Governance Committee | American Accounting Association

Charge

To review proposed amendments to the Association's governing documents to assure clarity, consistency, and legal compliance, and advise the Board of Directors on changes in the governing documents.

Membership

The Committee shall consist of nine members, including the Chair, each of whom shall normally serve a three-year term, with one-third of the committee members appointed each year.
The President-Elect is an ex-officio member of the governance committee.

Meetings

Responsibilities

Fulfill the committee charter as above.
If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Executive Director, the President, or the committee's Board of Directors Liaison.
The Chair will have the opportunity three times every term-year to prepare and send a progress report which will be available for the Board of Directors to review at their next meeting. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the committee's Board of Directors Liaison, and staff liaison, Barbara Gutierrez (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org).

Members

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair Kevin Stocks Brigham Young University	kevin_stocks@byu.edu	3	08/2015
Ex-Officio Member President-Elect Bruce Behn University of Tennessee-Knoxville	bbehn@utk.edu	1	08/2015
Roger Debreceny University of Hawaii - Manoa	roger@debreceny.com	3	08/2015
Ling Lisic George Mason University	llisic@gmu.edu	3	08/2015
Suraj Srinivasan Harvard Business School	ssrinivasan@hbs.edu	3	08/2016
Judy Tsui Hong Kong Polytechnic University	judy.tsui@polyu.edu.hk	3	08/2016
Nancy Uddin Monmouth University	nuddin@monmouth.edu	3	08/2016
Bambi Hora University of Central Oklahoma	bhora@uco.edu	3	08/2017
Gaizka Ormazabal IESE Business School Spain	GOrmazabal@iese.edu	3	08/2017
Karen Pincus University of Arkansas	kpincus@walton.uark.edu	3	08/2017
Board of Directors Liaison Bruce Behn University of Tennessee-Knoxville	bbehn@utk.edu	1	08/2015