47th Annual Nonprofit Conference Webcast (Accounting and Auditing Track)

John D'Amico, a Managing Director with CBIZ and Shareholder with CBIZ CPAs in the National Attest Office, has over 30 years of experience in providing audit, accounting, and consulting services to not-for-profit organizations and governmental agencies. Prior to joining CBIZ, John worked at a Big 4 firm, as well as other regional accounting firms. His areas of expertise include not-for-profit accounting, GASB, Single Audits, government auditing standards, cost allocations, and internal controls.

John is the previous Chair of the NYCPA Not-for-profit committee. John is also an Instructor for the AICPA, a Subject Matter Expert for Single Audits for the AICPA Peer Review Oversight Program, and a member of the AICPA Peer Review Task Force. John was previously an executive committee memeber of the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center.

John has authored articles, conducted workshops and seminars, and presented them at various conferences on topics Including Not-for-profit Accounting, Single Audits, Government Auditing Standards and Uniform Guidance requirements.

XiXi Dong is a Shareholder within the Not-For-Profit & Government Practice at CBIZ CPAs, located in our New York City office. She brings 20 years of expertise in providing accounting and consulting services to a variety of not-for-profit organizations, including large social service organizations, third party funded organizations, educational institutions, charitable, fundraising and membership organizations including those requiring audits pursuant to Uniform Guidance (Single Audit). She also has experience in conducting audits of employee benefit plans, including defined contribution, defined benefit and multi-employer plans. Ms. Dong has held several not-for-profit Board positions both past and present. Ms. Dong presents at various not-for-profit industry conferences and has published articles in the CPA Journal and firm newsletters. Ms. Dong was recognized as Notable Woman by Crain’s New York in 2020. As of 10/13/2026

Rick has more than 25 years of experience serving nonprofit organizations. He is the Northeast Regional Sector Leader for Nonprofit and Education and is a member of Forvis Mazars' Higher Education Center of Excellence, an internal committee focused on addressing issues important to the higher education industry. Rick focuses on audits and advisory services for nonprofit and higher education organizations.

Before joining the firm in 2019, he worked at FASB, where he served as a supervising project manager for almost six years. In that role, he was the project manager on Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14, Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities; ASU 2018-08, Clarifying the Scope and the Accounting Guidance for Contributions Received and Contributions Made; and ASU 2019-03, Updating the Definition of Collections. He also was coordinator for FASB’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC). Prior to joining FASB, Rick was vice president and controller at a large national museum in New York for seven years and a senior manager with a large international accounting firm, where he worked for 14 years and specialized in audits of higher education institutions and other nonprofit organizations.

Rick is a CPA in New York and New Jersey and is a member of the AICPA and NYSSCPA. He is a member of the AICPA’s Not-for-Profit Entities Expert Panel and the FASB’s NAC. He is a lecturer at Columbia University School of Professional Studies, in their Nonprofit Management program. He also has been a frequent speaker with NACUBO, EACUBO, the AICPA, and various state CPA societies. He is a graduate of Montclair State University, New Jersey, with a B.S. degree and an M.B.A. degree. As of 10/13/2026