Office of Audit and Compliance

Toni Messer Stephens, CPA, CIA, CRMA

Executive Director of Audit and Compliance

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Certification

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA)

Experience

• The University of Texas at Dallas - Office of Audit and Compliance, 1992 - present
• Texas State Auditor's Office, Asst. State Auditor - Supervising Asst. State Auditor, 1985 - 1992

Membership/Professional Activities

Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA):

• Faculty Member, 2012 - present
• President, 2011 - 2012
• Vice President 2010 - 2011
• Board Member, Professional Education Chair, 2008 - 2009
• Annual Conference Director 2006 - 2008
• 2006 Recipient of the ACUA Excellence in Service Award
• Track Coordinator for 2003, 2004, and 2005 ACUA Conferences
• Presentations:
  • 2011 ACUA Conferece - Value Added Auditing and Student Interns
  • 2005 ACUA Conference and at February 2006 Dallas Chapter of the IIA meeting on innovations in auditing using students as interns on audit projects

Dallas Chapter of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA):

• Member of the Board of Governors since 2001
• Co-Chairman of the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Program for the Dallas Chapter of the IIA
• Programs Committee, 2005
• Chairman of the Programs Committee for the 2004 IIA Regional Conference
• Chairman of Meeting Arrangements 2003-2004
• Chairman of Newsletter Committee 2002-2003
• Chairman of the IIA Name Badges Committee 1998 and 1999
• Co-Chairman of the Programs Committee - SMART Conference 2006
• 2006 Recipient of the Aaron Saylors Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Chapter

UTD School of Management

• UTD Center for Internal Auditing Advisory Board

Texas Association of College and University Auditors (TACUA):

• Board of Directors 1996 - 2001

Activities

• Scrapbooking
• Reading
• Wallyball
• Bunko
• Going to the Activity Center

Phone: (972) 883-2693

Email: tmesser@utdallas.edu