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
Mentor Program
The Accounting Advisory Council in conjunction with the accounting faculty established a mentoring program which matches current students with accounting professions in order to help the student better develop as professionals
If you are a student interested in this program please contact:
Valerie Trott Williams, CPA, MBA, CIA, CHFP, CFE, CFF
Assistant Professor of Accounting
412.396.5700
trott@duq.edu
If you are a professional interested in being a mentor please contact:
Thomas F. Garbe
Executive Committee Chairman, Accounting Advisory Board
garbe@duq.edu
Council Members
External Members
- Glenn Breisinger
Associated Partners - Dennis Cronin
Highmark Life and Casualty Group - Daniel Desko
Schneider Downs - Gennaro DiBello, B'85
Schneider Downs - Jeffrey Ford
Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP - Thomas Garbe
PNC Financial Services Group - Michael Haver
Ernst & Young LLP - John "JJ" Matthews
The PNC Financial Group - Erik OKunewick
Our CFO Advisor LLC - Jeffrey M. Salvatore
Deloitte - Enzo Santilli
Grant Thornton LLP - Glenn Todd
KPMG LLP - Andrew Wachter
Peoples Natural Gas - Stephen Whisdosh
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP - Tiffany Willis, B'01
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 Management 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.
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Research
Professor of Information Systems Management - Valerie Williams, CPA, MBA, CHFP, CIA, CFE, CFF, PmP
Assistant Professor of Practice, Accounting - Amy Yurko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Accounting