 | Anne L. Christensen is a Professor of Accounting in the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship at Montana State University where she has served as Director of Master of Professional Accountancy Program, a member of the Graduate Council, and on the University Service Learning Advisory Board. She was previously a member of the faculty at Portland State University. Anne earned her Ph.D. from the University of Utah. Anne has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals including Issues in Accounting Education, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research, Advances in Accounting Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Financial Accountability and Management, and Advances in Taxation. She serves on Editorial Boards for Issues in Accounting Education and Journal of Accounting Education. Anne served AAA as the Director-Focusing on Segments (2012-15) and on AAA’s Sharpening Our Vision Taskforce I and II (2013-14). She is a member of AAA’s ABO, ATA, and TLC Sections. She served on AAA Council (2008-09 and 2001-03), as President (2010-11) and Program Chair (2009-10) of the Western Region, as President (2001-02), Vice President (1999-2000), and Trustee (2010-12 and 2002-04) of ATA, as Chair of ATA’s Publication Committee (2011-12), ATA/Deloitte Teaching Innovation Awards Committee (2008-09), Accreditation & Curriculum Issues Committee (2006-07), Awards Committee (2004-05), and Nominations Committee (2003-04). She has served on the AAA Strategic Region Leader Committee as Co-Chair (2014-15), and as a member of the Council Committee on Awards Committee (2013-14), Deloitte Wildman Award Committee (2010-11), AAA Journals Task Force (2004-05), and AAA Nominations Committee (2003-04). Anne has twenty-seven years’ teaching experience and has received twelve awards for academic excellence including Montana State University’s President’s Excellence in Teaching Award and President’s Award for Excellence in Service Learning; the College’s Distinguished Faculty Award and Dean’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Service, and the ATA’s Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award and Outstanding Service Award. |
 | Elaine G. Mauldin is BKD Professor at the University of Missouri, where she serves as Faculty Coordinator-SAP University Alliance, and on the P&T and R&D Committees in the School of Accountancy, and previously served as Chair, School of Accountancy Recruiting Committee. Elaine earned her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. Elaine has published widely in peer-reviewed journals including The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Information Systems, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, serves as an editor for The Accounting Review, on the Editorial Review Board of International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, and has served as Associate Editor for Journal of Information Systems. Elaine is a member of AAA’s AIS and AUD Sections and serves on the Doctoral Dissertation Awards for Innovation in Accounting Education Committee (2015-present). She served on AAA Council (2012-15 and 2008-09), AAA’s Sharpening Our Vision Taskforce II (2013-14), as President (2008-09) of AIS, as Chair of AIS’s Bylaws Review Committee (2006-07), as AIS’ Annual Meeting Co-Coordinator (2004-05), as member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee (2012-13), and Finance Committee (2009-12). She has served as a participant at the Deloitte Trueblood Seminar (2012) and presented at the AAA New Faculty Consortium (2015) and Doctoral Consortium (2010). Elaine has nineteen years’ teaching experience, is a CPA, and has received a number of academic awards for excellence including Trulaske College of Business Miller/Smith Summer Scholar Award (2010-15), Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award (2014), AIS Section’s Outstanding Research Paper Award (2007) and Outstanding Dissertation Award (1998). |
 | Paul H. Munter is a Partner in the Department of Professional Practice-Audit with KPMG LLP where he serves as the lead technical partner for the US firm’s international accounting and IFRS activities, leads the US firm and global network’s efforts on the converged FASB/IASB revenue recognition standard, and is involved in the development of firm positions in response to proposals from the IASB, IFRIC, FASB, SEC and other standard setters, and the development of the firm’s guidance and publications including Comparison of IFRS to US GAAP, and U.S. GAAP and IFRS Guidance on Business Combinations, Revenue Recognition, and Share-based Payment. Paul has been with KPMG LLP since 2003, having previously served on KPMG’s Global IFRS Panel and also as Director of Audit Services for KPMG US (1995-97). He served as Academic Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC (2002-03). Paul currently serves as Professor of Practice (part-time) at the University of Colorado, and was a member of the faculty at Texas Tech University (1978-1989), and KPMG Professor of Accounting and Department Chair at the University of Miami-Coral Gables (1989-2002). Paul received the Texas Society of CPA’s first Outstanding Discussion Leader Award, Florida Institute of CPA’s Outstanding Educator Award, and Beta Alpha Psi’s National Business Information Professional of the Year. He has published in peer-reviewed journals including The Accounting Review, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of Accountancy, and Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance. Paul is a member of AAA’s FARS and IAS Sections. He served as Vice President-Practice of IAS (2004-06), and as member of the Financial Accounting Standards Committee (2009-12), SEC Liaison Committee (2003-04), and Notable & Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee (1998-99). He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, and is a CPA in New York, Florida, and Colorado. |