Upcoming Webinars
Detecting Fraud Through AI and Data Analytics
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. EST (12 p.m. CST)
Location: Microsoft Teams
In today's complex grants landscape, relying solely on traditional monitoring to detect irregularities in your grants program may still leave your organization vulnerable. This one-hour webinar explores integrating the latest AI tools with data analytics to accelerate your oversight efforts and will help you:
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Understand the relationship between traditional data analytics and new artificial intelligence tools, the role each plays, and how they work best when combined synergistically.
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Identify practical algorithms and analytical techniques to uncover real-world schemes in large data sets.
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Learn how detailed data and document analysis can expose patterns of fraud, waste, and abuse in your grants dataset.
Furthermore, we’ll demonstrate AI tools that you can use to identify irregular trends and anomalies in your data.
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Can't attend? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording.​
About the Speakers
Maribeth Vander Weele is the Founder and CEO of Vander Weele Group, where she has overseen grants oversight programs in more than 20 states. She is a recognized thought leader, speaker, and author known for her ability to drive strategic and tactical change in large organizations. Among her roles, she has served as the outsourced Inspector General of the Public Building Commission of Chicago. Prior to founding the firm in 2003, Maribeth authored a nationally acclaimed roadmap for the reform of the $3.8 billion
Chicago Public School system. She subsequently served on the CPS turnaround team, overseeing Internal Audit, investigations, Safe Schools and truancy programs, and the Ombudsman’s Office. Appointed Inspector General in 1998, she managed a staff that built construction, procurement, and employee misconduct investigative units. She later served as President of the Illinois Association of Inspectors General, where she spearheaded training programs for Inspector General offices throughout the state. Maribeth has served on multiple state, county, and city panels. A former award-winning journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and author of the book, Reclaiming Our Schools: The Struggle for Chicago School Reform, Maribeth has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Teacher Magazine, Education Week, and in the book, Extraordinary Ordinary Women Making a Difference. Her work is cited in the book, Battling Corruption in America’s Public Schools, and in many other publications.
Peter Holland is a Data Innovation Strategist with the Vander Weele Group, where he leads AI and data analytics efforts. He is an accomplished Program Manager and AI/Data Leader with more than 15 years of experience spanning management consulting, data analytics, contract and grant management, and executive reporting. He excels at translating complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders across government, healthcare, and private sectors.​
At the Vander Weele Group, Peter implements and deploys artificial intelligence tools, collects data, aggregates program metrics, and develops dynamic dashboards for executive leadership. His efforts have improved transparency, accountability, and innovation through predictive analytics and data-driven initiatives. Prior to joining the Vander Weele Group, Peter supported the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Oracle Health. His work involved automating data collection processes, statistical analysis, and dashboards to visualize opportunities, trends, and performance metrics, enabling organizations to make data-driven decisions.