Marci Thomas, CPA, MHA, is an author and discussion leader for Loscalzo Associates Ltd., and she performs quality control and risk assessment consultations. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches health care consulting and financial leadership. Prior to working with Loscalzo Associates, Thomas worked for Deloitte in the accounting and advisory services department, where she served as director in the strategy and operations practice. She was nationally recognized for her work with managed healthcare, employee benefit plans and the public sector, including state employee retirement systems and state and local governments. She also worked extensively with organizations required to report under OMB Circular A-133. Thomas worked with Enterprise Governance, including leveraging Sarbanes Oxley requirements to add value to companies. She lead the firm’s National HEDIS Product Committee and was on the National Regulatory Compliance Task Force where she chaired the managed care subcommittee. Thomas is on the not-for-profit committee for North Carolina and also writes all the not-for-profit curriculum for Loscalzo Associates. Thomas is a frequent speaker at local, regional and national conferences for groups such as the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Healthcare Information Systems Society (HIMSS), Healthcare Compliance Association and others. She has written articles for publications of the HFMA, HIMSS and Healthcare Compliance Association and has won numerous awards for her work with those organizations. Thomas is a member of the Members in Industry Section of the Georgia Society of CPAs and is the 2011 Fall Decision Makers Conference chair. In addition to writing numerous training manuals for Loscalzo Associates Ltd., she is co-editor and author of “Essentials of Physician Practice Management.” She is in the process of writing a book on not-for-profit financial leadership and governance for not-for-profit executives, managers and their board members.