Blaine is a principal in Baker Tilly's national office, serving as the technical leader for the regulatory compliance practice and is a subject matter expert in Uniform Guidance (UG), single audit compliance and Government Auditing Standards. Blaine has more than a decade of experience serving clients across the public sector, financial services, higher education and healthcare industries. As the firm's compliance practice leader, Blaine partners with teams to bring expertise and practical solutions to address complex technical issues and is responsible for developing tools, templates and audit methodology. He is a current member of the AICPA Government Audit Quality Center's Executive Committee and frequently delivers training on topics including audit and accounting standards, internal controls, Yellow Book compliance and the UG to internal and external audiences.