American Accounting Association

2007–2008 AAA COMMITTEES

FINANCE COMMITTEE
(Standing Committee of the Association)

Charge:

The Finance Committee is responsible for monitoring the financial goals of the Association and assisting in achieving those goals.

Structure and Processes:

  1. Membership: The Finance Committee includes the Vice President-Finance, Vice President-Professional Relations, President-Elect, and other members appointed by the President with staggered terms of three years for continuity purposes. The Chair of the committee shall alternate between the two VP's above, presiding for one year in their second year of office on the Executive Committee.
  2. Meetings: The Finance Committee meets at the Annual Meeting and in the winter (generally February) to review financial condition of the association, discuss important related issues, and approve the budget. Other meetings of the committee or its sub-committees or task forces may be scheduled in person or by teleconference at the discretion of the Chair. The Chair reports regularly to the Executive Committee on the committee's activities and recommendations. A quorum shall consist of half the number of members plus one.
  3. Responsibilities: The Finance Committee is responsible for monitoring the financial goals of the Association and assist in achieving those goals including but not limited to:
    • Review the previous minutes, reports and other important background material.
    • Evaluate additional or alternative ways to finance existing Association activities.
    • Plan financial strategies for Association initiatives and activities.
    • Approve the following fiscal year’s budget and revisions to the current year’s budget for recommendation to the Executive Committee.
    • Monitor the investment of AAA funds in accordance with established Executive Committee policies and procedures.
    • Review, as needed, Association costs and recommend changes, as appropriate.
    • Undertake special initiatives concerning the financial goals and strategies of the Association as directed by the President or Executive Committee.
    • Review and prepare a recommendation for the Executive Committee on the desirability of dues increases or altering the dues structure as well as Annual Meeting fees of the AAA.

Chair:

Joseph Carcello - 2 - 08/2009
University of Tennessee
jcarcell@utk.edu

Members:

Name
Affiliation		 Email Term
Length		 Term
Expires
Gary Previts, President
Case Western Reserve University		 gjp@case.edu 1 08/2008
Sue Haka, President-Elect
Michigan State University		 haka@bus.msu.edu 1 08/2008
D. Scott Showalter
KPMG		 dsshowalter@kpmg.com 3 08/2008
Christine Botosan
University of Utah		 actcb@business.utah.edu 3 08/2008
Monte Swain
Brigham Young University		 monte@byu.edu 3 08/2008
Stacy Kovar
Kansas State University		 skovar@ksu.edu 3 08/2009
Tony Tinker
Baruch College		 Tony_Tinker@baruch.cuny.edu 3 08/2009
Jerold Zimmerman
University of Rochester		 zimmerman@simon.rochester.edu 3 08/2009
Bob Daugherty
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP		 robert.j.daugherty@us.pwc.com 3 08/2010
Elizabeth Oliver
Washington & Lee University		 olivere@wlu.edu 3 08/2010
Chris Wolfe
Texas A&M University		 cjwolfe@tamu.edu 4 08/2011

EC Liaison:

Joseph Carcello University of Tennessee jcarcell@utk.edu

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