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, B'82
  CFO, Associated Group Management, LLC
• Dennis Cronin, B'88
  SVP and Treasurer, Highmark Life and Casualty Group
• Gennaro DiBello, B'85
  Partner, Schneider Downs
• Jeffrey Ford, B'93
  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, B'81
  SVP and Director of Finance Governance & Corporate Accounting, The PNC Financial Group
• Erik OKunewick, B'87
  Sr. VP and Chief Audit Executive, Federated Hermes
• Jeffrey M. Salvatore, B'87
  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
  VP and Head of Investor Relations, 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