Laurie Horvath has more than 20 years of public accounting experience, including 12 years with an international firm with five in a national office role. As Baker Tilly’s healthcare and not-for-profit practice leader in Detroit, Michigan, she specializes in providing auditing, accounting and consulting services to not-for-profit and healthcare, including financial statement audits and single audits under OMB Uniform Guidance.
- Serves on numerous audit engagements for not-for-profit and healthcare entities including several large multi-entity engagements, single audit engagements, foundations, senior living organizations and human service agencies
- Identifies client opportunities for efficiencies, best practices, and improved governance
- Works with new and existing organizations to map out effective strategic plans, governance strategies, and operational best practices
- Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA), chair
- MICPA, Not-for-Profit Task Force member
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), former Not-for-Profit Expert Panel member
- Honor Community Health, board member
- Lighthouse of Oakland County, former chair and treasurer
- Detecting and preventing fraud and embezzlement in your organization, Baker Tilly Not-for-profit fiscal workshop, February 2018
- AICPA Women to Watch 2017 – Experience Leader Award
- Managing Managed Care, LeadingAge Michigan Leadership Institute, August 2017
- Not-for-Profit Accounting and Financial Reporting, Baker Tilly Roundtable, July 2015
- Staying Out of Hot Water with Professional Services, Walsh College Entrepreneur You Conference, March 2015
- Appropriate Level of Reserves a NFP Should Maintain, Baker Tilly Not-for-Profit Seminar, March 2015
- GAAP Update, Baker Tilly Not-for-Profit Seminar, March 2015
- Best Practices for an Effective & Efficient Board of Directors, Michigan Israel Business Bridge, February 2015
- Determining the Appropriate Level of Reserves Your NFP Should Maintain, Baker Tilly / PNC Bank Not-for-Profit Event, December 2014
- Women's Initiative 101, AICPA, November 2014
- Top 20 Ways to Improve Your Internal Control Structure, Resource Center for Religious Institutes Conference, November 2014
- Ask the Auditors Roundtable, MICPA Not-for-Profit Conference, October 2014
- Best Practices of an Audit Committee, Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit, October 2014
- Building a Successful Network at Different Stages of Your Career, AICPA, May 2014
- Internal Controls: Best Policies and Procedures for NFPs, Troy Chamber 9th Annual Management Conference, April 2014
- What You Should Know About Estate Planning, UBS Financial Services Information Conversations, March 2014
- Analysis of Grantee Financial Statements, Council of Michigan Foundations, March 2014
