Board of Directors
Teresa Conover, Ph.D., CPA
Teresa Conover’s educational background includes a BS from the University of California at Davis, an MBA from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She is a CPA, licensed in the State of Texas.
She has had the honor of serving as a faculty in residence for Ernst & Young International in their London office and as a Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics.
She is a member of many professional organizations including the American Accounting Association, the International Association for Accounting Education and Research, Beta Gamma Sigma, and Beta Alpha Psi. She served as the President of the American Accounting Association International Accounting Section for the 2000-2001 year. She recently completed three years of service on the Beta Alpha Psi International Board of Directors as the Director of Administration and Development and has been elected as incoming President-Elect of Beta Alpha Psi.
She specializes in teaching financial and international accounting and has taught accounting since 1985. She has taught at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. She has received eight teaching awards and has been nominated for several others. She holds the Paden Neeley Professorship for Excellence in Teaching.
Her research interests concentrate on financial and international accounting. She has published numerous articles in national and international accounting and business journals.
Teri and her husband Jim are recent empty nesters with one daughter at the University of Texas at Austin and one at the University of Rhode Island. Her hobbies are traveling and reading.
Teresa Conover, Ph.D.
President Elect – Beta Alpha Psi
Professor of Accounting
University of North Texas
Department of Accounting
1155 Union Circle #305219
Denton, Texas 76203-5017
Phone: 940-565-3867
Email: teresa.conover@unt.edu
Mary Stone
Mary Stone joined the University faculty in 1981 as an assistant professor in the
Culverhouse School of Accountancy. She was promoted to associate professor
in 1984, awarded the rank of full professor in 1990, named Hugh Culverhouse
Endowed Chair of Accountancy in 2002, and appointed Director of the
Culverhouse School of Accountancy in 2004. Mary is a former member of the
Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council and the Accounting Standards
Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
and Past President of the American Accounting Association, and a Florida CPA.
EDUCATION: Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; BS and MS
Central Florida University
RECOGNITION: American Accounting Association Outstanding Accounting Educator (2007), Beta Alpha
Psi Business Information Professional of the Year – Education (2006), Co-winner AAA/McGraw-Hill Accounting
Horizons Best Paper Award (2006), Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Educator
(2001-2002), The University of Alabama National Alumni Association Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award
(1999), Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting (1993-2002), C&BA Outstanding Researcher Award (1988), Arthur
Andersen & Co. Research Scholar (1989), Peat Marwick Main Research Scholar (1988), and Van Pelt Award for
Outstanding Contribution to Accounting Literature (1984, 1983).
PUBLICATIONS: The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting & Economics, Horizons, Journal of
Accounting Research, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Review of
Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, Journal of Accounting
Literature, and Accounting Historians Journal.
SERVICE: Chair, FSA/AAA Valuation Subcommittee; Chair, AICPA Precertification Education Executive Committee;
Board of Directors of FSA; Member FEI, AICPA, ASCPA, and AAA.
Mary Stone
Director, Culverhouse School of Accountancy and Hugh Culverhouse Chair of Accounting
University of Alabama
Culverhouse School of Accountancy
Office: 314 Alston Hall
Phone: 205-348-2915
mstone@cba.ua.edu
Email: mstone@cba.ua.edu
Andrew Bailey
Andrew D. Bailey was appointed Senior Policy Advisor to the Grant Thornton National Public Policy and Strategy Group in September 2006.
From January 2004 to December 2005, Dr. Bailey was a Senior Officer of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), serving as the Deputy Chief Accountant in the Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant. In this capacity, Dr. Bailey managed the day-to-day operations of the office, overseeing the accounting aspects of the resolution of registrant issues, rulemaking projects and private sector standard-setting efforts. Earlier, from August 2000 to July 2001, Dr. Bailey had served as an Academic Accounting Fellow in the SEC Office of the Chief Accountant.
Professor Bailey spent a long and distinguished career in academia, with numerous visiting professorships abroad, and culminating with his being named Emeritus Professor of Accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He was the Ernst & Young Distinguished Professor of Accountancy and Head of the Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois, from Autumn 1994 to Summer 1997. He has also held the position of Director of the Zimmerman Center for International Education and Research in Accounting and Editor of The International Journal of Accounting (TIJA). Earlier, he was the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accounting and Head of the Department of Accounting at The University of Arizona. He has also been a faculty member at the Universities of Maine, Minnesota (Department Chair), Iowa, Purdue, and The Ohio State University (Arthur Young Professor of Accounting). He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Queensland in Australia, The Otago University in New Zealand, The Norwegian Graduate School of Management in Oslo, Norway, and Groupe Ècole Superieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) in Paris, France.
Dr. Bailey earned two degrees at the University of Minnesota, B.S.B. and M.S. in accounting, before earning his Ph.D. in accounting at The Ohio State University in 1971. Formerly with Touche Ross & Co., he is a CPA, CIA, CMA and CFE. He is a Past President of the American Accounting Association and Past Chairman of the Auditing section of the AAA. He has served as co editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Associate Editor of The Accounting Review and The Journal of Information Systems and has served on numerous academic journal review boards. He is a member of the Rho Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi and was the national Beta Alpha Psi Accountant of the Year (Educator), 1996, and has been named among the top 100 most influential people in accounting. His research interests include a broad range of auditing and professional issues, including auditing in a computerized environment.
Andrew Bailey
Andrew D. Bailey, Jr.
P.O. Box 3550
Cottonwood, Arizona 86326
Phone: 301-785-4816
Email: jabaile@uiuc.edu
Brian McGuire
BRIAN L. McGUIRE is the Associate Dean, MBA Director, and Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern Indiana. He has a B.S. from the University of South Alabama, an MBA from the University of South Alabama, and a Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida (major field of concentration in accounting, with additional emphasis in information systems). He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Management Accountant, a Certified Business Manager, and a Certified Information Technology Professional, and he has professional experience in both public and corporate accounting. He has served as an Administrator of a medical center, Director of Corporate Operations of a hospital holding company, and as a consultant in the health care field. In addition, he has consulted numerous medical groups in the areas of accounting, reimbursement, fee schedules, information systems, and office administration. He has also served as a consultant in several other areas, including an Activity-Based Costing Implementation Project, a High Technology Assessment Project, a Community Development Financial Institution Project, and most recently, as an expert witness in a Superior Court case.
His dissertation, An Empirical Study of User Satisfaction with Accounting Information Systems in a Healthcare Environment, combined his interests in information systems and health services administration. While completing his doctorate, he worked in the Intelligent Multimedia Applications Laboratory (IMAL) at the University of Central Florida, which was a project (funded by NASA) that integrated artificial intelligence (expert systems) with multimedia applications.
Dr. McGuire’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of cost accounting, health care administration, and accounting information systems. His research has been published in numerous journals, including Strategic Finance, Management Accounting Quarterly, and the Journal of Cost Management, and he has received numerous research awards, including the 2007 “Lybrand Silver Medal" (Strategic Finance and Management Accounting Quarterly’s annual manuscript competition), and a 2001 and a 2002 “Lybrand Certificate of Merit” (given for excellence in contributing to the literature for the advancement of management accounting). He also received an “Articles of Merit Award,” International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) 2007 Articles of Merit (given for previously published international articles, selected by IFAC's Professional Accountants in Business Committee, which address topics that can assist professional accountants in business with their management, strategic and financial decision-making issues). In addition, he has received numerous “Best Paper Awards” at national and international academic conferences, and he has made numerous presentations at national and international professional meetings. Furthermore, he received three (1999, 2001, and 2003) “USI College of Business’ Faculty Award for Service” (given annually to the faculty member that most exemplifies excellence in service), the 2001 “USI College of Business’ Faculty Award for Research,” (given annually to the faculty member that most exemplifies excellence in research), and the 2005 “USI College of Business’ Faculty Award for Teaching,” (given annually to the faculty member that most exemplifies excellence in teaching).
He has served on several international boards, including the Board of Directors of the Institute of Management Accountants and the Board of Regents of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants. He also serves on numerous charitable and not-for-profit boards, and is currently the President of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra (EPO), a multi-million dollar orchestra and largest arts institution in the Indiana/Illinois/Kentucky Tri-State Area (founded in 1934). In addition, he has served on several committees and task forces of various academic and professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Accounting Association. Furthermore, he is a member of Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi honorary organizations.
Brian McGuire
University of Southern Indiana
Dept. of Accounting and Business Law
COB – 8600 University Blvd.
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-465-7031
Email: BMCGUIRE@usi.edu
Heather Collins
Heather joined the American Institute of CPAs’ Academic & Career Awareness team in December of 2008. In her role at the Institute, Heather oversees strategic initiatives for implementation of programs and services related to students and young professionals by developing stronger relationships with external organizations and agencies to accomplish successful pipeline outreach.
Key components of Heather’s responsibilities as Director include developing programs and initiatives – at the high school and community college level with the Start Here. Go Places. website and the college and university level with the new This Way To CPA website (currently under construction) – to attract talented students to study accounting and pursue careers as CPAs; overseeing programs to improve accounting education and preparing individuals for careers in the profession; and managing the team’s operations.
Prior to joining the Academic & Career Awareness team, Heather worked with the Institute’s Member Value team, where she was involved with the enhancement of the Institute’s online dues payment module as well as surpassing the goal of 338,000 regular members and attaining a 97% retention rate for general membership for Fiscal Year ‘08.
Before coming to the Institute, Heather worked in the agency arena where her primary efforts focused on creating and executing integrated marketing communications plans (advertising, public relations, etc.) for business-to-business and business-to-consumer clients.
Outside of the AICPA, Heather enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children.
Heather earned a Bachelor of Science in Textile and Apparel Management from North Carolina State University in 1996.
American Institute of CPAs
220 Leigh Farm Rd.
Durham, NC 27707
Phone: 919 402-4846
Email: hcollins@aicpa.org
Shawn Harter
Since 2007, Shawn Harter has served as Vice President and Director of Recruiting for Fifth Third Bancorp, located in Cincinnati, OH. He joined Fifth Third in 2005 as Director of Recruiting Operations. Shawn’s prior roles include three years as National Director of Recruiting for RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey and Pullen, LLP, based in Bloomington, MN. He joined the firm in August 2002 and was responsible for all college relations and recruitment efforts, which included college graduates and experienced professionals. Shawn began his career with Arthur Andersen and worked with the company for nearly 12 years in various positions including audit, operations and director of all North American university recruiting.
Shawn Harter
Fifth Third Bank
VP, Director of Recruiting
38 Fountain Square, MD 109021
Cincinnati, OH 45263
Phone: 513-534-7196
Fax: 513-534-4950
Email: Shawn.Harter@53.com
Mark Higgins
Mark is the Dean and The Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business at the University of Rhode Island. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee and is a CPA. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from the University of South Carolina. During his tenure at URI, he served as the Director of the Masters in Accounting Program from 1994-2004 and as the Area Coordinator in Accounting from 2002-2004. From 2004-2006 he served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. Prior to his tenure at URI, he was a Tax Manager for Ernst and Young (formerly Arthur Young) in New York City. He is currently President of the American Taxation Association having previously served as Secretary, Vice-President, and President-Elect. Mark currently serves on the Executive Committee of the American Accounting Association as Vice President for Sections and Regions. He previously served on the Finance Committee and chaired the Membership Committee. In addition, he served two four-year terms on the Northeast Region Steering Committee and has twice served as the Program Chair and as President of the Northeast Region. In 2006, he was elected into the American Accounting Association Northeast Region Hall of Fame.
He is the co-author with Kevin Murphy of
Concepts in Taxation which is in its 14th edition. His research has been published in the
Journal of Accounting Education,
Critical Perspectives in Accounting,
The Accounting Historians Journal,
Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, The CPA Journal,
Practical Tax Strategies,
The Tax Adviser, and
Tax Notes. His research has been featured in
The Boston Globe and
The Providence Journal where he also serves as a technical consultant to Neil Downing’s, “Moneyline” column.
Mark Higgins
University of Rhode Island
College of Business Administration
7 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Pearl Rozenberg
Pearl Rozenberg has been involved with Beta Alpha Psi for some 5 years. She was a key player in BAP adding its first Australia chapter at the University of Sydney.
Pearl has studied both law and science although has largely practiced in law. She is eligible to practice law in Australia and also Canada having been admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in the Law Society of Upper Canada. Before moving to academe Pearl worked for large multinational and domestic law firms.
Pearl has taught at the University of Melbourne, Deakin University, University of New South Wales and is presently teaching at the University of Sydney. Her areas of specialty include commercial law, banking, finance and insolvency law and legal issues dealing with eCommerce. She has published books and numerous journal articles within her research areas as well as a series on research, teaching and citation of Internet resources. Pearl also holds the position of Director Academic Appeals, an Ombudsman like position, and so handles all appeals from students as well as oversight of all teaching administration and policy issues.
Pearl has particular expertise in teaching using technology. She has won a University of Sydney Teaching Excellence Award for the use of technology with teaching and has been invited to speak at teaching showcases and national and international conferences dealing with teaching and the Internet.
Pearl Rozenberg
Director Academic Appeals
University of Sydney Australia
Economics and Business Building H69
cnr Rose & Codrington Street
Sydney – NSW – 2221
Phone: +61 2 9351 6630
Email: p.rozenberg@econ.usyd.edu.au
Suzanne McCaffrey
Suzanne McCaffrey attended the University of Maryland and received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting. Soon after December’s graduation, she started work with Arthur Young & Co. in Washington, D.C., who, of course, later merged to become Ernst & Young. After working three years in the public arena, she moved to Mississippi.
During the next few years, she worked at the University of Mississippi doing internal audit work, departmental accounting, contract & grant accounting, and a campus-wide re-engineering/information technology project. In addition, during this time she attended graduate school and received her Masters of Accountancy degree.
After working one year off campus, she accepted an instructor position in the Patterson School of Accountancy to begin teaching Fall 2000. In Fall 2002, Suzanne began work as Faculty Advisor for Beta Alpha Psi. In keeping with her plans to become more involved in BAP, the Ole Miss chapter hosted the 2007 regional meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Her husband, Dr. David McCaffrey, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration at the School of Pharmacy at the University. She has three children who try her patience on a daily basis, help keep her organized, have helped her become a soccer mom and who carry around a piece of her heart wherever they go.
Suzanne McCaffrey
University of Mississippi
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7468
Email: Suzannem@olemiss.edu
Sharon Lightner
Sharon Lightner is the William E. Cole Director, of the Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy. She has taught financial accounting at the graduate and undergraduate level. She is a three time recipient of the Most Outstanding Faculty Award in the School of Accountancy and has been selected the Most Influential Professor by the Most Outstanding Accounting Student on three separate occasions. She received an Aztec Achievement Award at SDSU for the outstanding faculty advisor on campus and was selected as one of the six Beta Alpha Psi faculty advisors nation wide to receive a 1995-1996 Arthur Andersen Richard E. Claire Outstanding Faculty Adviser Award.
She was a recipient of the AICPA/AAA Collaboration Award for her development of an international accounting class that was offered in real time to students in four countries. She has shared her applications of technology via numerous presentations and publications. Other awards and honors include:
- Named 2007 Educator of the Year by the American Women’s Society of Certified Public Accountants (AWSCPA)
- Elected to serve on the board of directors for Beta Alpha Psi, 2008
- Currently serves on the San Diego chapter boards of the Financial Executives International (FEI) and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)
- Serves on the state Accounting Education Committee of CalCPA
- Serves on the Board of Directors for CalCPA
- Serves on the national board of directors for Beta Alpha Psi
Her degrees include a Bachelor of Science from the University of Montana, a Master of Science from San Diego State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oregon. She has published in Journal of Accounting Education, Journal of Accountancy, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and The Practical Accountant.
Dr. Sharon M. Lightner
San Diego State University
Office Location: SSE #2415
Phone: (619) 594-3735
Fax: (619) 594-3675
Email: sharon.lightner@sdsu.edu
Andy Kaestle
Alumni Representative Andy Kaestle is in the Assurance Services group at Ernst & Young, LLP (E&Y) in the San Diego office. His client base primarily consists of companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical research fields. Andy graduated from the University of San Diego (USD) in 2009 with undergraduate degrees in accounting and finance. Prior to beginning work with E&Y, Andy gained internship experience in a variety of areas including real estate, taxation, and venture capital.
In the Fall of 2007, Andy pledged the USD Zeta Kappa Chapter and was initiated the following semester. After serving as the Chapter’s Director of Community Service, Andy was elected Chapter President for the 2008 calendar year. During his term, Andy focused on increasing the chapter’s group-service opportunities and impact within the community as well as professionalism during meetings and events. Andy led the Zeta Kappa Chapter in putting on several workshops focused on topics such as networking, professionalism, and responsibility for one’s own financial stability. The workshops were then utilized as the subject for their chapter’s 2009 regional meeting Best Practice presentation, for which they earned first place. Post-graduation, Andy has remained involved in his chapter’s initiatives by participating in initiation ceremonies, mentoring current student-members, and working with several other alumni to establish a chapter alumni board. Andy has also attended several annual and regional meetings, in addition to participating on the Western Regional Meeting alumni panel and presenting on the topic of ‘a successful transition from student-member to alumni-member’.
Andy continues to drive community involvement through the planning and coordinating of joint events between the student-members of the Zeta Kappa Chapter and E&Y professionals. Andy has a strong passion for working with students and he is excited to continue to do so in his new role. In addition to the many friends he has made through his involvement in the organization, Beta Alpha Psi has had a lasting effect on Andy’s personal and professional development. He is looking forward to working alongside such a well-respected group of board and forum members, as well as all those who have dedicated their time towards making this organization what it is today.
Andy Kaestle
Ernst & Young, LLP
4370 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92122
Phone: (206) 465 - 7815
Fax: (866) 780 - 3724
andy.kaestle@ey.com
Annie Boudreau
Alumni Representative Annie Boudreau is an auditor at Grant Thornton, LLP’s Boston office and serves clients in a variety of industries. Annie graduated from Bentley University in 2008 with an undergraduate degree in Corporate Finance & Accounting and in 2009 with her Master of Science in Accountancy.
Annie joined Beta Alpha Psi as a candidate at Bentley University’s Theta Gamma Chapter in the spring of 2006. She served as the Activities Chair for the Chapter from 2006-2007 and then as President from 2007-2008. At the Chapter level, in collaboration with the other officers, Annie created a Pledge Program for first semester candidates to become better acclimated with the organization She strengthened the quality and increased the variety of events, as well as improved participation to ensure the Chapter maintained its’ Superior status. Annie participated in regional and national activities during her time at Bentley including competing in the Best Practices Competition at the 2007 Atlantic Coast Regional Meeting. Bentley University hosted the 2008 Atlantic Coast Regional Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island in which Annie played an integral role in the planning and implementation as the meeting coordinator. Annie has continued her involvement in Beta Alpha Psi post-graduation as she developed an alumni database for her Chapter and participated at the 2009 Atlantic Coast Regional Meeting as an alumni panelist.
In addition to Beta Alpha Psi, Annie is an active member of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs and serves on the Young Professionals Community Service Task Force. Annie is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. She recognizes the important role Beta Alpha Psi serves in academia and the profession. Annie is very excited about the opportunity to interact with students, faculty advisors, and forum members throughout Beta Alpha Psi to assist the Board of Directors in growing the organization, increasing alumni involvement, and sustaining effective relationships with the Chapters to maximize the students’ experiences.
Annie Boudreau
Grant Thornton, LLP
226 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 848-5037
Fax: (617) 723-3640
annie.boudreau@gt.com