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2006–2007 AAA COMMITTEES


FINANCE COMMITTEE
(Standing Committee of the Association)

Charge:

Assist the Executive Committee in monitoring and improving all aspects of the Association's finances. Specifically:

  1. Review the previous committees' reports and other important background material.
  2. Evaluate additional or alternative ways to finance existing Association activities.
  3. Plan financial strategies for Association initiatives and activities.
  4. Work with the 2006–2007 President-Elect in preparing the 2007–2008 budget.
  5. Monitor the investment of AAA funds in accordance with established Executive Committee policies and procedures.
  6. Oversee the budgeting system for the Association, including appropriate costing of products and services. (Issues regarding publications should be coordinated with the Publications Committee.)
  7. Review, as needed, Association costs (such as employee benefits) and recommend changes, as appropriate.
  8. Undertake special initiatives concerning the financial goals and strategies of the Association as directed by the President or Executive Committee. For 2007, prepare a recommendation for the Executive Committee on the desirability of altering the dues structure of the AAA.
  9. Compare AAA operating ratios and sources of revenues to those of comparable associations reported in the most recent ASAE Operating Ratio Report. Provide results of the comparison to the Executive Committee in time for its fall meeting.
  10. Provide a progress report to the Executive Committee liaison in time to be included in the agenda book for each Executive Committee meeting.

Chair:

D. Scott Showalter - 2*
KPMG
dsshowalter@kpmg.com

Members

Shyam Sunder–President Yale University shyam.sunder@yale.edu
Gary Previts–President-Elect Case Western Reserve Univ gjp@case.edu
Joseph Carcello University of Tennessee jcarcell@utk.edu
Sue Haka Michigan State University haka@bus.msu.edu
Mark Chain - 1 Deloitte mchain@deloitte.com
Elizabeth Oliver - 1 Washington & Lee Univ. olivere@wlu.edu
Mark Higgins - 1 University of Rhode Island markhiggins@uri.edu
Chris Wolfe - 1 Texas A&M University cjwolfe@tamu.edu
Christine Botosan - 2 University of Utah actcb@business.utah.edu
Monte Swain - 2 Brigham Young University monte@byu.edu
Jerold Zimmerman - 3 University of Rochester zimmerman@simon.rochester.edu
Stacy Kovar - 3 Kansas State University skovar@ksu.edu
Tony Tinker - 3 Baruch College Tony_Tinker@baruch.cuny.edu

EC Liaison

D. Scott Showalter KPMG dsshowalter@kpmg.com

* The number indicates years of service remaining

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