Ilene has been with KPMG for 27 years, the first 17 years of which were spent performing financial statement audits for some of KPMG’s largest Higher Education and Not for Profit Organizations clients. For the last 10 years, Ilene has been a partner in KPMG's National Office Department of Professional Practice. Part of Ilene's responsibilities include being the designated partner for employee benefit plan audit quality and is the firm’s liaison to the Department of Labor’s Chief Accountants Office. She also develops national ebp and audit training, consults with both benefit plan and higher education and not for profit organizations engagement teams on accounting and auditing matters, and is among the small group of professionals responsible for developing both firm guidance and tools for auditing fair value and alternative investments. Ilene serves as team captain for KPMG’s annual employee benefit plan audit quality performance and compliance program and is also involved in peer review programs. Ilene is currently KPMG's representative on the AICPA's Auditing STandards Board, is a member of the Executive Committee of the EBP Audit Quality Center, and is a member of the Ethics Technical Standards Subcommittee.