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Paul is a Director in Huron Consulting Group's Higher Education practice. He has more than 35 years of experience in auditing accounting and management consulting with a heavy emphasis on facilities and administrative costs. Paul is recognized by professional organizations and peer groups as a national expert in cost allocation and federal compliance. He has established a professional presence in the higher education and non-profit organization grantee research community.
Professional Experience
Paul has worked with a wide variety of public and private research organizations including institutions of higher education hospitals and non-profit organizations as a federal employee and as a private consultant. His work involved both the development and negotiation of facilities and administrative rate proposals hospital research patient care rates fringe benefit rates and service center recharge rates. Paul has extensive knowledge of a wide variety of government regulations and cost principles promulgated in OMB Circulars A-21 A-110 A-122 and other federal documents including OMB Circular A-110 and DHHS Publication OASC-3 A Guide for Hospitals.
Prior to joining Huron Paul was the National Director for the Division of Cost Allocation with the US Department of Health and Human Services in Washington DC. Paul provided leadership and guidance to the DCA that resulted in many important changes to the DCA internal operations as well as establishing an important communications link with the university and non-profit research community.
Paul was also a Director for MAXIMUS Higher Education Practice a Senior Manager for Bearing Point and KPMG where he worked with university and non-profit clients that received federal research grants and contract funding to assure they complied with the applicable federal regulations.
This included working with the institutions in the development and negotiation of their F&A rates Disclosure Statements costing practices and generally complying with grant and contract management policies and procedures. Paul also worked for many years as a negotiator for the DCA in Seattle San Francisco and Washington DC.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Arts in Accounting California State University Fullerton CA
Professional Associations
President Society of Research Administrators (SRA) International-Western Section Washington D.C. May 1997 to May 1998.
Education Chairman SRA International Western Section Washington D.C. May 1989 to May 1991.
Faculty for A-21 Workshop National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Washington D.C. 1999 to present.
Publications
Contributing author for "Facilities and Administrative Costs" chapter in Research Administration and Management Elliott C. Kulakowski and Lynne U. Chronister Jones and Bartlett 2006.
Preparing and Negotiating a Simplified Indirect Cost Rate for Colleges and Universities. Journal for the Society of Research Administrators. SRA International October 1982.
The Indirect Cost Proposal Dilemma-Short Form or Long Form? Journal for the Society of Research Administrators. SRA International October 1980.
Honors and awards
Recipient of the SRA Excellence Award for Expanding the Knowledge and Tools of Research SRA May 2006.
Susan L. Charrier Award SRA Western Section May 2002.
Hartford-Nicholsen Award SRA International October 1999.
Presidential Service Award SRA Western Section May 1997 to May 1998.
Educational Service Award SRA Western Section May 1991.
Initial recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award SRA International.
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