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Internal Audit Staff Biographies

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D. Richard "Rick" Moyer, Executive Director

Mr. Moyer is the Executive Director of Internal Audit and Institutional Compliance for Stanford University and the Stanford University Medical Center.  Prior to joining Stanford in 2006, Rick served as the Executive Director of Audit Services and the Institute Compliance Officer at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Mr. Moyer has over thirty years of financial and auditing experience. Prior to joining Caltech in 2001, he held varying and increasingly responsible positions with major defense contractors, including General Dynamics, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Moyer has held positions as: Corporate Audit Director; Director of Compliance, Productivity and Process Improvement; Director of Corporate Taxes; and Director - Treasurer’s Office.  Rick has a proven track record in team building as well as establishing effective internal audit and compliance functions.

Mr. Moyer holds a bachelors degree in business administration/accounting from San Diego State University and is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).  He has completed executive financial management seminars at Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University, and the University of Pennsylvania.  He is active in the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).  He served the IIA as Chairman of the International Committee for Academic Relations, a Trustee of the Research Foundation, President of the San Diego Chapter, and a member of the Board of Governors of the San Gabriel Valley Chapter.  He currently serves on the IIA’s International Committee for Professional Conferences.  He has been a conference and seminar speaker and presenter, including the IIA International Conference, IIA General Audit Management Conference, IIA All Star Conference, IIA Emerging Trends Conference, ACUA Annual Conference, and the San Diego State University Leadership Conference.

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Daisy Asinas, Audit Manager - School of Medicine

Daisy Asinas' responsibilities include conduct and management of internal control, compliance, irregularity, financial, and follow-up audits.  She carries out special projects for and in support of the School of Medicine (SoM) management, such as internal control training and process improvement facilitation for the SoM administrators.

Daisy has over 15 years of experience in auditing and 10 years in accounting and financial management.  Ms. Asinas started her career at Triad Resources Inc. in Manila, Philippines as an Accounting Assistant and she was the Chief Accountant of the company until her migration to the U.S. in 1985.  She worked in various financial institutions prior to joining Stanford in 1988.

Daisy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Accounting from the Philippines.  She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in California and in the Philippines.  Ms. Asinas is a member of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA).

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Ranjita Chakravarty, IT Controls Specialist

Ranjita joined the Internal Audit Department of Stanford University, in April 1998.  As IT audit manager, her responsibilities include planning, conducting and managing system audits and providing consulting services to various Information Systems departments at Stanford University.  Prior to joining Stanford, Ranjita was a Manager at Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., in their Computer Assurance Services practice, where she conducted, managed and coordinated IT Audits of a variety of firms in the retail, high-tech, manufacturing and banking industries.  Prior to Coopers & Lybrand she was with the Corporate Internal Audit departments of two major banks in Massachusetts - the Bank of Boston and State Street Bank.

Ranjita received her MBA from Arizona State University, her MA in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India and B.A. in Political Science from Delhi University in India.  Ranjita is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).   She is a current member and Past President of ISACA – Silicon Valley chapter.  Ranjita has presented IT audit topics at various professional organizations such as ACUA and HEUG and has contributed articles to the ISACA journal. She participated in the development of the Risk Dictionary available on the ACUA website.  In her spare time Ranjita is active in the Bay area theater and film community.

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Open Position, Sr. Associate Director - Audit

Person Pending.

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Doris Fung, Audit Manager - Hospitals

Doris Fung is the Audit Manager responsible for Stanford Hospital & Clinics as well as Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.  Prior to joining Stanford in April 2007, Doris was an Audit Manager at Kaiser Permanente.  Doris has over thirteen years of combined experiences in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, project management, business process re-engineering, IT audit, and public accounting.  She was an Audit manager at KPMG, and a Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche.

Doris received her MBA from Indiana University at Bloomington.  She is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).  She won the “Best Female Athlete” award in college and represented Hong Kong in swimming events at the World University Games.

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Charlotte Lane, Sr. Consulting Manager

Charlotte Lane applies her eighteen years of audit experience in the performance of audits included in the annual plan as well as those requested and funded directly by University management and clients. 

After nine years with Coopers & Lybrand LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), Charlotte joined the Internal Audit Department in February 1999 on a consulting basis.  Her public accounting experience includes five years as external auditor to Stanford University (three of them as its A-133 audit manager) and annual audits of other colleges and universities, not-for-profit entities and many commercial enterprises.  Charlotte has been a consultant to Silicon Valley start-ups and has some experience with work under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (internal controls environment). 

Ms. Lane earned her BA in Business Administration (concentrations in both marketing and accounting) from San Jose State University and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in California as well as a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

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Myra McGill, Audit Manager - SLAC

Myra joined Stanford University’s Internal Audit Department in 2004 and is currently the Audit Manager for Stanford’s Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).   Myra’s background covers regulatory compliance auditing complemented with a strong background in general accounting and financial reporting.  Her career as an auditor began with Blue Cross of California as a Medicare Auditor performing compliance audits for the Department of Health and Human Services.  Subsequently, she has served as a healthcare reimbursement specialist, senior regulatory compliance internal auditor, and consultant-manager.  Her accounting background includes managing client write-up services for small business clients and preparing financial statements: both statutory and GAAP.

Myra has a Bachelors Degree in accounting from Chicago State University, a Masters in Public Administration from California State University, and obtained the Certified Public Accountant certification from the state of Illinois.  She holds memberships in the American Institute of Certified Accountants (AICPA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).  Myra has taught accounting and auditing courses at University of Phoenix and is currently studying law.

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Marsha Murphy, Sr. Associate Director - Medical Center

Ms. Murphy is the Senior Associate Director of Internal Audit for the Stanford University Medical Center, comprised of Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and the Stanford University School of Medicine.  Prior to joining Stanford in 2007, Marsha served as Director of Internal Audit Services at the University of California, Irvine.

Marsha has over thirty years of auditing experience. Prior to joining UC Irvine, she was the Manager of Health Sciences Audits at Columbia University in the City of New York. Prior to that position, she was the Internal Audit Director for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Before entering the higher education audit field, she was the Director of Internal Audit for Northern Plain Natural Gas in Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary of Enron Corporation. Prior to that, Marsha was in public accounting and specialized in financial audits of hospitals and other non-profit organizations. 

Marsha holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Baruch College of the City University of New York, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech and theater from the State University of New York at Oneonta. Marsha is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Professional Coder (CPC).  Marsha completed the 2001 Executive Leadership and Management Institute at Stanford University, and completed the three-year College Business Management Institute sponsored by the University of Kentucky and the Southern Association of College and University Business Officers (SACUBO). She was on the board of the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA) for eight years, and served as the organization’s president in 2001.  She is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC).

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Eric Nakagawa, Audit Manager & Information Security Specialist

Eric is an Audit Manager and the Information Systems Security Specialist in Stanford University’s Internal Audit & Institutional Compliance Department with primary responsibility for managing information security, data privacy concerns and institutional technology risks for the University, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Eric's responsibilities include assisting the University in defining polices and practices to meet legal, regulatory and contractual information security requirements. Mr. Nakagawa emphasizes improving business operating efficiencies and information security practices through an effective blend of technological and business process improvements. He has particular skill as the liaison between the technical, academic and administrative communities and senior management. Eric has the unique ability to develop and lead multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams to provide business solutions through strategic planning, process development, system and process integration and training in diverse businesses and industries on time and under budget. Eric's Audit Manager responsibilities include compliance and operational audits throughout the University.

Eric previously worked at Arthur Andersen and LVMH - Moet Hennessey/Louis Vuitton responsible for information security consulting and auditing, on global, regional and local scales. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Nakagawa is a member of 'the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Silicon Valley Chapter of ISACA.  He continues to be a conference and seminar speaker on a variety of IT, Information Security and Data Privacy subjects. Eric also is a member of the Board of Directors for the San Anselmo Baseball Association.

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Mahshid Parsi, Audit Manager

Mahshid Parsi has been with Stanford Internal Audit Department since 1995.  As an audit manager, Ms. Parsi's responsibilities include management of audit projects in various schools and departments, with emphasis in the Dean of Research and School of Humanities and Sciences areas.  Ms. Parsi received her Bachelor Degree in Finance, and Masters Degree in Accounting Science from University of Illinois in Champaign-IL.  Before joining Stanford, Ms. Parsi worked in various financial and auditing positions at Columbia University, Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P, and other commercial companies  Ms. Parsi is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.

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Frank Topper, Facilitator

Frank Topper has been a full time facilitator since 1988, designing and facilitating hundreds of planning, process improvement, and self-assessment sessions. He assisted in the development of, and refinements to, Stanford’s approach to Risk and Control Self-Assessment, Enterprise Risk Assessment, and Enterprise Risk Management. Frank graduated from Syracuse University and has worked for Merrill Lynch, Sun Company, and the University of Pennsylvania  in various technology roles.

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Peggy Wiley, Sr Associate Director - Audit & Institutional Compliance

Peggy Wiley became the Senior Associate Director - Audit and Institutional Compliance in December 2007. She is responsible for ensuring coordination and resolution of issues with senior management responsible for compliance, chairing the Institutional Compliance Coordinating Committee, and is a primary point-of-contact for the Compliance Helpline.  She conducts preliminary investigations into allegations, as appropriate.  Peggy has a key leadership role in the enterprise risk management process for the university.  She also acts as the liaison with government audit agency representatives and external auditors on behalf of the University in addition to serving as the Audit Coordinator for the annual A-133 audit.  Peggy has audit responsibility for the Stanford Management Company and conducts other University audits.

Prior to joining Stanford in 2004, Peggy was CFO for a number of privately-held medical device, software and other high technology companies in Silicon Valley including Valicert, Focalink, and Sound ID. She also held controller positions at Boole & Babbage and Inmac Corporation and was a division controller at Apple Computer.  She started her career at Arthur Andersen & Company on both the audit and tax staff responsible for major corporate, partnership and individual clients.

Peggy earned her BA at Stanford and her MBA from SMU.  She is currently pursuing a Master of Liberal Arts degree at Stanford.  She is a Certified Public Accountant in California and is also a Certified Investments and Derivatives auditor.  Peggy is a member of the Board of Governors for the San Jose chapter of the IIA.

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Ada Chen, Senior Auditor

Bio Pending.

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Vance Clemans, Auditor

Vance Clemans is a staff auditor in the Internal Audit and Institutional Compliance Department.  His responsibilities include performance of operational and compliance audits, as well as being the primary liaison with external auditors.  He has expertise in detailed data mining and analysis. Prior to Stanford, Mr. Clemans worked as a computer operator and a data processing analyst at various companies in Palo Alto and Chicago. Vance received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting from San Jose State University.

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Karen Corday, Principal Auditor

Ms Corday joined the SU Internal Audit Department for SHC and LPCH in 2003 and became a Certified Internal Auditor in 2005. 

Prior to joining Internal Audit, Karen held previous positions of financial accountability with major California healthcare organizations.  She was a Financial/Reimbursement Manager for California Emergency Physicians/MedAmerica for eight years, and the Patient Accounting Manager for a private physician partnership for two years.  She was a Senior Reimbursement Specialist with Stanford Health Services for four years.  Karen worked in varied medical administrative, clinical, and research positions prior to graduating from college. 

She particularly enjoyed working in a San Francisco Emergency Department for many years.  She was one of the initial members of the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Association of Professional Coders and served as Chapter Secretary in 2005 and 2006.  Karen earned a BA in Biology from San Francisco State University and completed additional studies in auditing, accounting, and information systems.

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Yulia Klug, Senior Auditor

Bio Pending.

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Ikuyo Lehman, Senior Auditor

Ikuyo Lehman joined the Internal Audit Department in early 2006.  Her responsibilities include performance of departmental compliance, operational and follow-up audits in support of the School of Medicine (SoM) audit manager.  She also works on other audits throughout the University.  Prior to joining Internal Audit, Ikuyo worked in various departments at Stanford University mainly in School of Medicine.  She is currently pursuing certification as a Certified Internal Auditor.

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Margaret Lindberg, Senior Auditor

Margaret Lindberg joined the Internal Audit Department in July 2007 and is part of the Team conducting audits at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) and Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC).  Margaret has been working in health care for the past twenty-one years—fifteen of them at Stanford University and SHC.  Prior to joining Internal Audit, Ms. Lindberg held management positions in the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine and in Department Relations at Professional Services Operations—SHC.

Margaret earned her Bachelors degree in psychology at San Jose State University and is a Certified Professional Coder.  She is currently pursuing certification as a Certified Internal Auditor.

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Robert Maranga, IT Auditor

Robert Maranga joined Stanford University's Internal Audit Department in 2007. As an IT Auditor he is responsible for ensuring that the University's IT environment has adequate and effective controls. Prior to joining internal audit, Robert was a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University where he worked with Grameen Foundation on the MIFOS Project – an open source management information system for micro finance institutions.  Prior to joining Stanford University, Robert held various positions in business processes implementation and control in the telecoms sector where he worked with various enterprise information systems including Oracle Financials and Human Resources and several telecoms applications.

Mr. Maranga holds a bachelors degree in applied accounting from Oxford Brookes University and a graduate diploma in management information systems from Greenwich University. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and is in the process of getting certified as a chartered accountant. He volunteers as a Financial and Audit Committee Chair for Information Systems Control and Audit Association – Silicon Valley Chapter.  Robert is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors – San Jose Chapter and is actively involved in the activities of various Bay Area charitable organizations interested in technology ventures, education, community development and micro finance.

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Luisa Pauga, Auditor

Luisa Pauga is a staff auditor in the Internal Audit and Institutional Compliance Department.  Her responsibilities include performance of departmental compliance, operational and other audits throughout the University.

In her 21 years at Stanford, Luisa has a range of administrative experiences including administrative coordinator for the department.  She was promoted to staff auditor in May 2006 after receiving her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Menlo College.  She is currently working towards a CIA certification.

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Gyn Sanchez-Ng, Senior Auditor

Gyn Sanchez-Ng returned to Stanford and the Internal Audit Department in late 2005 as a Senior Auditor. She was a former Staff Auditor, primarily responsible for performing Hospital and School of Medicine reviews. Ms. Sanchez-Ng left the department in 1997 to work in corporate finance and risk management. She has over 15 years experience enhancing internal controls, strengthening procedures and operational efficiencies.

Gyn earned her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration - Finance at California State University, Hayward.

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Chat Vaewsorn, Sr Auditor

Bio Pending.

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Xiaodong (Sheldon) Zhai, Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) Analyst

Bio Pending.
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Carolyn Johnstone, Administrative Associate

Carolyn Johnstone has been with the Internal Audit Department since September 2004.  Prior to joining Stanford, she worked for Girl Scouts of Utah and as a reservations agent for Horizon Air.  In addition to being the first point of contact for department visitors and clients, Carolyn also provides administrative support for the department.

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Norma Cortes, Executive Assistant

Bio Pending.
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