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2009 Annual Meeting Speakers
David Walker
President, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Presentation: "Improving Fiscal Transparency and Making Tough Choices"
Monday Plenary, August 3, 2009As President and CEO of the Foundation, Dave is now free to do what he wasn't able to do while running the Government Accountability Office: advocate for specific solutions, work proactively with grantees and other partners to build strong coalitions, and encourage and engage in grassroots efforts to bring pressure on Washington to act.
As Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008, spanning both Democratic and Republican administrations, Dave served as the federal government's chief auditor. Appointed by President Bill Clinton and confirmed unanimously by the US Senate, he was an outspoken, nonpartisan advocate for addressing the major fiscal and other sustainability challenges facing the country. He also enacted transformational reforms at the agency and within the accountability profession.
Prior to his appointment to run the GAO, Dave served as a partner and global managing director of Arthur Andersen LLP and in several government leadership positions, including as a Public Trustee for Social Security and Medicare from 1990 to 1995 and as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs during the Reagan administration.
Although no longer the US government's chief auditor, Dave continues to serve as a global accountability expert as chairman of the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee. He also serves on the boards of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Partnership for Public Service. He has authored two books, is a regular commentator, and is the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A., which arrives in theatres around the country in August 2008.
Dave holds a B.S. in accounting from Jacksonville University, a Senior Management in Government Certificate in public policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and several honorary doctorate degrees. He has won numerous leadership and other awards during his career. He and his wife Mary live in Alexandria, VA and have two children and three grandchildren.
Sir David Tweedie
Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board
Presentation: "The Financial Crisis and Regulatory Arbitrage – A real-world stress-test of accounting standards"
Tuesday Plenary, August 4, 2009Sir David was educated at the University of Edinburgh (B.Com., Ph.D). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1972 and between 1973 and 1978 he was a Lecturer in Department of Accounting at University of Edinburgh. Subsequently he served as Technical Director, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (1978 - 1981), National Research Partner, KMG Thomson McLintock (1982 - 1987) and National Technical Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock (1987 - 1990). In 1990 he was appointed the first Chairman of the UK Accounting Standards Board (1990 – 2000) and the Chairman of the Urgent Issues Task Force.
He has received a number of honorary degrees and professional awards, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales's Founding Societies Award (1997), awarded annually to a member who has made an outstanding contribution in any field of endeavour and the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting's CIMA Award (1998), awarded to non-members of CIMA who have made an outstanding contribution to the profession and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
He has been a visiting professor at the University of Lancaster International Centre for Research in Accounting (ICRA), the University of Bristol and the University of Edinburgh.
He was knighted in 1994 for his services to the Accounting Profession.
John A. Christensen
President, European Accounting Association
Presentation: "Accounting Errors - Errors of Accounting"
Tuesday Lunch, August 4, 2009John Christensen is Professor of Accounting at University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and has been visiting fellow at Yale University.
Christensen's research interests are focused on accounting issues using an information economics perspective. His work has been published in, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Management Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, and Bell Journal of Economics. He is co-author of Accounting Theory: An Information Content Perspective, published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill in 2003.
He is currently associate editor of European Accounting Review and Management Accounting Research and member of the editorial board of Review of Accounting Studies. He is currently the president of the European Accounting Association. He is decorated Knight of the Order Dannebrog.
He has served on The AAA Council, The Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee and the Program Advisory Committee. He has served on the editorial board of The Accounting Review and Journal of Management Accounting Research.
Marc Epstein
Distinguished Research Professor of Management, Rice University
Presentation: "Sustainability: Measuring and Reporting Social and Environmental Impacts for Internal and External Decisions and Accountability"
Wednesday Plenary, August 5, 2009Marc J. Epstein is Distinguished Research Professor of Management at Rice University in Houston Texas. The author of 18 books and over 100 articles, Dr. Epstein has significant practical experience and has completed extensive research in corporate sustainability, governance, and accountability. His most recent book, Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts, was released in 2008. He is the winner of numerous awards for his work relating to extensive field research on this topic including the AAA/AICPA Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award, AAA Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award, and IMA Siegel Award for Applied Research. His presentation will focus on the measurement and integration of social and environmental impacts for internal management decisions.
Mindy S. Lubber, JD, MBA
President, Ceres; Director, Investor Network on Climate Risk
Presentation: "Sustainability: Measuring and Reporting Social and Environmental Impacts for Internal and External Decisions and Accountability"
Wednesday Plenary, August 5, 2009Mindy S. Lubber is the President of Ceres, the leading U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental, social and governance practices. She also directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), an alliance of more than 70 institutional investors representing nearly $7 trillion in assets that coordinates U.S. investor responses to the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate change.
Ms. Lubber is the recipient of the Skoll Social Entrepreneur Award and under her leadership, Ceres was awarded the Fast Company Social Capitalist Award for 2007 and 2008. In her position at Ceres, Ms. Lubber has lectured on corporate sustainability issues at the New York Stock Exchange, the World Economic Forum, more than 100 Fortune 500 companies and the American Bar Association.
Ms. Lubber has held leadership positions in government as the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; in the financial services sector as Founder, President and CEO of Green Century Capital Management, an investment firm managing environmentally screened mutual funds; in the private sector as the President of an environmental law and policy consulting group; and in the not-for-profit sector for more than a decade leading environmental and public interest law organizations.
Nancy A. Bagranoff
Incoming President, American Accounting Association
Presentation: "The AAA: A History of thought Leadership in Accounting"
Wednesday Lunch, August 5, 2009Dr. Bagranoff holds a bachelors degree in marketing from Ohio State University. She earned a Master of Science in Accounting degree at Syracuse University and completed her doctorate in accounting at George Washington University in 1986. Dr. Bagranoff began her career at General Electric Company, where she completed their Financial Management Training Program. She passed the CPA examination in the District of Columbia in 1981 (inactive). She has taught at several universities, including American University and Miami University. At American, Professor Bagranoff served as Chair of the Department of Accounting and at Miami she directed the Master of Accountancy degree program. She has co-authored several books and many articles in the area of accounting information systems, consulting, and information technology audit and control.
Nancy Bagranoff is Professor of Accounting and Dean of the College of Business and Public Administration at Old Dominion University. She currently serves on and has held board positions for a number of organizations, including the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation, the national board for Beta Alpha Psi, BB&T's Norfolk Advisory Board, and the Hampton Roads chapter of the Organization of Women in International Trade. She is also Chair of the Board for the Economics Club of Hampton Roads and a Board Member and Treasurer for the Hampton Roads CIVIC Leadership Institute and the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.
Dean Bagranoff has served as the President of the Information Systems section and as Vice President for Education for the American Accounting Association. She was a member of the Consultative Advisory Group to the International Accounting Education Standards Board and is currently President-elect of the American Accounting Association.
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