Bridgette Hodges CPA

Bridgette leads the SEC Regulatory Matters group in Grant Thornton’s National Professional Standards Group and has over 25 years of experience in financial reporting and compliance combined with solid operational experience. Her focus pertains to SEC regulatory, financial reporting and compliance issues.

Bridgette began her career in the audit practice of a large public accounting firm. After three years, she left the public accounting profession to work in industry. Bridgette worked for 12 years in industry, all with publicly-traded companies ranging from entrepreneurial environments and foreign private issuers, to a Fortune 500 New York Stock Exchange listed company. Her industry experience includes educational software companies, a government contractor (aerospace and defense), and a hospitality real estate investment trust.

Bridgette’s experience includes the following:

Vice President of Financial Controls and Compliance, MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (previously one of the top hospitality REITs) Director of External Reporting and Corporate Accounting, General Dynamics Corporation Vice President of Finance, Innovative Technologies in Education ($3 million U.S. sales, marketing and distribution subsidiary of Israeli-based, foreign private issuer, educational software company) Controller, Edunetics Corporation ($15 million U.S. sales, marketing and distribution subsidiary of Israeli-based, foreign private issuer, research and development educational software company) Audit Senior, Arthur Andersen LLP

Bridgette’s responsibilities have included compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (or GAAP) and SEC rules and regulations, including corporate-wide application of new accounting pronouncements, SEC regulatory filings, as well as corporate governance matters. At MeriStar Hospitality Corporation, she also assisted in the launch of an internal audit function and their Section 404 compliance program. Bridgette has experience in M&A and disposition activities, including due diligence work and technical application of appropriate GAAP. She has solid operational experience, having established and managed the corporate-wide functions of administration, accounting, treasury and human resources while employed by the educational software companies.