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Daniel O’Keefe, CPA, CFE, MBA
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Dan O’Keefe is a Shareholder at Moore Stephens Lovelace, P.A. and is in charge of the Firm's Governmental Practice Group. Dan has over 30 years of public accounting, governmental and not-for-profit experience and has provided services to numerous municipalities, counties and other governmental entities. He is a nationally recognized expert in the area of governmental auditing and is one of the most sought after public sector instructors in the state of Florida.

Professional Experience

Dan has extensive experience auditing governmental and nonprofit agency financial operations, including services provided to 50 municipalities, 14 counties, four state agencies and numerous special districts and authorities. In addition, he provides consulting services in the areas of internal control assessments, litigation support, fraud remediation, and performance reviews.

Dan provides Continuing Professional Education (CPE) services to clients, peers and governmental agencies throughout the state of Florida and the United States and is the author of numerous CPE courses on governmental accounting and auditing. He has instructed CPE sponsored by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA) and previously served a four year term on the Florida Board of Accountancy CPE Committee. He is the three-time recipient of the FICPA Outstanding Seminar Leader Award and two-time recipient of the AICPA Outstanding Instructor Award.

Dan is the co-author of A State Lottery: A Challenge for Auditors; co-author of Auditing Budget Requirements for Florida’s Local Governments; and author of the 1996 Single Audit Requirements. In addition, Dan authored The Florida Single Audit Act.

Education, Certifications and Licenses

• M.B.A. Degree in Accounting, Florida State University

• B.S. Degree in Accounting, Canisius College in Buffalo, New York

• C.P.A., Certified Public Accountant - Florida

• C.F.E. - Certified Fraud Examiner

• Member of the International Honors Society of Beta Gamma Sigma

Affiliations and Community Involvement

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• Serves on the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel

• Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• Government Finance Officers Association

• Florida Government Finance Officers Association

• Member of the FICPA Governance Task Force

• University of Central Florida Accounting Advisory Board – Board Member

• Osceola County School District Audit Committee – Vice-Chairman

• Adjunct professor with the University of West Florida

• Member of the Council of Leaders of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce

• Seminole Community College Foundation Board – Board Member/Finance Committee

• Art for Life Productions of Central Florida – President

• Crown Ministries – Small Group Leader

• Florida Chamber of Commerce – Board of Governors/Finance Committee

• Former Chairman of the FICPA State Legislative Policy, CPE, and State and Local Government Policy Committees

• FICPA Board of Governors, former member

• FICPA Volusia County Chapter, former President

• FICPA Standards Review Committee, former member

• FICPA Education Foundation, former member

• FGFOA Legislative Conference Host, Technical Resource, and Legislative Policy Committees, former member

• Served on the GFOA Special Review Committee for 15 years

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