Rochell Cottingham is a director in the Government and Public Sector Advisory (GPSA) practice focusing on the Emergency Management and Compliance Monitoring & Oversight business lines. He has over 30 years of professional auditing and compliance experience, including the design and implementation of systems for monitoring compliance, quality, and performance of large-scale projects to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations and to limit the risk of fraud, risk, and abuse. His expertise includes performance and internal audits, compliance and monitoring, project management, disaster recovery, quality management, data mining, and process improvement.
Rochell Cottingham
PMP, CIA, CISA, CFE, CCSA, CGAP, CRMA, Director – CohnReznick Advisory LLC
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Notable engagements include: providing quality management services to the TDHCA Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), providing subject matter expertise for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Shuttered Venue Operator’s Grant (SVOG) Program, conducting integrity monitoring of CARES Act funding for the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), managing compliance and monitoring efforts for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), and providing internal audit support to the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) and the City of New Orleans (CNO)
Played an integral role in the development and testing of compliance processes and checklists for the Louisiana Office of Community Development/Disaster Recovery Unit (OCD/DRU) and the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), and for providing performance monitoring services to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in that agency’s effort to manage over $25 billion in projects across the state
Responsible for managing the design, implementation, and testing of the Louisiana Housing Corporation’s Online Application, the OCD/DRU’s tracking and reporting system, the Gustav/Ike Online Recovery System (GIOS), and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) system
Supports efforts to provide comprehensive quality management and grant compliance monitoring services to the Louisiana Office of Community Development/Disaster Recovery Unit (OCD/DRU) and Florida Department of Commerce (Florida Commerce)
Manages efforts to provide process improvement and advisory services to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB)
Education
B.A., Economics and Business Administration – Tougaloo College
Professional affiliations
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified in Control Self-Assessment (CCSA)
Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP)
Certified in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA)
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