Steve VanSteenkiste is a partner in Plante Moran's assurance practice. Steve has 20 years of experience auditing employee benefit plans and is one of the firm's Benefit Plan Audit Specialists. He is a firm subject matter expert as it relates to the audits of defined benefit plans and alternative investments. Steve is also involved in Plante Moran's annual training sessions that provide technical updates to the firm regarding the benefit plan audit practice. (http://www.plantemoran.com [http://www.plantemoran.com/]) audits over 1,600 benefit plans throughout the entire U.S. annually