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.
Friday, February 28, 2025
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.