ABOUT

Slemo earned his dual BS degrees in Accounting and Computer Information Systems from Gallaudet University, MBA in General Business and Systems Management from Texas A&M University-Commerce, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in Organizational Leadership from Northcentral University, and DBA in Information Technology Management from Nova Southeastern University. He also pursued advanced degrees and numerous executive education certificates, including in Public Administration, Nonprofit Leadership, Public Policy, and Economic Development at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Slemo’s expertise and professionalism are widely respected in the global leadership and auditing communities. He’s a Certified Executive Coach (CEC), Certified Inspector General Auditor (CIGA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA). He has written extensively on organizational leadership, corporate sustainability, strategic management, operational excellence, ethics, diversity and inclusion trends, internal auditing, government auditing, and information systems security, and his work has appeared in numerous professional publications. The Institute of Internal Auditors, an international professional association for internal auditors, presented him the 1999 Outstanding Contributor Award in Montreal, Canada, for his article, “Data Warehouse Control and Security.”

Slemo serves on the boards of the National Deaf Chamber of Commerce (NDCOC), Reaching Your Dream Foundation (RYDF), and International Racquetball Tour (IRT). Being husband to his wife, Charity, and father to their six beautiful children are his most important roles. His hobbies include golf, soccer, racquetball, squash, badminton, tennis, ping pong, volleyball, traveling, poetry, scientific research, and leadership coaching.

 

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professionals who work with Deaf and Hard of Hearing High School and College students, and Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation. She also served as EducationUSA Delegate for the U.S. Department of State to Shanghai and Beijing.

Charity was appointed by the West Virginia Governor to serve as the Executive Director of the West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing from 1999 to 2002. She carried out the statutory responsibilities of this statewide coordinating agency established to serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens by advocating, strengthening, collaborating, and implementing state policies. She also developed and pursued legislation affecting Deaf individuals in West Virginia and their relationship to the public, industry, health, communication, accessibility services, employment, and education. In addition to her primary responsibility as Commissioner, she contributed to the success of numerous state agencies, including the West Virginia Advisory Council on Education for Exceptional Children, West Virginia Newborn Hearing Screening, West Virginia Assistive Technology System, West Virginia Rehabilitation Council, and Fairmont State College Sign Language.

Charity brings extensive knowledge and deep understanding of the educational and cultural challenges facing Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, and DeafPlus students and professionals, including their needs to learn and advance. She is a savvy and passionate leader with strong relationship building, mentorship, and coaching skills for underrepresented groups, including people of color (POC) and Deaf professionals. Charity has bachelor and master degrees from Gallaudet University, Washington, DC. She is happily married to the love of her life, Dr. Slemo Warigon. She and her husband reside in Washington, DC, and have total of six children.

 

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Bill was the Co-Founder and former COO of iControl Systems, a SaaS-based payment processing solution for major US retailers, where he spent 11 years. Bill also briefly served as the COO of Let’s Grow Leaders, a leadership training and consulting organization. Currently, Bill is the Chief Revenue Officer/Managing Director of Connectiv’s InsureTech Connect event, which drew 7,000 attendees from around the world in 2019, as well as HR Transform, an event focused on the future of work.

Bill graduated cum laude from Harvard College, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Maryland for the past 20 years, facilitating Early College Awareness programs in area middle schools.

Scott previously served as Controller and CFO for So Others Might Eat (SOME, Inc.) managing a budget of more than $35 million with many entities both for profit and non-profit, Director of Finance for Ernst and Young, and as the Board Treasurer for Lydia’s House. Scott has significant experience in directly and indirectly managing Finance and IT staffs. As the CFO for APLU and SOME, Scott directly oversaw staff of up to 25 personnel and brings value added experience in successfully leading people.

Scott has also been an instructor at Catholic University where he taught course curriculum in Non-Profit Financial Management and Budgeting in the University’s Masters of Social Work Program to Master’s level students.

Scott’s major leadership accomplishments include:

• Identified opportunities to reorganize operations to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Spearheaded effective fiscal stewardship, generating a significant return on investment decisions.
• Led an organization through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, which could have caused a precipitous decrease in external support while investing resources to obtain a loan of $1,600,000, via the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). It is anticipated that these funds would be converted to a grant from permanent loan status.
• Led firms’ strategic direction, positioning them to save $250K and growing operations substantively.
• Protected stakeholder interests by directing internal controls appropriate for profit and non-profit organizations.
• Directed multiple company consolidations and purchases, significantly increasing organizations’ financial solvency and reducing redundant costs.
• Oversaw cross-functional teams, motivating talent to deliver results that met the business needs of various cost centers and programs.
• Created opportunities for teams to showcase both their teams’ accomplishments and individual talents; 20% were promoted to higher positions.
• Evaluated organizations’ strategic decisions to limit risk, reduce overhead and significantly grow revenue.
• Detected and resolved compliance and auditing challenges, uncovering $500K in irregularities mitigating risk exposure.
• Determined business’ cash flow needs and ensured appropriate access managing many individual accounts and multiple banking client relationships at the same time.
• Delivered timely, accurate and transparent financial reports to the President and Board; communicated complex financial information in terminology that was clearly understood by leaders whose specialty was not finance.
• Managed financial operations and reporting for a non-profit organization that provided resources for impoverished families and many other community-based programs, including Housing Development, Tenant operations, Medical and Dental clinics, behavioral health services, in-patient and out-patient drug treatment programs, senior services and food services.
• Led compliance activities (as required for detailed federal grant and contract funding), including enhanced adherence to compliance requirements. Created and revised accounting manuals, policies and procedures.
• Managed the daily oversight of a large and complex government grant portfolio including private foundation money.
• All audits during Scott’s tenure, including Federal A-133 audits, were completely clean.

Scott graduated from the University of Maryland Global Campus with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting. He lives in Washington, DC where he enjoys spending time with his family and two beautiful dogs.