Colleen Conrad is the executive vice president and chief operating officer at the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). In that role, she oversees all operations including NASBA’s CPA examination activities. She is a CPA and was a partner in a large regional CPA firm before joining NASBA to assume her current position.

Julia Woislaw is the Lead Manager for CPA Evolution at the AICPA. Prior to joining the CPA Evolution team, Julia was the communications manager for the AICPA’s State Regulation and Legislation Team.

Ralph Albert Thomas, CPA (DC), CGMA, is the CEO and executive director of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. He was appointed by New Jersey Senate President Sweeney to the New Jersey Economic and Fiscal Policy Working Group in 2018. He was also previously appointed to the AICPA Foundation Board and the inaugural AICPA National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion. Ralph is a lifetime member and former national and chapter president of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), was appointed chair of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s (NASBA) State Society Relations Committee, and is a member of the accounting advisory boards of Lehigh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Montclair State, Felician, Thomas Edison universities and Middlesex County College. He can be reached at rthomas@njcpa.org.