Join us for the annual Audit and Assurance Year-End Roundtable. It will be an engaging and collaborative session hosted by Laurie Gatten CPA CFE, the Chair of MGI North America’s A&A Committee and A&A Director at Barnes Wendling. It is designed to help members reflect on the past year and prepare for success in 2026.
This open forum gives A&A professionals the opportunity to share key lessons learned in 2025—from software tools/features and workflow improvements to best practices for audit and assurance processes. Each attendee will have five minutes to share their insights, followed by a group discussion on what topics, webinars, and resources would be most valuable in the year ahead.
To close the session, Jeff Anzovino of Deluzio & Company will provide a 15-minute update on the latest changes to Peer Reviews, offering important insights to help you stay current and compliant.
1:00 PM – 1:55 PM: Year-End Roundtable
1:55 PM – 2:00 PM: Ideas for Year-Ahead
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM: Peer Review Update
Don’t miss this chance to learn from fellow members in North America, exchange ideas, and shape the direction of our 2026 programs.



A&A Director, Barnes Wendling CPAs, Inc.
Laurie A. Gatten the Chair of MGI North America’s A&A Committee and Director in the accounting and assurance services department at Barnes Wendling in Cleveland, Ohio. She has over 27 years of experience providing accounting, auditing, and tax services to privately held companies in the manufacturing, distribution, and service industries. Laurie is also the lead director of the not-for-profit group. 
In addition to providing compliance services, Laurie also assists clients with consulting needs, including internal control studies, financial and quality of earnings analyses, and due diligence procedures. Laurie is a certified fraud examiner and provides fraud prevention and detection services to organizations looking to strengthen their internal controls or in need of forensic investigations.

Partner, Deluzio & Company, LLP
Jeffrey P. Anzovino, CPA, MSA is an audit partner and a partner of Deluzio & Company, LLP. He provides auditing and accounting services to some of the best-known companies, governmental and nonprofit organizations in Western Pennsylvania. Jeff’s audit clients include government agencies and nonprofit organizations such as sewage and water authorities, children service providers, community colleges, school districts and foundations, as well as city and municipal governments. Through Jeff’s work with local boards, foundations and charities, he is well known and recognized as a consummate professional in the community. A certified public accountant since 1995, Jeff has a master’s degree in accounting from Saint Vincent College, is an associate member of the Certified Fraud Examiners and an honorary member of the Delta Mu Delta business honor society.Please accept {{cookieConsents}} cookies to view this content