Dan Davitt

(Director at M&K Rosenfarb LLC)

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From Audit Partner to CFO to     

Forensic Accountant…………….

    AND Fraud All Along the Way

Dan Davitt is a Director at M&K Rosenfarb LLC concentrating on forensic services and commercial litigation matters. He has over 30 years experience in the accounting industry, including 19 years as an auditor in public accounting (the last six years as an audit partner),10 years as a CFO in various industries and the last few years as a Director specializing in forensic accounting. 

Journey with Dan as he describes his experiences dealing with fraud from three distinct accounting disciplines; public accounting, private accounting and forensic accounting. Hear from him his involvement with the frauds, how they were uncovered, what steps were taken after discovery and what were the ultimate resolutions. Understand who was involved in the process, what communications occurred and what were the final ramifications. A telling look at fraud through multiple lenses and a troublesome feeling that no one is safe!

Elisa Velazquez, General Counsel to the Mayor’s Office of Contracts Services

She provides legal advice and analysis to the City Chief Procurement Officer, agencies and staff on a broad range of procurement related issues and general office operations.  In addition to the Counsel Unit, Elisa also supervises the VENDEX Unit, the Vendor Responsibility and Compliance Unit and the Capacity Building and Oversight Unit.  Elisa is also the City’s appointee on the New York State Advisory Council for Procurement Lobbying.  Prior to her current position, Elisa was the Legislative Counsel to the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Deputy Counsel to Public Advocate Mark Green and Assistant Counsel to Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger.  Elisa also ran a domestic violence program based in Brooklyn Criminal Court.  She received her JD from New York Law School in 1992. 

 Jenny Walty, Assistant Director for Capacity Building and Oversight

She manages the development of the MOCS Capacity Building and Oversight unit under Director Marla Simpson.  She joined the staff of MOCS in 2005, in the Vendor Responsibility and Compliance Unit, to conduct Integrity Reviews and manage Vendor Rehabilitations. She also developed and taught a compliance training curriculum. Her previous experience includes four years as the Executive Coordinator and board liaison at Art in General—a nonprofit arts center. She received her Bachelors degree from New York University in 1999, and is pursuing a Masters Degree in the Department of Urban Affairs and Urban Planning at Hunter College .

 The Capacity Building and Oversight (CBO) unit, a new program at MOCS, provides technical assistance resources to not-for-profit vendors and the City’s human services agencies. CBO helps vendors identify needs and implement appropriate corporate governance and fiscal controls. CBO works with expert technical assistance partners to expand the availability of technical assistance to support the City’s not-for-profit partners and service providers.

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Ms. Velazquez and Ms. Walty will discuss the newly formed Capacity Building and Oversight unit of the Mayor's Office of Contract Service, its genesis and current functionality as a preventative measure against potential non-for-profit vendor incompliance, the relevant oversight function it provides, and the integrity it seeks to implement and perpetuate within the eclectic network of New York City's non-for-profit partners and service providers.