Dana Ball brings more than a decade of experience to Guidepost as a successful and driven professional in compliance, forensic accounting, construction auditing, and capital project advisory. Ms. Ball assists clients and their counsel, as well as government agencies, on regulatory, risk, and compliance issues, investigations, and business disputes.
Ms. Ball has extensive experience conducting forensic accounting investigations into complex procurement and billing fraud schemes and has quantified stakeholder damage claims. Her expertise includes diagnosing the root causes of program control failures, reviewing and documenting policies and procedures, and advising on the development and implementation of solutions for both design and operational control deficiencies. Ms. Ball designs and implements compliance programs to improve governance, mitigate risks, and drive project success.
Prior to joining Guidepost, Ms. Ball served as a managing director at a business advisory firm, where she helped investigated multi-million-dollar fraud, implemented responsive compliance programs, proactively monitored large-scale construction projects, and quantify financial damages. Ms. Ball has provided construction auditing and expert witness services for clients across multiple industries, including construction, real estate, healthcare, financial services, energy, transportation, hospitality, and media.
Ms. Ball had also previously served as a senior director at a financial crimes risk, compliance and advisory services firm, designing compliance and governance programs in line with state and federal regulations. She also audited capital projects for fraud, waste, and abuse, reviewed disbursements of Federal grant monies, developed financial databases for incurred cost reviews, and consolidated audit results. Prior to that Ms. Ball was a senior consultant at a financial analysis and forensic accounting firm, gaining experience in reconciling accounting and financial data from various software platforms, and preparing economic damage model presentations used in the Federal Court System. She began her career as an accounting and financial analyst intern at Tribune Media in New York.
