Full Name
Lauren Strope
Job Title
Partner, Assurance Services
Company
Cherry Bekaert
Speaker Bio
Lauren is an Assurance Partner specializing in audit services to local government and non-profit organizations. She is an active member in the FICPA and FGFOA organizations and the leader of the Firm's recruiting efforts at the University of South Florida. Lauren focuses on financial reports, identification of key audit areas, testing design of key accounts and transaction cycles, and supervision of engagement teams. To further her expertise in financial reporting, Lauren volunteers as a GFOA Annual Report reviewer. Many of the local government audits she has participated in have received the GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Finance Reporting as a result of the review program

Lauren is an instructor for Firm-sponsored trainings and has taught upper-level financial accounting courses for the University of South Florida – Sarasota Manatee Campus. She is also a past chair and board member of the Accounting Circle and a board member of the Advisory Council of the Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy, University of South Florida. She was a member of the Tampa Connection class of 2017-2018. Lauren also serves the FICPA State and Local Government Committee and Women in Leadership Committee and the FGOFA’s Member & Leadership Development Committee.
Lauren Strope