Vanessa Teitelbaum, CPA, is senior director, Professional Practice, at the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ).

As an in-house expert and resource on auditing and accounting practice issues, Teitelbaum  leads task forces comprising audit partners and technical experts from the public company audit profession related to proposed standards and other current issues facing the profession. Projects have included development of the CAQ’s Audit Quality Disclosure Framework, Preparing for the New Credit Losses Standard: A Tool for Audit Committees, and the External Auditor Assessment Tool, among other publications.

Before joining the CAQ in 2016,  Teitelbaum served as an audit senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Dixon Hughes Goodman, leading audit teams of both large and midsize companies in a variety of industries, including technology, manufacturing, and financial services.  Teitelbaum has more than 15 years of audit experience, specialized in SEC financial reporting, technical accounting, and internal control matters.