Adirondack Chapter - Day 2 - Private Company Auditing Update + Ethics Update

Renee Rampulla CPA CGMA is the managing member and founder of Rampulla Advisory Services, LLC, with over 30 years of experience in accounting, auditing, and professional ethics. She is a national standard-setter, Renee served on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Auditing Standards Board from 2022 – 2025 and in May of 2025 she was appointed to serve on the AICPA’s Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC). Renee is a frequently requested and nationally recognized speaker; a five-time recipient of the AICPA’s Outstanding Instructor Award; a recipient of the New Jersey Society of CPAs “Women of Note”; received the “Samuel A. Dyckman, Excellence in Education Award” and the 2024 recipient of “Surgent’s Outstanding Discussion Leader”. Renee has taught over 1,200 continuing professional education (CPE) courses. She is the author of several accounting and auditing publications and continuing professional education courses for the AICPA, various State Societies, numerous accounting firms, and organizations. Renee writes and gives lectures on technical accounting, auditing, and professional ethical issues. She has experience in the auditing of public and privately held entities ranging from the manufacturing and service sectors to financial services. Renee was a partner in a regional accounting firm in the northeast in charge of the firm’s accounting and auditing practice and their quality control group. By devoting several years of her career to both regional and Big Four accounting firms Renee accumulated a wealth of technical and practical knowledge. In addition, while working for the AICPA, she performed professional ethics investigations; collaborated closely with senior technical committees; presented technical guidance before standard setters; and authored and updated several AICPA publications. In addition to her national standard setting roles serving on both the ASB and PEEC, Renee is a past member of the AICPA council and the AICPA’s Ethics Enforcement Committee. She is a past Vice President of Professional Issues for the New York State Society of CPAs (NYCPA), a past member of the NYCPA Executive Committee and former NYCPA Director at Large board member. Renee has chaired the NYCPA’s Professional Ethics and Nominating Committees and is the Past President of the NYCPA’s Staten Island Chapter. She has served in several other leadership positions for the NYCPA. Renee has also served in leadership roles with the New Jersey Society of CPA (NJCPA) such as Chair and Vice-chair of the NJCPA Accounting and Auditing Standards Interest Group; Co-Chair of the NJCPA Accounting Standards and IFRS sub-committees and as a member of the NJCPA Audit and Professional Conduct committees. For several years Renee was an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College, a City University of New York City, teaching various undergraduate accounting, auditing, and research courses.