American Accounting Association


2007-2008 AAA COMMITTEES

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Charge:

The primary function of the Audit Committee is to assist the American Accounting Association Executive Committee in fulfilling its financial and compliance oversight responsibilities. The Audit Committee should review the financial reports and other financial information; the systems of internal controls; and the auditing, accounting, financial and compliance reporting processes of the Association.

Structure and Processes:

  1. Membership: The Audit Committee shall be comprised of the V.P. of Finance, the V.P. of Practice, the V.P. of Finance-Elect and one association member with expertise in auditing and internal control to be appointed for a three year term by the President-Elect. In years when there is no VP-Finance Elect, the past VP-Finance will serve. All members should be free of any relationship that, in the judgment of the Executive Committee, would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment. The Chair of the Finance Committee shall serve as the Chair of the Auditing Committee.
  2. Meetings: The Audit Committee shall meet at least two times annually, either in person or telephonically. The Audit Committee will meet annually with the AAA Executive Director and the independent auditor in separate executive sessions to discuss matters that the Audit Committee or each of these groups believes should be discussed privately. The Chair of the Audit Committee shall report regularly to the Executive Committee following the meetings of the Audit Conference. A quorum for a meeting is at least three members in attendance.
  3. Responsibilities: Audit Committee responsibilities involve review, interactions with the independent auditor, consideration of the financial and compliance reporting processes and examination of ethical and legal compliance. To access definitions of these responsibilities please go to: http://aaahq.org/FC/2006/AAA_AuditCharter-rev_8-2006.pdf.

Chair:

Joe Carcello
University of Tennessee
jcarcell@utk.edu

Members:

Name
Affiliation		 Email Term
Length		 Term
Expires
Robert Daugherty
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP		 robert.j.daugherty@us.pwc.com 2 08/2009
Ray Whittington
DePaul University		 rwhittin@depaul.edu 3 08/2010
Chris Wolfe
Texas A&M University		 cjwolfe@tamu.edu 3 08/2010

EC Liaison:

Robert Daugherty PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP robert.j.daugherty@us.pwc.com

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