CICN), a developing network of experienced professionals specializing in Risk Consulting, Internal Audit, and Financial Analysis.  Prior to founding CICN, John was a Manager in the Denver office of KPMG's Internal Audit Services practice.  John has also worked in the Internal Audit department of Waste Management, as well as the Internal and External audit functions of Arthur Andersen in Boston.  John has been an active member of the IIA for the past 8 years, having participated in quarterly IIA Director's roundtable meetings, an IIA Quality Assessment Review, and various chapter meetings and events.  Past leadership roles include president of a 98 unit homeowners association, audit committee chairman for the Boy Scouts of America (Nashua Valley Council), and President of Beta Alpha Psi (U. of Nebraska).   In his free time, John enjoys all that Colorado has to offer, including skiing, mountain biking, hiking, and sailing.

Secretary
Joshua Kettler
Director, Risk Management, RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Joshua has over eight years of consulting experience in both the corporate finance and public accounting settings.  In his current role, he has been responsible for serving as the project manager on numerous internal audit outsourcing and Sarbanes-Oxley consulting engagements, primarily in the financial services and manufacturing industries.  On these engagements his duties included project scoping and budgeting, the development of process documentation and testing plans, and performing the review of staff work products.  Over the past year, Joshua has also been a member of a national committee within the firm responsible for developing standardized templates and control libraries used as part of RSM McGladrey's risk management methodology.  Prior to joining RSM McGladrey, Joshua served as Senior Accountant-in-Charge for one of the Big 4 firms specializing in engagement team supervision on several financial audit and consulting projects.  In addition, he has assisted many clients with the implementation of new audit methodologies. His previous experience includes serving clients in wide variety of industries such as energy, transportation, manufacturing, retail management, software sales, construction/engineering, and banking.

Treasurer
Annette Schandl
CHAN

Annette is a Director at Catholic Healthcare Audit Network in later April.  Prior to that, she was a senior manager in the Risk Advisory Service Group for Ernst & Young in Denver, Colorado for almost 6 years.  Annette has over 10 years of industry accounting and internal audit experience with service to healthcare, non-profit, media & entertainment, manufacturing, commodity transportation, mining and technology related companies.  She also has three years of public accounting experience (PwC) with service focus on healthcare, real estate, telecommunication and manufacturing related services.  Annette has been an active member of the IIA for the past 5 years, having participated in various chapter meetings and events.  Annette has extensive experience in participating in board of director functions (particular for non-profit organizations).  She is a founding member of the Montessori Academy of Colorado, a not-for-profit organization, located in Denver, focused on Montessori teachings.  Annette was the treasurer of the Board for 4 years.  She is also involved in the German American Chamber of Commerce - CO Chapter for the past 10 years.  She has been a board member for 5 years and currently serves as the treasurer of this organization.  Annette has a strong understanding of the day-to-day activities of a volunteer non-profit organization, including the financial, tax and legal aspects of running such organizations.  In her free time, Annette loves to spent time with her husband and daughter (8 years old), and enjoys running, biking, swimming, skiing and lots of reading.

Vice President of Education
Sarah Purkeypile
Senior Consultant, Protiviti, Inc.

Sarah is a Senior Consultant in the Internal Audit practice of the Denver Protiviti office. She received a BBA in Finance from Texas Tech University and has been trained in Lawson and Verian procurement systems as well as Audit Command Language (ACL). Sarah has experience in Sarbanes Oxley compliance, internal audit, control assessment, enterprise contracts management, procure-to-pay process re-engineering, spend risk assessment, loss prevention, trust service audit, financial data analysis and control self assessment in the following industries: energy, communications, manufacturing, financial services, distribution and government.  Sarah is also a member of the Denver IIA Chapter and has participated in monthly meetings. She has served as Committee Chair for the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and on the Philanthropy Board for United Way.

Vice President of Member Services
Kimberly Neafus
Audit Manager, CIGNA HealthCare

Kim is an Audit Manager at CIGNA HealthCare in the Denver office.  Kim has almost 17 years of internal audit experience in a variety of industries including banking, financial services, healthcare and oil and gas.  Kim has been responsible for compliance, financial, and operational audits, coordination with external auditors, and system development activities.  Kim has been a member of the Denver IIA Chapter since 1999.  Kim participated in monthly meetings as well as attended various local and out of state IIA trainings.  Kim served on the Denver IIA Education committee for one year.

Vice President of Communications
Connie Spinelli
 
Senior Manager, EKS&H
Connie has 10 years public accounting and consulting experience, 2 years internal audit experience and 4 years in  private industry.  Since the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, Connie provided consulting services to Deloitte and Touche's ERS department, and internal audit services to organizations including the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, MarkWest Oil, and the asset management group of Cushman and Wakefield.  She has recently joined EKS&H as Senior Manager in their Risk Advisory Services division focusing primarily on SAS 70 and internal audit department consulting services.   She holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Northern Michigan University.  She is a CPA, CMA, CIA and CFE.  Connie has been a member of the Denver IIA since 2007

Vice President of Academic Relations
Kevin Stadler
Assistant Vice President of Internal Audit, Archstone

Kevin Stadler, CPA, is the Assistant Vice President of Internal Audit at Archstone, which he assisted in establishing in 2002.  Archstone is engaged in the operation, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and long-term ownership of apartment communities throughout the United States and Germany.  At Archstone, Kevin has responsibilities that include corporate operational and financial auditing, investigations, Sarbanes-Oxley assessment and community compliance reviews.  Prior to joining Archstone, Kevin performed audit activities for KB Home and Arthur Andersen LLP.  Kevin is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).  He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust-Internal Audit Forum and the Institute of Internal Auditors.  Kevin has held several leadership positions within the local chapter of the IIA, currently serving as the VP of Academic Relations.


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