GFOAT Corpus Christi Fall 2026

Assurance Services Partner, MGO

David is an Assurance Services Partner in MGO’s San Francisco Bay Area practice. He has over 30 years of professional experience primarily providing auditing, accounting, and consulting services to the public sector.

David is MGO’s State and Local Government Industry Leader and is involved in making decisions and setting firm-wide policies on technical auditing, accounting and financial reporting matters.  David’s leadership also extends beyond MGO, as he is heavily involved in shaping the accounting and auditing profession at a state-wide and national level.  David completed a three-year term on the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel in 2021 and continues to serve the CalCPA Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee.  David has participated in multiple task forces, including Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s (GASB) Financial Reporting Model Improvements project (i.e., GASB 103). David has been very active in thought leadership by participating in GASB task forces, roundtables and interviews, issuing articles, and has worked on many technical projects, including the working group that issued the White Paper: GASB Statement Implementation and Materiality Considerations.