{"id":3954,"date":"2020-10-15T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sifm.org\/wp\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2026-10-07T23:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:37:18","slug":"sommers-baker-tilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sifm.org\/wp\/2020\/10\/15\/sommers-baker-tilly\/","title":{"rendered":"Sommers &#8211; Principal, Risk Advisory Practice, Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3954\" class=\"elementor elementor-3954\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4be2bbc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4be2bbc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a4dc94e\" data-id=\"4a4dc94e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f159c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28f159c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sommers &#8211; Principal, Risk Advisory Practice, Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-075221e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"075221e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-646704f\" data-id=\"646704f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b206c21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b206c21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sifm.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Sommers_web-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4688\" alt=\"Russell Sommers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sifm.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Sommers_web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sifm.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Sommers_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sifm.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Sommers_web.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de78937\" data-id=\"de78937\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cea38c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cea38c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Russell Sommers <\/strong>has more than 17 years of experience in serving insurance companies through an array of projects, including internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley and NAIC Model Audit Rule, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, internal controls advisory, IT audit, enterprise risk management, vendor risk management, and SOC reporting.<\/p><p>Russ co-leads Baker Tilly\u2019s IT examination practice performing IT examinations of covered insurance companies on behalf of state departments of insurance. Additionally, he leads Baker Tilly\u2019s digital asset practice. Russ has consulted on exchange traded cryptocurrency funds, national securities exchanges, financial services information services companies, digital assets companies, and digital services technology platforms.<\/p><p>Russ earned a BS in accounting from Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is a CPA licensed in New Jersey. Russ is a certified information systems auditor by the ISACA. He is President of the SIFM and is a member of the Board of Directors. 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