Accounting Advisory Council

The major tenants of the Accounting Advisory Council's Strategic Plan include:

• Establish Duquesne as a Destination
• Build a Premier Accounting Program
• Develop Highly Motivated Professionals
• Graduate Students with Exceptional Character and Outstanding Leadership Skills

Council Members

External Members

• Glenn Breisinger, B'82
  CFO and Treasurer, Radius Global
• Gennaro DiBello, B'85
  Partner, Schneider Downs
• Jerry Fichter, B'86Global Controller, Reed Smith 
• Jeffrey Ford, B'83
  Partner, Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP
• Thomas Garbe, B'74, MBA'77
  (Ret.) Sr. VP and Assistant Controller, PNC Financial Services Group
• Michael Haver
  Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
• John (JJ) Matthews
  SVP Director of Finance Governance & Corporate Accounting, PNC 
• Eric OKunewick, B'87
  Sr. VP and Chief Audit Executive, Federated Hermes, Inc.
• Jeffrey M. Salvatore, B'88
  Partner, Deloitte
• Enzo Santilli, B'88
  Office Managing Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
• Glenn Todd, B'93
  Principal Tax Attorney, KPMG LLP
• Andrew Wachter, B'91
  Director of Finance and Regulation, Peoples Natural Gas
• Stephen Whisdosh, B'00, MBA'01
  Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
• Tiffany Willis, B'01
  Vice President, Head of Investor Relations and ESG Engagement, Starbucks

Palumbo Donahue School Members

• Robert Kollar, MMA, CPA, CGMA
  Assistant Professor of Practice, Accounting
• Congcong Li, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Accounting
• Kathryn Marley, Ph.D.
  Chair of Accounting, Information Systems and Technology and Supply Chain Management
  Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
• Dean B. McFarlin, Ph.D.
  Dean and Professor of Management
• Bryan Menk
  Assistant Professor
• Brian Nagle, Ph.D.
  Director, Master of Accountancy Program
  Associate Professor of Accounting
• Stephen Rau, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Accounting
• Seleshi Sisaye, Ph.D
  Professor of Accounting
• William Spangler, Ph.D.
  Professor of Information Systems and Technology
• Valerie Williams, CPA, MBA, CHFP, CIA, CFE, CFF, PmP
  Assistant Professor of Practice, Accounting
• Amy Yurko, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Accounting