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P A G E 1 1 TACUA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

S C H E D U L E Tuesday, April 16

1 : 0 0 P M Assessing the Health of Student Wellness Initiatives
Kim Ginn, Principal - Baker Tilly

Safety and self-care are essential to students’ academic success and personal
effectiveness. As such, higher education institutions of all sizes should make
student wellness a key priority by offering formal programs that support
students in maintaining social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual
wellness. Institutions face various risks when addressing student wellness,
including a myriad of applicable laws and regulations, increased prevalence of
mental health needs and alcohol and drug issues, complex academic and social
environments, and under-addressed wellness needs of various groups of
students. Many institutional areas are responsible for different facets of
student wellness, including student affairs, academic affairs, student health
services, counseling services, residence life, Title IX administration, athletics,
legal affairs, and safety and security. This presentation will focus on helping
internal auditors understand the myriad risks related to student wellness and
consider different methods for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of
their student wellness infrastructure and initiatives.

Kimberly has more than 18 years of experience assisting organizations with
enhancing their business processes, reducing costs, designing robust and
compliant infrastructures, and navigating myriad federal regulations that affect
higher education, research institutions, academic medical centers and not-for-
profit organizations. Prior to joining the firm, Kimberly worked as an internal
auditor for the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General conducting
contract, procurement and environmental audits.

John Kiss, Director - Baker Tilly
John Kiss is a Director in Baker Tilly’s higher education and research
institutions industry consulting practice, as well as its national risk, internal
audit, and cybersecurity services practice. These practices provide services in
the areas of enterprise risk management and institutional compliance
programs, internal audit, financial and operational risk management,
construction audit, fraud investigation, cybersecurity and technology risk
consulting, and organizational governance. In addition to his extensive work
with higher education and academic medical center clients, John serves the
healthcare, financial services, federal, manufacturing, not-for-profit,
government contracting, and professional services industries.
John holds a BA in Information Systems Management and a MS in Accountancy
from Wake Forest University. John has presented at conferences of the
Association of College and University Auditors, the Institute of Internal
Auditors, the College and University Professional Association for Human
Resources, Big 12 Internal Audit Conference, and other not-for-profit
associations.