Rick Cole is a partner in the New York City office of BKD specializing in audit and advisory services for not-for-profit and higher education organizations. He joined the firm in October 2019. Prior to this he worked at the FASB where he served as a supervising project manager and worked for almost six years. Prior to that he was the VP and Controller at the American Museum of Natural History where he worked for over seven years and before that was a senior manager at a large international accounting firm where he worked for over fourteen years. Rick is a frequent speaker at the AICPA, NACUBO, and various state CPA societies.