Internal Audit Staff
The Old Dominion University Internal Audit Staff has many years of audit, technical and general experience in several different fields.
Deane A. Hennett
University Auditor
Mr. Hennett has been the University Internal Audit Director since July 1997. He began his career in 1983 with the Heilig-Meyers Company, based in Richmond, Virginia. After two and a half years in retail operations, he started his internal audit career at Heilig-Meyers. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Hennett was an auditor at the University of Virginia. Mr. Hennett obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from James Madison University and a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting from Washington and Lee University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Government Financial Manager. He is currently a member of the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA); the College and University Auditors of Virginia (CUAV), where he is the immediate past President (2004-2006); the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), and the Institute of Internal Auditors, where he is serving as District Representative for Mid-Atlantic Region District 1, covering the three Virginia chapters in Tidewater, Central Virginia and Southwest Virginia.
Phone: (757)683-3069
E-Mail: dhennett@odu.edu
James P. Harris
Senior Auditor
Mr. Harris has been with the University since March 1997. He came to the University after eleven years as an auditor for the state of Minnesota. The last eight years he was Internal Auditor for the Minnesota Community College System. Jim has had a wide variety of auditing, accounting and public service experience, including auditing Minnesota's gambling industry and starting a public affairs television network. He is a native of Norfolk and a 1976 graduate of Norfolk State University with a B.S. in Accounting. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, where he is serving on the Board of Governors for the local Tidewater Chapter.
Phone: (757)683-4800
E-Mail: jharris@odu.edu
Glenn R. Wilson
IT Audit Manager
Mr. Wilson has been with the University since February 2003. He is a 1985 graduate of Hofstra University of Long Island, NY with a bachelor's degree in engineering science. He began his career in 1986 at Satellite Transmission Systems, Inc., as a systems and project engineer of microwave based voice, video and data communication networks. Between 1998 and 2002, Mr. Wilson served as the Managing Director of Operations at Telerep, Inc., a local provider of telecommunication services. Glenn is a Certified Information Systems Auditor. He additionally holds a doctorate degree from New York Chiropractic College and is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, where he has serving on the Board of Governors of the local Tidewater Chapter as immediate past president.
Phone: (757)683-3202
E-Mail: gwilson@odu.edu
Deborah A. Rice
Compliance Auditor/Officer
Ms. Rice started as the University's Compliance Auditor in January 2005. She is a 1980 graduate of Old Dominion University with a B.S. in Business Administration-Accounting. She began her
career in 1980 as an auditor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Auditor of Public Accounts.
From 1983 through 2003, she was the Court Comptroller at the Norfolk Circuit Court-Clerk's Office.
She is a Certified Public Accountant with memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA), the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA), and the Institute
of Internal Auditors (IIA).
Phone: (757)683-4573
E-Mail: drice@odu.edu
Amanda Skaggs
SeniorAuditor
Ms. Skaggs started with the University Auditors Office in January 2007. She is a 2003 graduate of Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Finance. She began her auditing career with the Commonwealth of Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts in May 2003. She is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Phone: (757)683-6898
E-Mail: askaggs@odu.edu
