AGA Fraud 2025

Beryl Davis
Director
Sikich


Berri Davis joined Sikich in October 2024 as a Director, following her retirement from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). In this new role at Sikich she is leveraging her extensive knowledge of government operations and industry standards and her significant expertise in financial systems and financial accounting to help ensure clients continue to benefit from best practices. Before joining Sikich, Ms. Davis served as Managing Director of Financial Management and Assurance at GAO. During her career there, Ms. Davis oversaw financial and performance audits across a wide range of critical areas, including the financial statement audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government, the SEC, IRS, FDIC, CFPB, the Schedule of Federal Debt and Schedules of the Federal Government’s General Fund. Her performance audits addressed improper payments, grants management, performance of Inspectors General, healthcare financial management, and state and local government financial oversight. She played a key role in the oversight of public funds related to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying billions of dollars of improper payments to be returned to the federal government. Before joining GAO in 2011, Ms. Davis served as Vice President of Standards and Guidance at the Institute of Internal Auditors, where she helped shape best practices in auditing. Ms. Davis received the AGA’s Elmer Staats Award for Excellence in Government Financial Management in 2019.

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