Valuation and Forensic Services Team Credentials

Asif Charania, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
Valuation and Forensic Services Partner

• Member of AICPA’s Business Valuation Committee (the national committee that is responsible for oversight of the development of professional valuation standards and valuation education program for CPAs)
• Recipient of the 2019 Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS) Standing Ovation Award

• Awarded Top 5 Under 35 Award in 2019
• Young Professionals Advisory Council (YPAC) – Former Vice Chair
• VSCPA Young Professional Advisory Council, former Vice Chair and member
• VSCPA Business Valuation, Fraud, and Litigation Services (BVFLS) Conference – Former Task Force Member

Greg P. Saunders, CPA/ABV, ASA
Valuation and Forensic Services Manager

• VSCPA Forensic & Valuations Services Conference, task force member
• Helping Young Professionals Engage (HYPE) program

Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
Valuation and Forensic Services Director

• Inductee into the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Business Valuation Hall of Fame (an award which recognizes lifetime achievements and contributions that have significantly advanced the valuation discipline) Access Announcement and VSCPA Spotlight Article
• Two-time recipient of the AICPA Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year Award (this award recognizes CPAs who have advanced the ABV Credential and business valuation profession for CPAs through extraordinary service as an AICPA committee, subcommittee or task force member)
• Adjunct faculty of The College of William and Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business for over 15 years (teacher of graduate level course in forensic accounting and fraud investigation)
• Guest lecturer on valuation for The College of William and Mary M.B.A. program and Marshall-Wythe School of Law
• Guest instructor at the FBI Academy for forensic accountants in Quantico, Virginia
• Instructor on valuation for the National Judicial College
• Member, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation Forensic and Business Valuation Division
• Former member of the AICPA’s Business Valuation Committee (the national committee that is responsible for oversight of the development of professional valuation standards and valuation education program for CPAs)
• Former commissioner of the AICPA’s National Accreditation Commission (a senior AICPA committee responsible for identifying, recognizing, advocating, and supporting new areas of specialization that warrant an accreditation program)
• Former Chair and Vice-Chair of the AICPA National Business Valuation Conference Steering Committee (the AICPA’s national conference offering continuing professional education to CPAs specializing in valuation)
• Instructor for over 50 AICPA courses on business valuation, including the AICPA National Business Valuation School, the AICPA Accredited in Business Valuation Exam Review Course, and the AICPA Expert Witness Skills Workshop
• Current chair of the VSCPA Forensic & Valuations Services Conference Planning Task Force
• Co-author of Financial Valuation: Applications and Models, 1st-4th ed. Access Article (the textbook used for the AICPA’s National Business Valuation School)
• Contributing author to Dr. Shannon Pratt’s and Roger Grabowski’s Cost of Capital: Estimation and Applications, 2nd – 4th ed.
• Technical reviewer of ten business valuation texts
• Author of numerous articles on valuation and forensic accounting topics
• Editorial Board member for Business Valuation Update
• Member of Advisory Board for Business Valuation Resources’ Cost of Capital Professional
• Editorial Task Force member for the VSCPA Disclosures magazine
• Former expert panelist for Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert
• Former editor of the AICPA ABV e-Alert and an editorial adviser and contributing author for the AICPA CPA Expert
• Presenter of over 155 seminars and presentations on valuation and forensic accounting

Matthew O. McDonald, CPA/CFF, CFE
Assurance Partner

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA), Former Member – Professional Ethics Committee; Former Member – Audit Committee; Past Chair, Young CPAs Committee
• Association for Certified Fraud Examiners