Advanced Defined Benefit Plans Audit Certificate

JulieAnn C. Verrekia, CPA

Independent Contractor

American Institute of CPAs

Torrillo & Associates LLC

JulieAnn Verrekia has over twenty five years of experience in accounting and auditing specializing in employee benefit plans. Julie is the Director of Quality Control for Torrillo and Associates, LLC, a Philadelphia area public accounting firm that provides assurance and valuation services specializing in audits of employee benefit plans.
Julie also currently assists the AICPA in the development and update of various employee benefit plan publications.
Julie is a former Managing Director of the employee benefit plan practice in the Philadelphia office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LLP. Her responsibilities included serving Fortune 500 clients as well as major financial services firms. She also was responsible for employee benefit plan quality issues for the southeast region of PwC and was a key member of a team of national office employee benefit plan specialists who oversaw the development of practice aids and training for the entire firm. Julie also has experience with SSAE 16 engagements.
Julie received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, summa cum laude, from Widener University. She is a certified public accountant in the State of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA). Julie was appointed to the Employee Benefit Plan Committee of the PICPA in 2009.

 

Melissa G. Critcher, CPA

Melissa is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA). She has served in various roles with the NCACPA including member of the Board of Directors, committee member for the Accounting and Attestation Committee, as well as local chapter positions.

Melissa’s background in accounting includes more than 15 years experience in public accounting specializing in auditing defined contribution and defined benefit employee benefit plans as well as manufacturing, distribution, and professional service organizations. Her public accounting experience includes a position as a senior audit manager with Greer & Walker, LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina, a manager at a regional firm in Raleigh, North Carolina prior to re-locating to Charlotte. Melissa also worked with a local firm in Winston-Salem. During her career, Melissa has been responsible for managing the employee benefit plan niche, marketing and business development, and conducting in-house training seminars. Since 2002 Melissa has led discussion seminars on the AICPA’s Audits of 401(k) Plans for the NCACPA. Additional seminars include Audit Documentation and Review, Employee Benefit Plan Audits, and Small Business Audits. Ms. Critcher received the AICPA Outstanding Instructor Award in 2011, 2012, and 2013.