Dennis Morrone
National Managing Partner
Higher Education and Not-for-Profit Industries, Grant Thornton LLP
Partner, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Iselin, New Jersey
Executive summary
Dennis Morrone is the head of the Not-for-Profit & Higher Education industry and an Audit Partner based in the Iselin office. In his leadership role, he oversees the growth and operations of the firm’s Not-for-Profit & Higher Education industry practice, which encompasses a full range of audit, tax and advisory services.
Prior to joining Grant Thornton in May of 2002, Dennis was previously part of Arthur Andersen LLP's Metro New York Not-For-Profit Practice. Dennis recently completed a 3-year term on the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC). He has developed and taught numerous courses on not-for-profit accounting and compliance topics, has been a prolific presenter in various industry forums and has written extensively for Grant Thornton's not-for-profit industry letters and many other industry publications.
Professional qualifications and memberships
- CPA — New Jersey, New York, & Washington, D.C.
- CGMA — AICPA
Presentations and Publications
- Dennis has presented and written on topics relevant to not-for-profit executives and board members, including: Board Governance, including Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members
- Enterprise Risk Management; Accounting Standards and Financial Reporting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Endowment Management
- Internal Controls and Strategy Development and Resource Alignment, amongst many other areas.
Community involvement
- Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. and 2021 Executive Committee Member of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light the Night Event
Education
- BS, Accounting, Villanova University
Industries
- Not-for-profit & Higher Education
Services
- Advisory Services
- Operations and Performance
- Audit & Assurance Services
- Finance Transformation
- Accounting Advisory
- Employee Benefit Plan (EBP) Audits
- Transaction Advisory
- Not-for-profit & Higher Education
- Advisory Services
- Operations and Performance
- Audit & Assurance Services
- Finance Transformation
- Accounting Advisory
- Employee Benefit Plan (EBP) Audits
- Transaction Advisory
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