Services
Consulting |
Arbitration & Mediation |
Litigation Support |
Investment Portfolio Analysis |
Public Policy Advocacy |
Website Design & Maintenance |
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Areas of Expertise
Political Consulting |
Government Policies, Operations, & Internal Controls |
Age Discrimination & Reverse Discrimination |
Financial Products Including Derivatives |
Consumerism & Local Public Policy Advocacy |
Microsoft FrontPage, Quicken, & TurboTax |
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Professional Certifications
Forensic Accountant |
Certified Financial Services Auditor |
Certified Government Financial Manager |
Certified Fraud Examiner |
Licensed CPA in Illinois |
Certified Internal Auditor |
Certified Public Accountant |
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Professional Association Activities & Memberships
Founding Director of the Midwest Chapter of the American Association of Political Consultants |
Past Treasurer and Membership Director of the Association of Government Accountant’s Chicago Chapter |
Past member of the Illinois CPA Society’s Membership Committee |
Activities
American Accounting Association |
American Arbitration Association |
American Association of Individual Investors |
American Association of Political Consultants |
American Board of Forensic Accountants |
American Institute of CPAs |
American Society of Public Administrators |
Association for Conflict Resolution |
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners |
Association of Government Accountants |
Federal Criminal Investigators Association |
Federal Managers Association |
Illinois CPA Society |
Institute of Internal Auditors |
Institute of Management Accountants |
International Association of Financial Engineers |
International Webmasters Association |
National Association of Financial Services Auditors |
National Employment Lawyers Association |
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Memberships
MS in financial markets & trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago |
MS in accounting from DePaul University in Chicago |
MBA from Loyola University in Chicago |
BS in management from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb |
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Education
Arbitrator for BBB |
Webmaster for Milton Township |
Trustee for the Milton Township Cemeteries Authority |
Illinois Editor for GOPUSA |
Webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee |
Legislative Liaison for the American Institute of CPAs and the Illinois CPA Society |
Legal Assistant for Attorney Walter T. Charlton in Annapolis, Maryland |
Arbitrator for NASD |
Investment Portfolio Analyst |
Consultant |
Work Experience
Senior Analyst for the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) 1986-1997 and Analyst 1980-1986 |
9 years experience with GAO auditing federal financial institution regulators, 3 years experience auditing IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division, and 6 years experience auditing other federal agencies |
Special Procedures Staff Advisor for IRS’s Collection Division 1976-1980 |
Senior Revenue Officer for IRS 1974-1976 |
Revenue Officer for IRS 1971-1974 |
Retail Sales Manager for Firestone Stores 1970-1971 |
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Since 1998
2004 Illinois Republican Party Voting Delegate |
Treasurer, Fundraising and Finance Committee Chairman, and Webmaster for the Illinois Center Right Coalition |
First Vice-Chairman and Director of the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois |
Milton Township Coordinator for Patrick O’Malley’s primary campaign for Illinois Governor |
Webmaster for Paul Didzerekis’ campaign for DuPage County Board |
Illinois Editor for GOPUSA |
Manned the Republican Campaign Headquarters for Milton Township during October and November of 2000 |
Webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee |
Precinct Committeeman for Precinct 9 in Wheaton, Illinois and Former Assistant Precinct Committeeman |
Prior to 1998
Contributing Member of the Republican Party since 1976 |
Lifelong Conservative |
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Republican Activism
Please visit: DiersenGAOBrief.pdf |
Treasurer and a Director of Adversity.Net since 1999 |
Case No. 16 on Adversity.Net since 1999 |
Plaintiff in Diersen v. GAO since 1998 |
Filed Administrative Discrimination Complaint against GAO in 1997 |
Participant in Chennareddy v. GAO since 1988 |
Opponent of reverse discrimination since 1971 |
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Fight Against Age Discrimination & Reverse Discrimination
Spokesman for Wheaton for Fox News Channel (FNC), a group that successfully prompted AT&T Broadband to begin carrying FNC in Wheaton, Warrenville, Winfield, West Chicago, Geneva, St. Charles, & Addison on April 1, 2002 |
Opponent of imposition of additional restrictions on replacement home construction in Wheaton |
Advocate for better electricity reliability in Wheaton |
Settled a failure to honor warranty lawsuit against an automobile manufacturer and dealer |
Supported advocacy of a minority committee report filed concerning the activities of a homeless shelter |
Opposed running high voltage lines along the Illinois Prairie Path |
Petitioned an odometer fraud lawsuit to the United States Supreme Court |
Petitioned a breach of contract lawsuit against an attorney to the Illinois Supreme Court |
Petitioned a lawsuit involving the validity of an arbitration clause, fraud, and construction defects to the Illinois Supreme Court |
Appealed assessed valuations |
Helped stop the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Harrison & President streets in Wheaton |
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Consumerism & Public Policy Advocacy
Wheaton resident since 1978 |
Married to Karen Annette Diersen (Gassner) since 1978 |
Hometown is Crete, Illinois |
Born in Chicago Heights, Illinois on September 29, 1948 |
Parents are John Robert Diersen (died in 1969) and Esther Dorothy Diersen (Balgemann) of Crete |
Interests include Corvettes, Chargers, Impala SSs, and Thunderbirds and bicycling on the Illinois Prairie Path |
Listed in Who’s Who since 1988 |
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Personal Background
Illinois Senator Peter Roskam |
Illinois Representative Randall Hultgren |
DuPage County Board Member John Noel |
DuPage Forest Preserve Member Gwen Henry |
DuPage County Auditor Jim Rasins |
References
Wheaton City Councilman Tom Mouhelis |
Annapolis, Maryland Attorney Walter T. Charlton |
GAO Senior Analyst Stewart Seman |
Central DuPage Hospital President Luke McGuinness |
Milton Township Trustee Don Sender |
DuPage Regional School Board Trustee Tim Whelan |
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Contact Information
Phone: 630-653-0462 | |
Fax: 630-653-9665 | |
Email: diersen@aol.com | |
Address: 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60187-6326 |