Mark Israel

Director, Internal Audit and Oversight

Responsible for directing financial and business operations reviews for Brookhaven Lab. He also conducts independent institutional assessments to measure the adequacy of work performance and to promote improvements. The Laboratory has about 2,600 employees and a total annual budget of about $500 million.

Israel’s office serves as an independent resource for conducting internal audits and studies, coordinating outside audit activities, and providing expert information and guidance on effective internal controls and prudent business practices. All audits are conducted within the framework of the international standards set by the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Israel’s customers include the Laboratory Director and his senior management team, the Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) Board, and DOE. BSA manages and operates Brookhaven Lab, and its 16-member Board of Directors is composed of five members appointed by the Research Foundation of State University of New York, five by Battelle, and one each from six of the nation’s premiere research universities: Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton and Yale.

Vision

Internal Audit is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve BNL’s operations. It helps the Laboratory accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.

Internal Audit and Oversight independently analyzes and verifies the effectiveness of BNL systems and processes and reports these results to Laboratory management. IA&O performs multiple functions related to the oversight of BNL programs:

• Verifies the effectiveness, efficiency and adequacy of Self-Assessment Programs of each Directorate
• Evaluates and determines the significance of events that are not in compliance with the Price-Anderson Amendments Act (PAAA) in conjunction with the Health and Safety Regulatory Working Group.
• Conducts Independent Assessments and Special Studies of Laboratory systems and processes as requested by BNL management;

Biographical Information

A certified public accountant, Israel received a BBA in accounting in 1969 and an MBA in finance in 1978, both from Adelphi University. From 1968 to 1971, he was an accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co. Certified Public Accountants in Manhattan, and from 1971 to 1974, he was a senior financial analyst for American Airlines in Lake Success, NY. He joined Brookhaven Lab in 1974 as an internal auditor, advanced to several supervisory auditing positions, and, in 1987, became the Laboratory’s Fiscal Officer. He has served as Interim Director of Internal Audit and Oversight since September 2006.

Israel is a member of the DOE Financial Management Improvement Council, comprised of members of the DOE financial community and nine of its contractors. He is also a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, for which he chaired several of the society’s tax committees; the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; the Institute of Internal Auditors; and the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). He also was the former president of IMA’s Long Island - Suffolk Chapter.

Internal Audit & Oversight Office

Last Modified: May 9, 2008

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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