In March 2012 Monique founded Elliott Group CPAs, PLLC after a fifteen year career with international accounting firms. Monique had a dual role of running an EBP practice while also serving as a national technical resource to other benefit plan teams within her firm and alliance firms. She was involved with the development and updates to her prior firm's internal guidance, manual, and forms/programs. She served as an inspector for internal inspection and conducted training. Currently her firm performs consulting, tax, and assurance services for benefit plans. Her experience includes a wide range of types/sizes of plans. She is a frequent speaker both nationally and locally on a wide array of benefit plan topics. Monique earned a BA in accounting from the University of Maryland and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA). She served a three-year term as Chair of the NCACPA Employee Benefit Plan Committee, and a three-year term with the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Expert Panel. She recently concluded a four-year term on the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center Executive Committee. Monique currently serves on the AICPA Enforcement Subcommittee. Prior to joining the Enforcement Subcommittee she performed peer review oversight engagements for the AICPA. She is a past chair of the AICPA Audit, Accounting, and Regulatory Update Conference, and is the technical reviewer for the Wolters Kluwer Knowledge-Based Audit toolkit for audit firms.