Board of Directors

Wiliam Kresse

William Kresse, MS, JD, CPA, CFE (President)

president@electionauditors.org

  • Associate Professor of Accounting, Auditing and Fraud Examination at Governors State University, Illinois.
  • Commissioner, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
  • Member, American Bar Association Advisory Committee on Election Law.
  • Advisor, Uniform Law Commission Study Committee on Election Law.
  • Former Auditor at Deloitte.
  • Former Law Clerk to the Hon. Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
  • President of Professor Fraud, LLC.
  • Recipient, Educator of the Year, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Erin Kresse

Erin Kresse, MA (Vice President, Secretary)

vp@electionauditors.org

  • Executive Assistant, Office of the President, American Bar Association.
  • Former Editor, New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  • Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Journalism and Communications.
Richard Kresse

Richard Kresse, MBA, CPA (Treasurer)

  • Former CFO and Controller at various law firms, including Schiff Hardin and Jenner & Block.
  • Former Auditor at Arthur Andersen.
Charles H. Bell

Charles H. Bell, Jr.

  • Founding Partner, Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk.
  • Former General Counsel, California Republican Party.
  • Past President, Republican National Lawyers Association.
  • Member, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Election Law.
Biven

Don Bivens

  • Founding & Managing Partner, Don Bivens PLLC.
  • Former Chair, American Bar Association Section of Litigation.
  • Former Member, American Bar Association Board of Governors.
  • Past President, State Bar of Arizona.
  • Past President, Maricopa County Bar Association.
  • Former Chair, Arizona Democratic Party.
Richard Riley

Richard Riley MPA, PhD, CPA, CFE

  • Tanner Distinguished Professor of Public Accounting, West Virginia University.
  • Recipient, Educator of the Year Award, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
  • Recipient, American Accounting Association Innovations in Accounting Education Award.
  • Co-Author, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination (Wiley).
Jennifer Morrell

Jennifer Morrell, MA

  • CEO and Co-founder, The Elections Group. 
  • Adjunct faculty, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. 
  • Former election official in Utah and in Colorado.