Speakers
Friday, February 28, 2025
To the Tech Plan and Beyond! Research with the Potential to Inform GASB's Standard
Setting
Kara Deiana, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Kara Deiana is a project manager with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) in
Norwalk, Connecticut. She joined the GASB in June of 2022 and is currently working on
projects related to revenue and expense recognition and GAAP utilization research.
Previously, Kara has also worked a project related to the classification of nonfinancial
assets which led to the issuance of Statement No. 104, Disclosure of Certain Capital
Assets.
Before joining the GASB, Kara spent ten years working at the Office of the New York State
Comptroller. She spent three and a half years working for the Bureau of Financial Reporting
and was responsible for the preparation of the State’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
and the implementation of Statement 87, Leases. She also spent over six years
working for the Division of Local Government and School Accountability where she provided
accounting and financial reporting guidance to local governments and worked with municipal
auditors to ensure audits were conducted audits in accordance with Generally Accepted
Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
Kara is a graduate of The State University of New York at Albany and is a New York State
Certified Public Accountant.
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To the Tech Plan and Beyond! Research with the Potential to Inform GASB's Standard
Setting
Tammy Waymire, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Tammy Waymire joined the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) as Senior Research
Manager in February 2023. In this role, Tammy leads the research efforts for the GASB, both
internally and externally through engagement with the academic community. Internally, she is
responsible for the design and execution of research that facilitates deliberations in the
standard-setting process. Externally, she identifies, encourages, and facilitates research
conducted by the academic community that also supports the setting of financial reporting
standards.
Tammy has 15 years of academic experience prior to joining the GASB. She served on the
faculty of Northern Illinois University for nine years, first as Assistant Professor and
then as Associate Professor. She then served on the faculty of Middle Tennessee State
University (MTSU), first as Associate Professor and then as Professor and the MTSU
Accounting Advisory Board Outstanding Professor of Accounting. She taught governmental and
nonprofit courses throughout her academic career, and her academic publications focus on
governmental and nonprofit accounting and auditing topics. During her academic career, she
also consulted as an expert witness in civil litigation cases. Before her academic career,
she worked in public accounting and for the State of Arkansas presenting expert witness
testimony in Medicaid fraud and utility rate cases.
Tammy earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from Arkansas Tech University, an MBA
from Harding University, and a PhD from the University of Arkansas. She is a licensed
Certified Public Accountant in the State of Arkansas.