The Vanderbilt MAcc Advisory Board and the Vanderbilt MAcc Class of 2012. Also pictured: MAcc Faculty Director Karl Hackenbrack.MAcc Advisory Board
Members of the MAcc Advisory Board provide advice, counsel and support that help make this one of the premier graduate accounting programs in the country. Those who are members of accounting firms are active in all aspects of the program—from admissions, to curriculum, to internships and, of course, hiring.
Thomas J. "Tom" Aaron
Tennessee Managing Partner , Assurance and Advisory Services
Deloitte & Touche
Nashville, Tennessee
Tom has over 22 years of experience providing audit and accounting, consulting and tax services to health care and insurance entities. His experience includes assistance in health system formation, initial public offerings, acquisition and divestiture due diligence for financial and strategic buyers (including three $1+ billion health care provider transactions), bankruptcies, litigation support, internal controls and implementation of managed care strategies.
Anthony V. "Tony" Aaron
Americas Leader, Quality and Risk Management
Valuation and Business Modeling Principal
Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services
Ernst & Young
McLean, Virginia
Tony serves as Americas Leader of Quality and Risk Management for the Ernst & Young Valuation and Business Modeling practice, acting as a key liaison between EY’s National Office Accounting and Auditing Groups, EY’s National Tax Practice and the VBM Practice. Tony also is a member of EY’s Americas Ethics Oversight Board. Tony served EY clients for over 25 years in Southern California before relocating to EY’s McLean, Virginia, office, where he works with clients in Washington, DC, and across the Mid-Atlantic.
Greg Anglum
Managing Partner
Grant Thornton
Raleigh, North Carolina
Greg has been practicing in public accounting for 15 years. Prior to joining Grant Thornton LLP, Greg worked for Arthur Andersen LLP. Greg has served a wide array of public and private companies, primarily in the financial services, retail/distribution, life sciences and technology industries. Greg earned both MBA (accounting) and BA (economics) degrees from Vanderbilt.
Jim Brady
Chief Executive Officer
Assurance & Enterprise Risk Services
India Private Limited
Deloitte & Touche
Atlanta, Georgia
Jim is the Chief Executive Officer for Assurance & Enterprise Risk Services. Jim has more than 25 years of accounting and professional services experience, with expertise in SEC financial reporting, including public debt and equity offerings knowledge.
David A. Costello
President and CEO
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
Nashville, Tennessee
David serves as President and CEO of NASBA, a voluntary organization of the 54 boards of accountancy in the United States and its territories. These boards are responsible for the licensing of certified public accountants nationwide, as well as monitoring the continuing competence of their licensees through continuing education and practice review programs.
Mark H. Crocker
Executive Director
Tennessee State Board of Accountancy
Nashville, Tennessee
Mark, a native of Nashville, began his career in accounting in 1987 and has held many positions in the public, private and government sectors. He accepted the position of Investigator for the Tennessee State Board of Accountancy in August of 2004 and has been the Executive Director since October of 2007. In addition to his regular full-time positions, Mark also enjoys teaching at local universities. He has been a certified public accountant in the State of Tennessee since 1992, and holds professional memberships in the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Alberto W. Dent
Partner, Transaction Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Atlanta, Georgia
Alberto, who has over 15 years of transaction experience, leads PwC's Tax Valuation services and Latin American Valuation services, and is a member of the Transaction Services Leadership team as the National Diversity Leader. Alberto has assisted clients in large, complex global transactions including numerous deals well in excess of $10 billion. Alberto is a CPA in the State of Georgia and holds an MBA as well as a Master in Professional Accounting from the University of Miami.
Sam B. DeVane
Managing Partner
Ernst & Young
Nashville, Tennessee
Sam has over 25 years of public accounting experience serving clients throughout the Southeast, including 13 years as an audit partner. The majority of Sam's career has involved service to clients in the Retail and Consumer Products (RCP) sector, including numerous manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Sam has significant experience coordinating services for SEC registrants and services related to major transactions.
Rosemary Devito
Audit Partner In-Charge—New York Metro Business Unit
KPMG
New York, New York
Rosemary is the Partner In-Charge of the Metro New York Audit Practice, which includes the following industry groups: Consumer and Industrial businesses; Information, Communications and Entertainment; Higher Education and other not-for-profits; and Health Care. In addition, she continues to serve as lead engagement partner for several companies in the information, communications and entertainment industries. Rosemary has over 25 years of experience working closely with global and domestic companies and helping the management teams of these organizations navigate the challenges and opportunities encountered along their respective paths.
W. Rick Donnalley
Principal, Economic and Valuation Services
KPMG
Atlanta, Georgia
Rick is the Southeast practice leader for Valuation Services and is based in KPMG’s Atlanta office. He joined KPMG in 1990. Rick has more than 19 years experience valuing business entities and assets in a broad range of industries for financial reporting, tax and M&A purposes. Prior to joining KPMG, Rick was employed for two years as a Financial Analyst for Kimberly-Clark. Prior to that, Rick played professional football in the NFL for seven years.
Mark Edwards
Partner, Valuation Services
Grant Thornton
Charlotte, North Carolina
Mark is a partner in the valuation services practice of Grant Thornton and serves as the Practice Leader for the Southeast Region. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Mark spent over 13 years working with a Big Five public accounting firm and other national valuation firms. Mark has been working in the valuation profession for more than 20 years and has worked with numerous public and private clients on financial reporting, litigation, transaction advisory and strategic planning.
Michael P. "Mike" Emmert
Executive Vice President & Senior Managing Director
Navigant Consulting
Chicago, Illinois
Mike, a CPA, has spent over 31 years assisting clients and counsel with the accounting, financial and business aspects of complex business conflicts. He has worked on false claims act matters (qui tam), fraud investigations, financial reporting investigations and other forensic matters, and has broad experience in merger and acquisition disputes, including acting as an arbitrator and damages expert.
Randy Laszewski
Managing Partner
KPMG
Nashville, Tennessee
As Nashville managing partner, Randy directs the activities of the assurance engagement teams, reviews engagement results and conclusions, and determines the contents of the accountants' report. For over 24 years he has provided a full range of audit services for a variety of clients, including large publicly held corporations, banks, health care, manufacturing, real estate and retail companies. Prior to joining KPMG, Randy was Assistant Controller of the Coca-Cola Financial Corporation.
J. Michael "Mike" McGuire
National Managing Partner—Industry and Market Development
Grant Thornton
Charlotte, North Carolina
Mike is the Managing Partner of the four offices that comprise Grant Thornton's Carolinas Practice (Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina). Mike has spent the last 27 years serving the needs of rapidly growing businesses throughout the Carolinas. His diversified experience includes working closely with high-growth, start-up and middle-market companies in a variety of industries, including technology, services, construction, manufacturing, venture capital, distribution, retail and franchising. Mike is the Partner Chair of Grant Thornton's University Recruiting Advisory Council, responsible for oversight of the firm's national campus recruiting program.
Kevin Moss
Principal, Global Valuation Service Line Leader
Deloitte & Touche
Atlanta, Georgia
Kevin has more than 20 years of experience in providing valuation and financial consulting services worldwide for the purposes of mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, divestitures, stockholder disputes, corporate reorganizations, financing, allocation of purchase price and tax planning. He has also conducted business planning transaction analysis and market valuations, and has extensive experience in the analysis and valuation of equity securities, debt instruments, derivative securities and intangible assets.
Leslie D.J. Patterson
Partner
Ernst & Young
Atlanta, Georgia
David M. Pickett
Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nashville, Tennessee
A Partner in the Assurance Practice, David has 22 years of experience in public accounting, serving clients in primarily the insurance and healthcare industries. As office managing partner for the Nashville practice, David has overall responsibility ensuring that local engagement teams deliver quality client service. David has experience in providing auditing and financial advisory services to healthcare and large complex entities. He has assisted clients with resolution of various issues with the Securities and Exchange Commission including complex purchase accounting issues.
Dion P. Sheidy
Advisory Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nashville, Tennessee
Dion will be the partner in charge of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Nashville Office and Health Care Advisory Practice. Dion has extensive experience in delivering services to clients within the health care and health insurance industries. Dion's engagements include providing services to integrated health care delivery systems, health maintenance organizations, dental maintenance organizations, indemnity insurers, health care institutions and case management and utilization review companies.
Emeritus Board Members
Stephen Appel
Partner in Charge, Southern Coastal Business Unit
KPMG
Orlando, Florida
Russ Dawson
Southeast Sub Area Risk & Advisory Service
Leader: Assurance & Advisory Business Services
Ernst & Young
Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Hamilton
Chief Learning & Development Officer
Ernst & Young
Irvine, California
Sridhar Ramamoorti
Principal
Infogix
Naperville, Illinois