Bell has served as the chief of Internal Audit since May 2006. He has 16 years audit experience, and is a certified public accountant and a certified internal auditor. Prior to joining BWC, Bell served as director of internal audit for the Attorney General of the State of Ohio; senior audit manager with the Auditor of State; and audit manager for Crowe, Chizek & Co.

Since coming aboard, Bell established BWC’s first risk-based annual audit plan and revamped the audit process for managed care organizations by implementing a risk-based audit approach. Under his direction, the division conducted the agency’s first-ever end-to-end process reviews the claims and risk operations areas; and completed the first risk-based assessment of BWC’s Information Technology Division’s general and application controls.

Bell is a graduate of Kent State University, and is also a certified government accounting professional and an Institute of Internal Auditor’s (IIA’s) certified quality assessor/validator. He serves on the IIA’s International Government Relations Committee, the Board of Governors for the IIA’s Columbus Chapter and the Franklin University Accounting Advisory Board. Bell is a member of IIA, Ohio Internal Audit Committee, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Government Accountants, and Government Finance Officers Association.

He resides in New Albany with his wife and three children.