Arthur M. Winstead, Jr., CPA, CFE, CFF, CGMA

Art Winstead is a DMJPS Senior Consultant, CPA Firm Services. He previously served as general services partner, primarily serving in the firm’s accounting, auditing, and attestation services areas for over thirty five years. In that role, he also served as team captain and team member for on-site peer reviews and off-site engagement reviews throughout the country and State of North Carolina. Art is the current A&A Consultant-Director for CPAmerica, Inc., and has also served as Chairman of the CPAmerica Accounting and Auditing and Continuing Professional Education Executive Committees.

Art is a consulting and testifying expert witness on accounting, auditing, and financial matters. His clients have included state and federal government agencies and major law firms, involving both commercial litigation (assisting both plaintiff and defense) and white collar criminal defense matters. He has either provided testimony or been deposed in local District and Superior Court and U.S. District Court. Art has also authored numerous CPE courses and articles regarding accounting, auditing, fraud, and ethics.

His memberships include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA). Art has served on the NCACPA Board of Directors. Art has also served on the State Mobility, Regulatory Response, and Global Standards Committees of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). He has served a three-year term on the AICPA Auditing Standards Board, in addition to serving nine years on the North Carolina Board of CPA Examiners. He currently serves on the Board of Examiners as President and has served as President twice, Vice President three times, Treasurer twice. He currently serves on the Professional Standards and Personnel Committees. He is a past member of the North Carolina Association of CPA’s Peer Review Executive and is currently a member of the NCACPA Audit and Accounting Committees. He has served on the following AICPA ASB Task Forces: Risk Assessment, Auditor’s Report, Internal Control, and chaired the Task Force for Special Considerations-Fair Value, Inventory, and Litigation Claims and Assessments. He has also served on the AICPA Board of Examiners Practice Sponsor Group for the evaluation of the future of the CPA exam. He teaches Ethics for CPAs and accounting and auditing continuing education courses throughout the country.

Art is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Financial Forensic (CFF), and holds the designation of Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He has served on the UNCG Excellence Foundation Board, the UNCG Bryan Business School Advisory Board, the UNCG Board of Visitors, and is a member of the UNCG Spartan Club.

Art is a life member and past president of the Greensboro Jaycees, where he served on the GGO Executive Committee, currently the Wyndham Championship, and the Nike Greensboro Open Executive Committee. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Wyndham Championship Founders Club. Art has served as an Elder, Deacon, Sunday School teacher, Cub Scout Packmaster, youth advisor, and a frequent committee chairman within the Presbyterian Church. He has served as Chairman and Treasurer of the Guilford County Democratic Party. Art has served on the Old North State Council of Boy Scouts Executive Committee, the Greensboro One Task Force Committee, the American Cancer Society, the City of Greensboro Human Services Commission, the Community Development Commission, Greensboro Transit Authority, and the Greensboro Center City Committee. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Arts Greensboro and the Finance Committee for Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. He is a former member of the Greensboro Visions Bond Committee and the Chamber of Commerce Governmental Liaison and Community Planning and Development Committees and the Guilford County Education Alliance. Art has served as Chairman of the Greensboro Coliseum Commission and as a member of the City of Greensboro Comprehensive Growth Plan Steering Committee. He has also served on the Board of Directors for the Piedmont Triad Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Development Committee, and is a member of the Greensboro Sports Council and Greensboro 100 Club. Art is active in federal, state, and local politics, and is also the founding partner of Noah’s Ark Investment Club.

Art enjoys spending time with his wife Mary and daughters Mollie and Emma. He is an avid golfer and often plays at Starmount Forest Country Club, where he has served on the Board for eleven years, including three terms as President.