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Education:

Bachelor’s degree in communications from Northern Arizona University and bachelor’s degree in accounting, magna cum laude, from the Colorado State University system.

Meet Rachel

Rachel leads a multi-disciplinary team of forensic accountants, investigators, data analysts, and subject-matter experts to address even the most complex investigations. By combining deep financial expertise with advanced technology and investigative experience, her team works to efficiently identify irregularities, preserve evidence, and deliver actionable insights. She also ensures the group proactively addresses the evolving threats that contribute to more than $5 trillion in annual global fraud losses.

In her prior role as a manager in the firm’s broader Valuation & Related Financial Services practice, Rachel provided clients with a myriad of dispute and investigative-related services, including those involving marital dissolutions and economic damages. She also has extensive experience in fraud investigation and forensic tracing for civil and family law proceedings. She has collaborated on engagements with Tribal Nations and the U.S. Department of Justice, departments and agencies in the state of New Mexico, major insurance companies, and top Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma law firms.

Prior to beginning her career in advisory services, Biro was an entrepreneur and small business owner herself, which has given her a unique perspective on all client engagements.

Professional Qualifications

Rachel is a member and current Treasurer of the New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group, a non-profit association of lawyers, financial professionals and mental health professionals formed in 2001 to better serve families by collaboratively and constructively resolving family law issues. She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the Arizona Society of CPAs. She has served as a faculty speaker at the State Bar of Arizona Convention and for some of Oklahoma’s ACFE Chapters. Her published articles and presentations cover a range of topics, including the impact of fraud on Tribal organizations, disclosure requirements in asset tracing and misappropriation cases, and valuation considerations in the context of family law.