Greg Bedard is Vice President, Enterprise Financial Accounting and Reporting - Finance Audit at MetLife, Inc. Greg was Vice President and Chief of Staff at Prudential Financial, Inc. Previously, Greg had oversight of internal audit of accounting/financial reporting across the Company’s domestic and international operations. He was previously the VP, Controller and Head of P&A for the Corporate segment, and held leadership roles in other financial management functions at Prudential. Greg is Co-Chair of the AICPA Engage Conference and served on the AICPA Controllers Conference planning committee for several years, previously on AICPA Council and various AICPA executive committees. He is a graduate of the inaugural class of the AICPA Leadership Academy. Greg was a member of the Board of Directors of the NJ Society of CPAs. He is a proud Rutgers graduate, where he served as Chair of the Board of the university’s alumni association. Greg has served as professor/lecturer of accounting at the Rutgers Business School. Greg credits the CPA to opening so many doors to meeting and learning from like-minded CPA professionals, and he hopes this year’s conference will spark others to become involved in the CPA profession.