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Charge

While a myriad of events and activities occur during the meeting, important communications of the message comes from the plenary and lunch speakers and from broadly focused At-Large Panel sessions.
Crafting an engaging, interesting, challenging, and fascinating story for the Annual Meeting is the opportunity of the Program Advisory Committee.

Members

AAA President
Management Team
Executive Director (Tracey Sutherland)
Education Chair/s
Section Liaisons
Senior Director, Meetings and Programs (Erlinda Jones)

Member Roles

AAA President

Liaison with the Management Team
Chooses a Presidential Scholar

Management Team

Works with the President to achieve the vision for that year’s meeting
Identifies speakers for three morning plenaries

Speakers may include a range of session types including: individual keynotes, “Ted-talk” style presentations, interview sessions, etc.

Identifies a Tuesday lunch speaker – keeping in mind the special characteristics of lunch talks
Plans up to three follow-up At-Large Panel sessions to continue or amplify topics begun in the three morning plenaries, as appropriate
Suggests additional At-Large panel topics to be presented to Council at their Fall meeting

Executive Director

Coordinates overall meeting
Orients/advises/informs committee members and planning process

Education Chair(s)

Review submissions for Pre-Conference Workshops and identify proposals acceptable for presentation
Identify and organize At-Large Education Panels
Review submissions to the Poster Sessions: Effective Learning Strategies, Emerging and Innovative Research sessions and identify proposals for presentation

Section Liaisons

Review submissions for Section-sponsored panels and papers and identifies proposals for presentation
Work with the Member Event Services Team to communicate deadlines and reminders to volunteers and presenters

AAA Senior Director, Meetings and Programs

Professional Staff member responsible for overall operational implementation of the Annual Meeting
Coordinator of all Professional Staff involvement
Develops and approves Call for Submission
Invites speakers for three morning plenaries

AAA President
Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Bruce Behn University of Tennessee-Knoxville	bbehn@utk.edu	1	08/2016

AAA Executive Director
Name / Affiliation	Contact
Tracey Sutherland	tracey@aaahq.org

Education Co-Chairs
Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Markus Ahrens Saint Louis Community College-Meramec	mahrens@stlcc.edu	1	08/2016

Section-Sponsored Concurrent Sessions Team
Name / Affiliation	Contact	Section/Program Affiliation	Term Length	Term Expires
Andrew Reffett Miami University	reffeta@miamioh.edu	ABO	2	08/2016
Jian Cao Florida Atlantic University Juergen Sidgman University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh	jcao@fau.edu sidgmanj@uwosh.edu	AIS	1	08/2016
Elizabeth Oliver Washington and Lee University	olivere@wlu.edu	APLG	1	08/2016
Mark A. Jackson University of Nevada, Reno Amy Hageman Kansas State University	markjackson@unr.edu HagemanA@ksu.edu	ATA	2 1	08/2016 8/2016
Brian Bratten University of Kentucky Lisa Gaynor University of South Florida Barbara Grein Drexel University Nate Stephens Utah State University David Wood Brigham Young University Jian Zhou University of Hawaii-Manoa	brian.bratten@uky.edu lgaynor@coba.usf.edu bmg33@drexel.edu nate.stephens@usu.edu davidwood@byu.edu jianzhou@hawaii.edu	AUD	1	08/2016
Helen Brown-Liburd Rutgers Business School	hbliburd@business.rutgers.edu	DIV	1	08/2016
Holly Yang Singapore Management University Elizabeth Chuk University of Southern California Peter Demerjian University of Washington-Seattle Nerissa Brown University of Delaware	hollyyang@smu.edu.sg elizabeth.chuk@marshall.usc.edu pdemerj@uw.edu ncbrown@udel.edu	FARS	1	08/2016
Curt Nicholls Bucknell University	curtis.nicholls@bucknell.edu	FIA	2	08/2016
Dr. L. Murphy Smith, CPA Murray State University	msmith93@murraystate.edu	GIWB	1	08/2016
Kenneth Smith Central Washington University-Des Moines Tammy Waymire Northern Illinois University	smithka1@cwu.edu twaymire@niu.edu	GNP	1	08/2016
Ling-Tai (Lynette) Chou National Chengchi University Thomas A. Lechner, CPA Eastern Michigan University	lynettechou1@gmail.com ProfLechner@Yahoo.com	International	2 2	08/2016 08/2016
Brian Cadman The University of Utah Susan Kulp George Washington University	brian.cadman@business.utah.edu skulp@gwu.edu	MAS	2 1	08/2016
Lois Mahoney Eastern Michigan University	lmahone1@emich.edu	PI	1	08/2016
Daniel O'Leary University of Southern California	oleary@usc.edu	SET	1	08/2016
Dan Jones Assumption College	dajones@assumption.edu	TLC	1	08/2016
Sidney Askew Borough of Manhattan College Markus Ahrens Saint Louis Community College-Meramec	saskew@bmcc.cuny.edu mahrens@stlcc.edu	TYC	2 4	08/2016
Barbara Merino University of North Texas	barbara.merino@unt.edu	Accounting Historians	4	08/2016

AAA Senior Director, Meetings and Programs
Name / Affiliation	Contact
Erlinda Jones	erlinda@aaahq.org

Board of Directors Liaison
Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Bruce Behn University of Tennessee-Knoxville	bbehn@utk.edu	1	08/2016