As the higher education practice leader, Dave Capitano provides oversight to more than 200 team members servicing over 400 colleges and universities across the U.S. David has more than 25 years of hands-on experience working with college and university leadership in a variety of strategic areas. Dave specializes in working with organizations through mergers, consolidations and strategic partnerships. 

Dave provides services in financial statement audit, tax, internal audit, and strategic consulting areas such as risk management, research compliance, construction, sustainable energy, cost reduction, fraud prevention, and information technology, endowment management, government compliance and operations analysis. He brings more than twenty years of public accounting experience to a variety of clients with a focus with colleges and universities.

Harvard Business School (Boston, Massachusetts)
Executive Leadership Program

King’s College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Bachelor of Science

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Serves as overall engagement partner for the a large state system, a role that required coordinating more than 7,000 staffing hours to deliver the consolidated financial statements for 14-plus universities 

Acts as partner-in-charge or relationship partner of more than 20 private and community colleges and universities

Provides accounting and audit expertise to national and local media outlets and publications, including USA Today, AICPA Insights, Compliance Week, Central Penn Business Journal, Pennsylvania CPA Journal and Reading Eagle

Participates in speaking engagements for Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers, Community College Business Officers and various other higher education related associations

Conducted an operational review and evaluation of the budgeting and business processes for Harvard Law School. Shared findings for improving communication protocols, aligning workflow processes with overall end objectives and goals, and improving suggested departmental reorganization plan. Advised departments on implementing a system to effectively and efficiently manage the school’s overall budgeting capabilities

Worked with management teams of private and proprietary schools to develop corrective actions related to the Department of Education’s financial responsibility standards when composite scores reached unsatisfactory levels

Supported management with the preparation of formalized strategic plans needed to guide organizations to financial and operational improvements

Licensed CPA in Pennsylvania and West Virginia

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 

Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants 

National Association of College and University Business Officers 

Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania

Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities of New York

Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas 

United Way of Berks County, board member 

Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce, board member

Greater Reading Economic Partnership, board member

Vision Resource Center Berks County, 85th Anniversary Campaign, chair

United Way of North East PA, board member

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Lancaster Chamber 148th Annual Dinner