Chapter Advocates
Dori Danko
Dori Danko attended Michigan State University and received a Bachelor’s of Science degree. Upon graduating from Michigan State, she began working on her graduate business degree at Grand Valley State University with an emphasis in Accounting. Immediately after graduating with her Master’s of Business Administration, she started working as an auditor with Coopers and Lybrand (later to become PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in the Grand Rapids, Mi office. After working for Coopers for approximately 4 ½ years she left to work in private industry as a controller for a small company located in the Grand Rapids, MI area.
During her three years as a controller, she served as an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University and developed a relationship with the University and the Accounting Department (now the School of Accounting). In 1998, she joined Grand Valley State as a Visiting Professor and eventually received a Tenure Track position in 2001; she was granted tenure as an instructor in Spring 2007. She currently serves as Assistant Director to the School of Accounting and Accounting Internship Coordinator.
Dori teaches Financial Accounting Principles and Not-for-Profit Governmental Accounting courses. In the Winter 2001, Dori started as a co-advisor to GVSU’s Beta Alpha Psi chapter and became sole advisor in Fall 2002. GVSU hosts one of the larger Beta Alpha Psi chapters in the nation and she has enjoyed her experiences working with the students and Beta. Dori has always taken pride her relationships with students and teaching, and has received two teaching awards since joining GVSU in the fall 1998.
Dori lives in the northern part of the Greater Grand Rapids, MI area with her husband Tony, their two very active daughters and one adorable and spoiled rescue dog. She enjoys attending her daughters’ sporting events and school programs which keep their family very busy. She enjoys many hobbies and activities including: running, working out, skiing, gardening, reading, quilting, cooking, and spending time with family and friends.
Dori Danko
Instructor of Accounting
Assistant Director, School of Accounting
Accounting Internship Coordinator
Grand Valley State University
Seidman College of Business
427c DeVos Center
401 West Fulton Street
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Phone: 616-331-7397
dankod@gvsu.edu
Scott Hobson
L. Scott Hobson received his BS in accounting and Master of Accountancy with an emphasis in management advisory services from Brigham Young University in 1983. Upon graduation from BYU, Scott worked for two years at Price Waterhouse in San Jose as an auditor and then transitioned to their consulting practice. He licensed as a CPA in California in 1986. Scott continued through the ranks in PW’s consulting practice until, as a manager, he left PW in 1989 with a senior manager and another manager to form their own consulting company, Hilton, Farnkopf & Hobson, LLC (now HFH Consultants). Scott and his partners opened offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Newport Beach, the Sacramento area and the Portland area prior to Scott’s decision to leave private practice and return to academia.
Scott has always enjoyed teaching. As a student at BYU, Scott taught business math and introductory calculus in the Marriott School. While working at Price Waterhouse, Scott taught intermediate accounting classes at San Jose State University in the evenings for two years in the late 1980s. Scott currently teaches introductory managerial and financial accounting, managerial accounting in the MBA program, and governmental and not-for-profit accounting in the MPA program. He also teaches a management consulting class for Macc students.
Scott was faculty advisor to the Gamma Alpha chapter at BYU from 2006-2009. He received the McGladrey & Pullen, LLP Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2009. He was selected to serve as a Chapter Advocate in 2009.
Scott and his wife Kay Lani have three sons and three daughters ranging in age from 27 years to 6 years. When he is not attending his childrens’ sports and dance activities, Scott enjoys puttering around the garden and competing in triathlons.
Scott Hobson
Teaching Professor of Accounting
School of Accountancy
Marriott School of Management
Brigham Young University
539 TNRB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-8196
Fax: (801) 422-0621
Email: shobson@byu.edu
Treba Marsh
Treba Marsh is the Director of the Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy at Stephen F. Austin State University. She has been the faculty advisor of Epsilon Mu Chapter since 2002.
Stephen F. Austin State University
P. O. Box 13005 SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Phone: 936-468-1744
Fax: 936-468-1482
tmarsh@sfasu.edu
Molly G. Brown, CPA, MSA
Molly Brown is an Instructor in the James Madison University School of Accounting, where she teaches cost, financial, and managerial accounting courses. She is also a graduate of JMU. Molly has served as the Beta Alpha Psi advisor of the Eta Delta chapter for the last five years, and in 2009 was the meeting chair of the Annual Meeting in Brooklyn.
Molly G. Brown, CPA, MSA
School of Accounting
James Madison University
MSC 0204
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Email: brownmg@jmu.edu
Gwendolyn Highsmith-Quick
Dr. Highsmith-Quick has served as Faculty Advisor to the Zeta Sigma chapter at North Carolina A&T State University from 1991 to now with the exception of in 2000 when she was on the National Board of Directors as Director of Chapter Activities and Chapter Development. In 1994, the Southeast Region of Beta Alpha Psi awarded her with "Special Recognition" as a Faculty Advisor. She was recognized by the National body of Beta Alpha Psi as an "Outstanding Faculty Advisor" in 1996. In 1997, Gwendolyn served as Faculty Coordinator for the Thomas J. Burns National Student Seminar.
Gwendolyn Highsmith-Quick
North Carolina A&T State University
Quiester Craig Hall
Greensboro, NC 27411
Telephone: (336) 334-7581 Ext 6016
Fax: (336) 256-2274
Email: highsmig@ncat.edu
Deborah Medlar
Deborah has been involved with the Delta Chapter at the University of Washington for the past five years. She has also served as an advisor and mentor for the petitioning chapter at the University of Washington at Bothell. Deborah is a member of the Washington Society of CPAs and she is admitted to practice Law in the state of Washington.
Deborah Medlar
Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
Phone: 206-616-8394
Fax: 206-685-1561
Email: medlard@u.washington.edu
Web: http://faculty.washington.edu/medlard