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The official magazine for KU accoUnTing and informaTion sysTems alUmni

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Accounting progrAm renews internAtionAl

AccreditAtionpage 11

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diversitypage 05

A fAmily AffAir

Graduate has unique tie to KU athletics director

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New program aimed at recruiting the best, brightest to KU 04

New MAcc tracks support career diversity 05

Audit symposium putsKU in national spotlight 06

Informations systems student leads IS@K in new direction 07

Lecturer embraces new role in MAcc program 07

Cornhusker legacy finds new home in Lawrence 08

Research reputation draws new accounting professor to KU 08

Moot point 09

A family affair 10

Coast to coast 11

Accounting program renewsinternational accreditation 11

MAcc graduate headed to unique market 12

Ambassadors represent MAcc program, build student community 12

Students recognized for leadership, service at KU 13

Beta Alpha Psi 14

Doctoral program receives endowed scholarship 15

Graduate student brings IMA chapter to KU 15

Faculty Achievements 16

Scholarships 18

Donor recognition 20

AIS Council 22

Social media 23

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It’s hard to believe nearly two years have passed since I returned to the School of Business, but it’s my treat to present, for the second time in my tenure, AIS Channels.

Last fall, our information systems faculty began a review of the undergraduate program, led by Bill Fuerst. The committee identified key changes to the information systems curriculum to prepare our graduates for work across the technology sector.

The revisions will be implemented in the fall, and will include a capstone course for all information systems students, which will allow them to use their business acumen and skills to solve real industry challenges.

As Kansas City gains national prominence as a tech hub, and the center of the Silicon Prairie, our students are ever in-demand, making KU’s information systems program a true value to the marketplace and the region.

How do you enhance a program with 95 percent career placement at graduation and a long history of excellence? The answer: soft skills.

Our accounting faculty have worked diligently to design learning outcomes that go beyond the technical skills our students gain to further differentiate a KU accounting grad for our market competitors.

KU’s accounting and information systems programs are truly world-class, and continue to provide a well-rounded education that meets the demands of the profession.

Thank you for all that you do to make the University of Kansas School of Business a great place to learn, a great place to work and a great place to invest.

As always, Rock Chalk!

Neeli BendapudiDean

There are many metrics for assessing the quality of our Accounting and Information Systems (AIS) programs. One measure of quality is AACSB Accreditation. During the 2012 fall semester, the School of Business received AACSB re-accreditation for its programs, including the information systems program. The undergraduate accounting program and the MAcc program received separate AACSB accounting re-accreditation, a distinction attained by only 178 academic institutions worldwide.

In my opinion, the best gauge of the AIS programs is the quality of our graduates. The faculty constantly seek feedback from employers of our AIS graduates and incorporate it as a formal assessment mechanism. I’m happy to report that the overwhelming consensus of employers is that our AIS graduates are outstanding.

In April, the first annual MAcc Graduation Celebration fully displayed the quality of our graduates. The most memorable conversation I had at the event was with three MAcc students who were not KU undergraduates. All three were unwavering in their belief that the KU MAcc program provided educational and professional opportunities unavailable at their former schools.

As we strive to increase enrollment in the MAcc program, much of our effort will be directed toward recruiting high quality accounting students from other universities. This is where you can make an impact. Change someone’s future by recommending the KU MAcc program.

There is one more bit of good news. We are on target to break ground in the fall of 2013 on the new School of Business building, with completion scheduled for 2015. Congratulations to Dean Neeli Bendapudi for her high-energy advocacy, to Brian Moore and Kacy Schmidt of KU Endowment and to Howard Cohen, chair of the Far Above campaign for the School of Business.

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The miss ion of account ing and information systems is to provide leading accounting and information systems programs that develop students with superior management and technical ski l ls and a well-rounded education in the liberal arts.

This program will produce qualified graduates who are responsive to the needs of the accounting and information systems professions in academia, government, industry and public accounting.


New program aimed at recruiting the

The KU MAcc program has started an initiative to recruit new MAcc students using the best resources available to them – current students, alumni and faculty.

“Through MAcc Connect, we hope to find potential new MAcc students by referrals from those who know it best,” MAcc Program Director Lisa Ottinger said.

Any excellent student is a potential KU MAcc candidate, she added, no matter what their undergraduate degree.

“We have students from many different colleges enter the MAcc program here at KU,” Ottinger said. “Not only that, but we admit students with such diverse undergraduate degrees as music or environmental science.”

A one-year program for undergraduate accounting majors, the MAcc program can be completed in two years for those without business undergraduate degrees.

“We are very excited about MAcc Connect and the opportunity to reach out to our current MAcc students and our alumni,” said Neeli Bendapudi, dean of the KU School of Business.

If a student you recommend accepts admission into the program, you’ll get a free MAcc Connect T-shirt.

By offering referrals, students, alumni and faculty help continue a tradition of excellence and complete the mission of MAcc Connect: Give back, carry forward.

“Your referral makes it personal, and your support makes it stronger,” Bendapudi said.

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Just as the demands of the job market continually change, so does the MAcc program curriculum adapt to the needs of employers.

With two new MAcc tracks, advisory and consulting services and corporate, the school continues its mission to produce the most qualified and sought-after graduates.

In response to the rapidly growing advisory and consulting practices in the professional services firms, the school has added the track for students to enter into a relatively new career path, MAcc Program Director Lisa Ottinger said.

“Advisory services and consulting have a high demand for new college graduates now,” she said. “Ten years ago, they were a much smaller component within the firms and they only hired those with experience. The market has changed and now they’re hiring right off of college campuses.”

The advisory and consulting services practices house a diverse set of business services, she added, including fraud, internal audit, risk assurance, technology solutions, performance improvement, valuation and mergers and acquisitions. The corresponding track, therefore, offers a broad set of coursework, allowing students to select courses to support their particular interests.

AIS Director John Sweeney said the broader scope will better enable students to specialize in services in which they want to be employed.

“We’re encouraged that we’re already seeing employers express an interest in recruiting students in the track,” he said.

The new corporate track highlights the relevance of the MAcc program to students interested in careers in industry rather than public accounting.

“There is a misperception by some students that the MAcc program is only for students interested in careers in public accounting,” Ottinger said. “Hopefully creating a corporate track adds visibility

to this career path and will attract students who would otherwise graduate with only an undergraduate degree in accounting.”

In addition to a graduate degree, the MAcc program allows students to become eligible to sit for the CPA exam, a credential that can be just as important to students entering a corporate career as one in public accounting.

“An entry level position in a company might not require a CPA,” Ottinger said, “but at some point in your career path it may be that you’ll hit a ceiling because you don’t have it.” For students five to ten years out of college, it’s difficult to return to finish coursework for a CPA, so the corporate track encourages students to plan ahead and complete it in advance.

Sweeney said the track will hopefully attract students who normally wouldn’t consider a MAcc degree, those who would’ve been deterred because they weren’t interested in public accounting. “We want to prepare students not just for their first job, but for the opportunities they might seek afterwards.”

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When Michael Luchen became president of Information Systems Association at KU (IS@K) two years ago, he brought a fresh perspective to what student groups can offer.

Luchen, a senior in information systems, wanted to change the typical guest speaker format to give students more opportunities to get involved in the local business community.

“I wanted to engage students more,” Luchen said.

With a booming start-up tech scene in Kansas City, he said, IS students have endless career opportunities right in their backyard.

So in the spring of 2012, Luchen started reaching out to Kansas City businesses, bringing new contacts and connections to students and the KU business school. Those new relationships have paid off, he said, as group members have been invited to professional networking events and conferences they never would have dreamed of a few years ago.

Luchen, who graduates in December, finished his two-year term as president in the spring, but he hopes his work with IS@K will prove beneficial to the IS major as a whole. He recently served on the IS curriculum review task force, providing an important student perspective.

An outstanding student and leader, Luchen received the IS Award of Distinction, given by faculty to one graduating IS student.

For more information about IS@K, visit isak.business.ku.edu.

INfORmATION SySTEmS STUDENT lEADS IS@k IN NEw DIRECTION

As the longest-running symposium of its kind in the country, the bar is set high for the KU School of Business Audit Symposium.

Held in April 2012, the latest symposium was a success as always, said John Sweeney, director of Accounting and Information Systems.

“The speakers that we had were particularly good,” he added.

Highlighting the symposium’s topic, “The Impact of the PCAOB on the Conduct of the Audit,” was a selection of impressive speakers, including Brian Croteau, SEC deputy chief accountant; Dan Goelzer,

former PCAOB board member; Bob Moritz, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Bob Kueppers, deputy CEO of Deloitte LLP.

With the new system of public company auditing reaching its 10-year mark in 2012, the topic was particularly timely, Sweeney said.

“It’s been such a significant force on the auditing field,” he said.

Speakers discussed prominent issues relating to PCAOB’s oversight, including mandatory audit rotation, the relationship between auditors and audit committees, and investor perceptions of PCAOB Disclosures.

Sponsored by Deloitte and held every

other year, 2012 was the 21st symposium. The event brings together top academics, corporate leaders and standards setters for two days of lectures, panel discussions and research presentations.

Howard Cohen, Deloitte audit lead client service partner, said the symposium brings national attention for the significant universities that attend, as well as the caliber of attendees and topics.

“We like to identify ourselves with the symposium because it’s the original and best national conference of academics and business professionals that come together to address current and prospective auditing issues,” Cohen said.

lECTURER EmbRACES NEw ROlE IN mACC pROgRAmAfter more than a decade with the School of Business, Alee Phillips just started the first year in her new position as Associate Director of the MAcc program.

Phillips said she’s excited about her position and credits MAcc program Director Lisa Ottinger for making the program so successful.

“I look forward to working with her to make it even better for our students,” Phillips said.

Phillips will play a key role in the program’s mission over the next few years.

“We are working on many new and exciting initiatives and I am happy to be part of the process,” she added.

In addition to her part-time role as associate director, Phillips teaches introductory and intermediate accounting courses.

Outside of work, Phillips and her husband keep busy with their two sons, ages 10 and 12.

“Our family likes to spend time together, especially outdoors when the weather is nice,” she said. “I like to swim, bike, travel and eat good food.”

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When it comes to debating accounting theory, professor John Sweeney takes it to court.

“They debate an issue in the context of a courtroom trial,” Sweeney said. “It’s a good exercise that requires students to think on their feet.”

In Sweeney’s moot court exercise, students act as attorneys or witnesses and must defend their stance on issues such as mandatory auditor rotation or principles-based versus rules-based accounting standards.

To set the stage, Sweeney holds the exercise in the courtroom at the law

school. Students are given their cases without much time to prepare for the peppering of questions they’ll receive as they attempt to convince their jury of classmates.

“Students like the sparring that goes on between witness and attorney,” Sweeney said.

It’s a fun experience, Sweeney said, and it’s a creative way to help the class learn.

“Students really enjoy the exercise because it takes them out of their normal classroom routine to think outside the box,” he said.

Undergraduates bring accounting theory to the courtroomMoot Point

T h e K U S c h o o l o f Business is not only a perfect fit for Scott Whisenant professionally, but Lawrence is a great fit personally for him and his wife, Lori, who have two young sons.

It was the school’s large number of faculty with similar research interests that drew him here, he said, which provides an extremely rare focus on the important area of audit markets research. Having worked as an auditor for nine years before his doctoral studies, his research interest in audit markets was a natural progression.

“As an auditor, I was always curious about why some aspects of the audit worked and others did not,” he said.

Most accounting departments have only one or two faculty with such a focus, he said, but the School of Business has branded itself as a group

of the top audit markets researchers in the world.

“I hope that I can play a part in maintaining the reputation of the KU accounting faculty,” Whisenant said.

From a personal perspective, Whisenant said, Lawrence was a perfect choice for a small Midwestern town in which to raise their children after previously living in Washington, D.C., Boston and Houston.

Whisenant holds a bachelor of business administration, MAcc, MBA and Ph.D., and also is a Fred Ball Fellow. As an associate professor, he teaches an introductory

a u d i t i n g c o u r s e a n d a graduate advanced auditing course. He will also take over the role of accounting doctoral program director and will teach a doctoral course in archival-based research methods.

In his spare time, Whisenant plays racquetball and squash — a 30-year hobby — and he always welcomes new playing partners. In addition to spending time with his family travelling, hunting and enjoying the outdoors, he and his wife also love to scuba dive.

Scott’s wife, Lori Whisenant, also joined the business school faculty last year.

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CORNhUSkER lEgACy fINDS NEw hOmE IN lAwRENCEAfter completing his undergraduate, master’s and doctorate degrees as a Cornhusker, Tom Kubick left University of Nebraska- Lincoln to become an assistant professor at KU School of Business.

A native of Lincoln, Neb., Kubick comes from a long line of Nebraska graduates, including his parents and grandparents, he said. He’ll continue cheering on the Nebraska football team, he said, but he’s settling in well as a Jayhawk, too.

Kubick’s research interests focus on corporate taxes, particularly how effective tax rates can vary between businesses according to how they use their tax benefits.

“I’m interested in this whole idea of why or what factors influence some corporations at being better at managing taxes than others,” he said.

At the business school, he teaches the introductory tax course and plans to add more classes next year.

Outside of the classroom, Kubick enjoys spending time outdoors fishing and hiking, he said. In the summer, he and his wife enjoy traveling in the U.S. to visit family.


Coast to Coast Xplore program places gradUaTes in Top markeTs

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business reaccredits schools every five years, and in 2012, the KU School of Business was dually accredited once again. Less than five percent of the 13,000 business programs worldwide earn an AACSB Accreditation, and even fewer are dually accredited, according to the organization’s website. As the most recognized form of professional accreditation a business program can earn, the accreditations are an important honor.

AIS Director John Sweeney said the continual accreditations for the school reflect the efforts of faculty and staff to create high-quality accounting programs that produce outstanding graduates. The school also monitors its accounting programs through an extensive evaluation program that ensures students are succeeding and the courses remain relevant, he said.

“The AACSB accreditation for the School of Business and the separate accounting accreditation attest to the quality of all programs in the school,” he said.

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When graduates job hunt, it’s not always easy to get a foot in the door, but the AIS Xplore program helps students break into new markets.

Kansas City is a popular market for many MAcc graduates, but for students who have their sights set on the East or West Coast, the Xplore program helps them land a job outside the area.

“The program has been incredibly successful ,” MAcc Program Director Lisa Ottinger said.

Past trips focused on the East

Coast as well as Chicago and Dallas, MAcc Program D i re c t o r L i s a O t t i n g e r said, but last August she led a West Coast trip to San Francisco and Seattle. Students spent a couple of days in each city visiting Ernst and Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

During their visits, students learned about the companies and their work culture to see if the firm might be a good fit for them.

Scott Moir went on the August trip because he’s interested in settling in Seattle after his December graduation. Visiting the firms

in person not only increases an applicant’s chance of employment, he said, but it also allows students to find a good fit. A public accounting job is the same across any firm, he added, but the differences are in the work environment.

“What sets the firms apart are the people and the culture,” he said.

The firms planned a bevy of activities and special meals for students while they were there, giving them a taste of life in Seattle and San Francisco. Nine students participated in the trip and five pursued and received offers for internships or full-

time jobs after the visits. Moir, one of the students who received an internship offer, will start at KPMG’s Seattle office in June.

“I think the process to get internships on the West Coast would be much more difficult unless I had made connections there,” he said.

Now that representatives from the West Coast offices have met KU students , Ottinger said, it also opens the door for future graduates in those markets. They’ve seen the caliber of students that come from KU and are interested in recruiting more Jayhawks, she said.

MAcc graduate Jessica Sheahon has earned much success, and it runs in her genes, which is why Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger’s parents named him after the well-known Salina family.

“There was a family in Salina that was well-respected and the kids were good athletes,” Zenger said. “Their last name was Sheahon. The Irish lineage of the name fit well, too.”

Sheahon’s father had six siblings growing up in Salina, she said, and her dad still practices law there.

It wasn’t until a chance run-in at a barbecue that she heard the story of Zenger’s name, however.

“I met Jessica my first year at Kansas as the athletics director,” Zenger said. “I couldn’t help but share the story of our shared name with her.”

Sheahon has followed in her family’s successful footsteps, achieving high standards in the

classroom, working as a head teaching assistant for several years and serving as a MAcc Ambassador. Outside of class, she coordinated the Jubilee Café, a food service organization for community members in need, and was president of the American Business Women’s association. Sheahon recently received the prestigious Tim Shaftel MAcc Impact Award given to a MAcc student who has made a significant impact outside the classroom.

“I’m working, studying and taking the CPA exam, so it’s been a busy year,” Sheahon said. After participating in the business school’s 2011 Xplore NYC trip with other top accounting students, she was offered an internship at Deloitte in New York City.

“New York was not even on my radar,” she said, “but I knew I’d be mad at myself if I didn’t try it out.”

Sheahon fell in love with the firm and the city and will move to New York to begin a full-time career in audit in the fall.

A Family Affairmacc graduate has unique tie to kU athletics director


Accounting senior Kristi Marks was shocked to learn she had received the 2013 Marlesa and Hannalesa Roney Student Success Mentor Award from KU’s Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity, which recognizes women who dedicate their time to community service.

As a first-generation college student from Eureka, Kan., Marks made it her mission to give back to other students. While at KU, she worked as an accounting teaching assistant and held jobs with the department of student housing and KU’s Office of First-Year Experience.

“I love to contribute to other students’ success,” Marks said. “I’ve found my way in college and I’ve done well during my time at KU, but I want to help others in any way possible.”

Marks finished an internship at KPMG in the spring and will complete the MAcc program in 2014.

“I was very appreciative of the opportunity to be recognized,” she said.

Eric Driscoll has followed the KU Men of Merit awards since he was a freshman, but he was surprised this year when he was named as one of the 15 honorees.

“It is a great honor and is very humbling to be included with so many great men, some that I even consider my own mentors,” Driscoll said.

The KU Men of Merit honor recognizes KU men who redefine masculinity by challenging norms, taking action and leading by example while making outstanding achievements and contributions to KU and the Lawrence community.

Driscoll, a senior in accounting, served as vice president of administration for Student Union Activities, was a member of the founding executive board for The Big Event, helped plan Blueprints Leadership Conference and participated in Leadershape. Those leadership experiences helped shape who he is today, Driscoll said. Although he doesn’t know who nominated him for the award, he thinks it was most likely a colleague he’s worked with along the way.

“I’m very thankful and glad to be a part of the great group of men that this achievement stands for,” Driscoll said.

After graduating in May, Driscoll started his job as a process consultant for Protiviti in Dallas.

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AmbASSADORS REpRESENT mACC pROgRAm, bUIlD STUDENT COmmUNITyIf the business school needs student support for the MAcc program, they know exactly whom to call.

MAcc Ambassadors is a group of 15-20 students who lend a big hand to the school and their classmates, whether it’s planning social events, evaluating curriculum or representing the MAcc program at various functions. From planning golf outings or basketball watch parties for students to

mingle, to attending AIS Council meetings, serving on curriculum review task forces or meeting with prospective faculty candidates, MAcc students go above and beyond to support the program.

“It’s a really great resource for the MAcc program to provide student input and student direction,” MAcc Program Director Lisa Ottinger said.

The MAcc program is large, she explained,

and the ambassadors help students get to know each other through social activities and service projects. Equally important is the input they provide on various MAcc initiatives.

“We always want to get the student perspective when we make changes to anything in the MAcc program,“ Ottinger said. “The MAcc Ambassadors is our go-to group for this critical input.”

Nashville, Tenn., isn’t a common market for KU MAcc graduates, but it’s exactly where Megan Starnes wanted to be.

With her boyfriend stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., Starnes knew public accounting firms in Nashville would be the best fit for her. With the help of Kansas City recruiters, Starnes was able to obtain referrals to two Big Four firms in Nashville. After successful office visits to each firm, Starnes accepted an audit position with Deloitte.

A graduate of the University of South Carolina-Aiken, Starnes is one of the 20 percent of MAcc students with a non-KU undergraduate degree. After playing professional basketball in France, Starnes, a Kansas native, believed the KU MAcc program offered what she needed to take the next step in her career.

A December 2012 graduate, Starnes was selected to give the commencement speech at the KU business graduate recognition ceremony.

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Doctoral program receivesENDOwED SChOlARShIpA new endowment at the School of Business will provide an accounting doctoral student a scholarship through Kansas Society of CPAs.

The scholarship is the first KSCPA scholarship offered specifically for a doctoral student who is also a CPA, KSCPA Marketing and Communications Manager Danielle Bulson said.

“We want to encourage more highly educated CPAs,” she said.

J. Conrad Naegle Jr. will be the first to receive the scholarship, which will fund his doctoral studies starting this fall.

Scott Whisenant, accounting doctoral program director said, without the generous donation from KSCPA, the scholarship, partially funded by the business school, wouldn’t have been possible.

“The scholarship allowed us to add an additional student to the class,” Whisenant said.

Whisenant said he hopes the scholarship allows more CPAs to explore a doctorate degree while also contributing to the business school.

“We plan to use the funds to attract candidates just like Conrad so that the institutional knowledge generated by practicing CPAs can be transferred to future scholarships and back to the classroom,” he said.

MAcc student Danyel Bell hopes that by starting a student chapter of Institute of Management Accounting at KU, she can show students that management accounting and financial accounting go hand in hand.

“To me there’s always been a break between the two,” she said, “but it’s not two separate worlds. We need to have a more real-world, holistic view of accounting.”

With sponsorship from the MAcc program and

E&Y CARAT, Bell attended the national IMA conference last fall. Returning to KU, an inspired Bell started working on forming a student group in hopes of getting accounting and finance students more informed of career choices earlier in their education. Through the IMA chapter, students will be able to network with professionals, discuss real-world scenarios, tour firms, participate in student competitions and more, Bell said.

The informational meeting she held in the spring resulted in about 30 students interested in joining, she said. After organizing the leadership team for the group, she expects the chapter to take off in the next year.

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SpRINg 2013 OffICERSPresident

Nike KleigerVP of Reporting & Documentation

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Enoch JohnsonVP of Reporting & Documentation

Enoch JohnsonVP of Finance Colby Hilburn

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AIS fACUlTy COmmITTED TO TEAChINg SUSan SCholz (2012), GREG FREix (2013)Henry Bubb Teaching Excellence Award, established by Henry Bubb, former Chairman of Capital Federal Savings and Loan and KU Board of Regents member, to recognize outstanding teaching in the School of Business

SCoTT BRonSon, PaUl MaSon, alEE PhilliPS, TiM ShaFTElHenry Bubb Teaching Excellence Award Top Ten finalist, established by Henry Bubb, former Chairman of Capital Federal Savings and Loan and KU Board of Regents member, to recognize outstanding teaching in the School of Business

alEE PhilliPSUndergraduate Business Council Outstanding Educator Award

MiKE ETTREDGEFaculty Mentor, Association of Business Doctoral Students (sponsored by Juan Mao)

JaMES hEinTz, RaJEnDRa P. SRiVaSTaVaPh.D Outstanding Mentor Award, Association of Business Doctoral Students

SUSan SCholzBeta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Educator AwardKU Center for Teaching Excellence Recognition for Graduate Education

AIS fACUlTy COmmITTED TO RESEARChpUblICATIONSSCoTT BRonSonErnst & Young CARAT Faculty FellowKU Institute for International Business Research GrantRecipient, School of Business Mabry Best Publication Award:“The Unintended Consequences of PCAOB Auditing Standards Nos. 2 and 3 on the Reliability of Preliminary Earnings Releases,” Journal of Accounting and Economics, February 2011, (with C. Hogan, M. Johnson and K. Ramesh).

anDREW ChEnRecipient, School of Business Mabry Best Publication Award:“Can Online Wait Be Managed? The Effect of Filler Interfaces and Presentation Modes on Perceived Waiting Time Online,” MIS Quarterly, 2012, (with Y.H. Lee and V. Illie).

MiKE ETTREDGERecipient, School of Business Mabry Best Publication Award:“Earnings Restatements and Differential Timeliness of Accounting Conservatism,” Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2012, (with Y. Huang and W. Zhang).

“Restatement Disclosures and Management Earnings Forecasts,” Accounting Horizons, forthcoming (with Y. Huang, W. Zhang).

ToM KUBiCK“Corporate tax avoidance and the timeliness of annual earnings announcements,” Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, forthcoming.

“The effectiveness and valuation of political tax minimization,”Journal of Banking and Finance, forthcoming. SUSan SCholz“Employers United: An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Political Speech in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” Journal of Corporate Law Volume 38, Issue 217 (Winter 2013), (with R. Alexander and E.W. Leonard).

“Evidence on the Association between Financial Restatements and Auditor Resignations,” Accounting Horizons, September 2012, (with Y. Huang).

RaJEnDRa SRiVaSTaVa“The Development of Worldwide Assured Sustainability Reporting,” Australian Accounting Review, forthcoming, (with T.J. Mock, S. Rao).

“Structure and Attributes of Board of Directors – A Theoretical Framework,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Corporate Governance: Emerging Issues and Global Challenges. Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India, January 30- 31, 2013, (with A. Masli, M. Sherwood).

“Data Mining for Fraud Detection using Bayesian Networks,” Proceedings of the

7th INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Health Informatics (DM-HI 2012), Phoenix, Arizona, October 13, 2012, (with E.N. Einicioglu).

“Assurance Services for Sustainability Reporting under Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions,” Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing (WUPES), Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic, September 12-15, 2012, (with S. Rao, T.J. Mock).

“The Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions for Managing Uncertainties: An Introduction and Fraud Risk Assessment Illustration,” Australian Accounting Review, Volume 21, Issue 3, 2011, (with T.J. Mock, L. Gao).

“Causal inference in auditing: A framework,” Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 2012, (with T.J. Bock, K. Pincus and A. Wright).

John SWEEnEy“The Effects of Visualization and Interactivity on Calibration in Financial Decision-Making,” Behavioral Research in Accounting (forthcoming in Vol. 26, issue 1) (Co-authors; Fengchun Tang, Traci Hess, Joe Valacich)

CONfERENCE pRESENTATIONS

MiKE ETTREDGEAmerican Accounting Association

allEn FoRD2013 Tax Faculty Symposium at Deloitte University

PaUl MaSonMidwest Accounting Educators’ Forum

SUSan SCholzAmerican Accounting Association

RaJEnDRa SRiVaSTaVaInternational Conference on Corporate Governance: Emerging Issues and Global Challenges, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India11th International Accounting Conference, Kolkata, India 7th INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Health Informatics Phoenix, Arizona9th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing (WUPES), Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic

2012 International Symposium on Audit Research (ISAR), Tokyo, Japan World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium: Continuous Auditing and XBRL Coming to Age. Malatya, Turkey XBRL International Conference, Abu Dhabi

John SWEEnEyAccounting Research Workshops, University of Groningen (Holland) and the University of Central Florida

AIS fACUlTy COmmITTED TO SERvICESCoTT BRonSonVice President of Finance, KU Hillel

KElViE CRaBBFaculty Advisor, Undergraduate Business CouncilResearch Committee, Women’s Foundation of Greater Kansas City

MiKE ETTREDGEKU School of Business Gordon Fitch Distinguished Service Award (2012)Co-editor, The Accounting Review Editorial Board, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & TheoryEditorial board, Accounting Horizons

GREG FREixFaculty Advisor, KU Collegiate Veterans AssociationFaculty Member, KU Veterans Services Enhancement Committee Faculty Advisor, IS@KVice President, KU Alumni Association Veterans Chapter

Planning Committee, KU Athletics “Salute to Service” football gameCenter for Teaching “KU Teaching Summit” presentationsCenter for Online & Distance Learning presentation

PaUl MaSonTrustee, KSCPA FoundationFaculty advisor, IMA Chapter Committee member, IMA Assessment Certification Program

alEE PhilliPSUSD 497 Finance Advisory Council Member

SUSan SCholzKU School of Business Gordon Fitch Distinguished Service Award (2013)KU Undergraduate Core Curriculum Committee Associate Editor, Accounting HorizonsAssociate Editor, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and TheoryEditorial Board, The Accounting ReviewProgram co-chair, AAA Auditing Section Mid-year Meeting

TiM ShaFTElSpecial Recognition Award, Consortium of Universities for International Studies, CIMBA, 2013 20th Anniversary event.Board of Editors, Issues in Accounting Education

RaJEnDRa SRiVaSTaVaAssociate Editor, Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Information Systems Section Journal of the American Accounting Association

Editorial Board, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, International Journal of Auditing, International Journal of Accounting Information SystemsConsulting Editor, Indian Accounting Review

John SWEEnEyEditorial Board, Behavioral Research In Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education

AIS fACUlTy IN ThE NEwSMiKE ETTREDGEUSA Today commenting on trends in restatements

ToM KUBiCKPaper quoted in the Washington Post (WP article “Lobbying on taxes usually pays dividends,” by T.W. Farnam, published on 12/12/12).

(lEfT) prof. Allen ford with

Allen ford Outstanding

mAcc Award finalists Zac wiebe

and Amanda Akin and

recipient Stephanie Jordahl

(RIghT) prof. Tim Shaftel with

Tim Shaftel mAcc Impact Award

recipient Jessica Sheahon


aCCoUnTinG DEPaRTMEnTal SCholaRShiP* John BartakCaleb BucherJordan GrayStacy GressMarcus LenihanAmy VanAngie Whalen

aiS aDViSoRy CoUnCil SCholaRShiP *Rebecca StackKelsey Thomas

aiS PhD SCholaRShiP*Ken DaltonMichael EllisElizabeth EmeighKil Jae LeeDong “Andrew” LiJuan MaoChristine PorterMatthew SherwoodHelen “Janie” Whiteaker

STEVE W. BaKER MEMoRial SCholaRShiP*Cassandra Engelken

BKD aCCoUnTinG SCholaRShiP*John DuncanMargaret NewellZachery Wiebe

BoRChaRDT FaMily Tax SCholaRShiP*Melissa Melling

noRMan l. CoChRan FaMily SCholaRShiP*Marcus LenihanAnnie PaulsAndrew WhittleJessica Wochner

CollECTiVE BRanDS UnDERGRaDUaTE SCholaRShiPJames BonoJanani GantaGrant Martens

DEloiTTE/RoDnEy a. KESSlER MEMoRial SCholaRShiP*Katherine BarnesAndrew ColeCaitlin DornErin FaussStephanie JordahlSarah KeenyKristi MarksJennifer PiskloKyle Willibey

John & RUTh EllioTT FaMily SCholaRShiPPaul LivingstonKelsey McConnell

annEliESE EnGElMann SCholaRShiP*Jeffrey GenglerZachary Rossin

DoRTha WhiTE ERiKSEn SCholaRShiP*Brittany Jones

ERnST & yoUnG SCholaRShiP*Erin FaussMargaret NewellAngie WhalenZachery Wiebe

ERnST & yoUnG STUDEnT FElloWS*Elizabeth EmeighNaaser Ahmed MohammedSurya NimmakayalaCassandra PostXinjie TangJonathan Wesley

h. BERnaRD FinK SCholaRShiPChristopher Schmitz

allEn & JoEllE FoRD SCholaRShiP in aCCoUnTinG*Nellie BetzenKameron DoyleSean EbelingColby HilburnMelissa Melling

RoBERT F. FRaKES MEMoRial SCholaRShiPPamela ClarkAllison JacksonChase White

GRanT ThoRnTon aiS SCholaRShiP*Andrew Whittle

GRanT ThoRnTon SChool oF BUSinESS SCholaRShiPNellie BetzenKaymon Witt

RiChaRD l. hoFMann SCholaRShiP*Christopher BrownBreanna EckJessica SheahonMegan StarnesHannah StoutKelsey Wyer

GERTRUDE M. hoyT SCholaRShiP in BUSinESS*Andrew ColeKelsey Collins

hoMER hoyT SCholaRShiP in BUSinESS*Amanda AkinScott Howell IIINicholas KleigerTing-Shuin Mai

KanSaS SoCiETy oF CPaS SCholaRShiP*Sarah DingesStanislav Sinitsyn

DaRREn W. & TERRi E. KaRST BUSinESS SCholaRShiP*Jonathan AhrensChiao Ching Huang

KEnnEDy & CoE SCholaRShiP*Caitlin DornBaley LaHaye

KEVin KoEhn MEMoRial SCholaRShiP*Kameron Doyle

KPMG SCholaRShiP*Danyell BellMichelle CoombsMargaret KoppHannah StoutLaura UpdikeYi Zhu

ChaRlES R. laRKin MEMoRial SCholaRShiP*Tyler BeikerAdam CasadyGentry CraigMichael DelichBrendan HahneJoanan JohnsonDenise Vann

ChaRlES & PaTRiCia MaRShall BUSinESS SCholaRShiP*Dustin Dobbels

ShERWooD W. nEWTon SCholaRShiP*Daren Chesbrough

RoBERT a. PaGE SCholaRShiP*Tyler Habrock

PCaoB SCholaRShiP*Michael Virgo

PRiCEWaTERhoUSECooPERS SCholaRShiP*Marcus LenihanSpencer Glenn

PlUMMER innES MEMoRial SCholaRShiP in BUSinESSKelsey AndersonJordan ElliottBaley LaHayeKristi Marks

WilMa MoRTon RaCy SCholaRShiP*Stephanie JordahlStephanie Palmer

John W. RaDER SCholaRShiPHa DangJordan ElliottJessie HardestyGrant MartensMelissa MihelicHannah Westhoff

RiChaRD R. RiSS SR. SCholaRShiP*Mark DonachieJeffrey GenglerZachary Rossin

RUBlEE MaE SCholaRShiP in BUSinESS*Michelle CoombsDenise Vann

ToM SaRoWSKi SCholaRShiPKaymon Witt

SChool oF BUSinESS SCholaRShiPPhillip BastowStacy BlaggConnor BlankenshipJamie BonkMolly FloodRobert HuffJennifer HughesAustin LearMichael LuchenSarah MorrisChristopher SchmitzPatrick SmithJoseph VivianoSarah WhitsonKaymon Witt

EDMUnD REx SiGlEy MEMoRial SCholaRShiP*Alex Morlang

SPiRiT aERoSySTEMS SCholaRShiPRobert HuffHillary LewisRenae Miskowic

hoWaRD F. STETTlER MaSTERSin aCCoUnTinG SCholaRShiP*Katherine BarnesSiwen Xu

Max a. ThayER MEMoRial SCholaRShiP*Michael Delich

CECil E. TREFThEn MEMoRial SCholaRShiP in BUSinESS*Daren Chesbrough

Union PaCiFiC SCholaRShiP*Caitlin DornErin Fauss

lEon E. & GlaDyS M. Van CoMPERnollE BUSinESS SCholaRShiPRouyan WangYouyang Xu

iSaaC J. VERnon SCholaRShiP TRUSTEdgar DamianLindsey Purcell

loiS Kay WallS SCholaRShiP*Nellie BetzenErika Schnittker

Max o. & loRa J. WEBER BUSinESS SCholaRShiPCorbin BarndsKevin Cheng

DianE l. yETTER SCholaRShiPJennifer Hughes

*AIS Scholarships

SChOlARShIpSThank you to the following generous contributors for making these scholarships and fellowships possible.

Accounting student Scott Moir, MAcc students Amanda Akin and Stephanie Jordahl, and information systems student Michael Luchen received the school’s 2013 RESPECT award


DEanS ClUB aMBaSSaDoRSElizabeth M. FrakesLisa FrielLarry D. Horner & Donna Manning HornerSharon Absheer Kay & John A. Kay, IIIPhil Mills Jr.Douglas A. Regnier

DEanS ClUB BEnEFaCToRSScott J. Brouillette & Jennifer Glancy BrouilletteHoward E. Cohen & Debra L. CohenGerry D. Dixon & Carrie L. Woodling DixonDaniel T. Meyer & Jennifer A. MeyerLawrence F. Montague & Barbara J. MontaguePhil D. Parker & Kathleen Dailey ParkerBruce E. Snyder & Cynthia Wehrwein SnyderWilliam B. Taylor & Marilyn K. TaylorRichard B. Young & Sally J. Young

DEanS ClUB PaTRonSStephen A. BatmanT. Teal Dakan & Margaret D. DakanDavid F. Dummermuth & Natalie DummermuthEdward A. KangasJill A. Krentz & Kurtis S. KrentzWilliam A. Pickert & Traci Gregory PickertJ. Michael SannerTimothy L. Shaftel, PhD & Julia Singleton Shaftel, PhDMark A. Wilkerson

DEanS ClUBHearld R. Ambler & Marjorie P. AmblerJohn F. AndersonBradley D. BartelSusan Sedlock Belske & Gary L. BelskeAndrew J. Blossom & Tammy S. BlossomKirtus L. BocoxWayne J. Boeckman & Patricia BoeckmanRonald T. Borchardt, PhD & Pamela K. BorchardtJerald L. BriggsCharles D. Bruce & Mikaela BruceJohn A. Cadwalader & Catherine Whitney Cadwalader

Tony Campbell & Catherine Bubb CampbellKimberly M. Carl-Cooke & Daniel W. CookeBarbara A. CuiteMichael J. EngleN. Allen Ford & Joelle S. FordFranklin S. Friedman & Sondra E. FriedmanAndrew W. George & Jennifer L. Payden GeorgeTabetha L. Hazels & David R. HazelsHarold Dean Hein & Martha Olson HeinJames A. Heintz & Celia M. HeintzTeresa Cosentino Karst & Darren W. Karst, CPAAnthony J. Kaufman & Rene KaufmanPatrick J. Kaufman & Kathleen Kurzak KaufmanDarin W. Kempke & Sarah C. KempkeStephen M. Kovzan & Kari B. KovzanAndrew V. LearChad W. LibertusKasey M. Lobaugh & Gina A. LobaughLance A. LutherJason K. MartinJames M. McCartenGregory M. PayneCharles W. Peffer & Pamela Kulp PefferTerrence E. Putney & Mary L. PutneyCharles V. ReesThomas W. Sarowski & Nancy L. SarowskiRichard W. Seagraves Jr., CPA & Linda K. SeagravesStefanie R. Sparks & Kevin P. SparksJohn T. Sweeney, PhDAdam C. SweetRob K. ThayerChristopher J. Vogel & Julie S. VogelJill E. Watt & Joseph M. WattAngela S. WeidenRyan D. WernerJohn A. Wilgers & Trudy Henke WilgersShauna C. Woody-Coussens

CaMPanilE ClUBPaul Borchardt & Susan Gatton BorchardtKris A. Cappo & Frank J. CappoJeanne Cline

Michael Scott EnszDonna M. FunkDwight GeigerCheryl L. Givens & Gregg W. GivensDarren L. GoldsteinKyri L. GorgesBarbara Bowdish HoughtonKrista Burkart JohnsonCharles L. KopelPaul R. Nelson & Margaret E. NelsonOlivia J. PfannenstielDavid A. Rood & Ann Rheinberger RoodEugene R. Schramka & Barbara M. SchramkaRobert J. SchusterRobert D. ShuttSharon K. Smith & P. D. HatfieldSandra S. Stettler

CRiMSon anD BlUE ClUBRyan M. Berry & Briea Alden BerryLindsey A. BrakeJohn C. Bullock & Lori K. BullockShana Rippe DominguezBarbara J. EtzelLori L. FerrisEarl J. FunkSteven C. KlikaAshley B. Lamb & Stuart D. LambDonald W. LoveBradley E. Peek & Heather Collins PeekMichael N. RileyJanice E. Steffen & Craig O. SteffenPaul B. Stephens & Tricia Elliott StephensBradley B. ThiesAndrew M. VinciguerraPaul Wertheim, PhD

1865 ClUBJean A. AllenPhillip C. AndersonPeter G. AylwardScott R. BarnesRichard T. Baumeister Jr.Whitney J. BeaverMichael E. Bernard & Joyce R. BernardHeather K. Bertone-Kuo & Simon Kuo, PhDBrett A. Boyle & Samantha Brown BoyleEric J. BurJames G. Butler Jr. & Kathryn Willhite ButlerRachel E. CannonJeffrey P. Carlstedt & Michelle Adams CarlstedtJulia A. CarrollMichael E. ChalfantBrett S. Clark & Allison Starr ClarkBrian A. Clark & Kelly Hansen ClarkAdam Joseph CollyerCathleen S. CurlessRussell D. Dettmer

Douglas A. Elcock & Joyce Burgess ElcockRebecca A. FeniliMark A. Fortino & Sarah Goodwin FortinoMeghan C. GockelKevin D. GrundKaitlyn Coen HaakeErich P. Hahn & Kathy Moll HahnKorey B. HaleCharles F. HarrisJohn M. HaunApril M. HawthorneDan H. Hazelet & Leslie Dove HazeletEllie Heath & Christopher A. HeathJohn L. HornRenee Wessel JaenickeJoshua L. Johnson & Emily T. JohnsonLinda Knackstedt JohnsonLeah J. LindelowLaura Dysart MarcyKatherine M. MarshJoseph M. MeltonWilliam R. Morton Jr. & Cheryl A. MortonLaura Hays Mossman & Scott G. MossmanMolly R. PageMatthew C. Paquette & Amy C. PaquetteAlysha M. PhillipsAnne M. QuinnRonald L. RarickJack H. Redwine & Jonya Wallace RedwineAmanda Bearly Richardson & Sean M. RichardsonDavid A. RudicelGregory A. Rupp & Jennifer Creswell RothDavid A. Sanchez Jr. & Alexis Allen SanchezSusana J. SanchezAdam B. SefchickSteven G. Seigel & Jo Ann SeigelMichael J. Shonka & Nancy J. ShonkaSarah Callan Stanclift & Michael M. Stanclift Jr.James M. Stilley & Linda A. Schwartz StilleyCalvin J. Stolle & Susan Kulp Stolle

Elizabeth N. TerhuneNicholas S. WalkerGary D. WanamakerBrian D. WeidenRob J. Werling & Courtney Keating WerlingBenjamin M. Westerman

DonoRSKenneth L. AndersonThomas J. Baumann II & Diana M. SmithBrie A. BrantingR. Craig Buller & Mary Knabe BullerScott E. Cailteux & Jane CailteuxErika M. CoatesStephen P. Eddy & Melissa F. EddyGeorgio S. EfpraxiasErin M. FoxJacque L. FritchDavid HadenFrederick L. HawkinsAaron HerzbergBritt J. HoidaleNatalie M. KingAnna LavenderTodd Lickteig & Lindsay Jordan LickteigRichard E. LittrellJason D. LoukBernard R. Malkmus & Donna Sanner MalkmusJill K. MichaelKathleen S. Myhre & Lloyd I. MyhreWilliam H. Nicks III & Morgan Dow NicksRyan D. OsbornSrinivasan Ragothaman, PhD & Rekha RagothamanCraig M. RuderTuija K. Schmidt & Michael J. SchmidtSusan K. SettleElaine K. SmithDavid W. StuckslagerMy G. Truong

oRGanizaTionS $25,000 anD aBoVEDeloitte FoundationErnst & Young Foundation

oRGanizaTionS $10,000 - $24,999.99 KPMG Foundation

oRGanizaTionS UnDER $10,000 Accounting & Advisory Services P.A.AdKore Staffing Group, LLCAlbright Commercial Cleaning LLCAltria Group, Inc.Aon FoundationThe Bank of America FoundationBecker Professional EducationBKD, LLPBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas CityBrooklyn Ridge RanchConocoPhillips CompanyDeloitte & ToucheDeloitte Services, LPDST Systems, Inc.Education Fdn. of the Kansas Society of CPAs, Inc.Ernst & Young LLPGrant Thornton FoundationGrant Thornton LLPIda Miriam Stern MemorialInternational Business Machines CorporationKPMG L.L.P.KU EndowmentMegaForce LLCPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCSPX FoundationUnion Pacific CorporationUnion Pacific Fund for Effective Goverment

DONOR RECOgNITIONWe gratefully acknowledge the following alumni, friends and corporate partners who supported the AIS program during the 2012 fiscal year, July 2011 through June 2012. Some graduates and employees do not designate their gifts specifically for AIS. These are included in the School of Business’ Dean’s Report. Also, this list does not include matching gifts.

SpONSORSWe would like to thank the following sponsors,

whose generous support helped make this publication possible.

BKDBlue Cross Blue Shield

DeloitteErnst & YoungGrant Thornton

KPMGPricewaterhouseCoopersUnion Pacific Corporation


AIS COUNCIl 2012-13ExECUTiVE CoMMiTTEEJohn Anderson, ChairBruce Snyder, Vice-ChairJohn Sweeney, DirectorTony BatmanHoward CohenMark FortinoJason MartinBill Pickert Mike Shonka

John AndersonChief Information OfficerShook, Hardy and Bacon, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Stephen “Tony” BatmanCEO1st GlobalDallas, Texas

Mike BernardAssistant General AuditorUnion Pacific CorporationOmaha, Nebraska

Wayne BoeckmanPresident & CEOQuick-Way Stamping, Inc.Euless, Texas

Eric BurCFO & COOSaepio TechnologiesKansas City, Missouri

John CadwaladerCEOWIT, Inc.Kansas City, Kansas

Kimberly Carl-CookeAERS DirectorDeloitteKansas City, Missouri

Jeff CarlstedtPartnerMayer Hoffman & McCann P.C./CBIZLeawood, Kansas

Brian ClarkPartnerDeloitte.Kansas City, Missouri

Howard CohenAERS Partner in ChargeDeloitte.Kansas City, Missouri

David DummermuthTax Managing DirectorKPMG, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Mark A. FortinoExec. Vice President & CFOBank of Blue ValleyOverland Park, Kansas

Ross FrankenParnter, Tax ServicesMcGladrey, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Mark GastDirector, Regulatory OperationsCenturyLink, Inc.Overland Park, Kansas

Jeff GehebVice President & CTOSaepio TechnologiesKansas City, Missouri

Melissa HardestySr. Director, TaxesKCP&LKansas City, Missouri

Charles HarrisPartnerRubinBrown LLPOverland Park, Kansas

Tony KaufmanControllerFlint Hills ResourcesWichita, Kansas

Darin W. KempkePartnerKPMGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Stephen M. KovzanChief Financial OperationsNIC Inc.Olathe, Kansas

Kasey M. LobaughPrincipal & Managing Director of Kansas CityDeloitte ConsultingKansas City, Missouri

Lance LutherPartnerAccentureOverland Park, Kansas

Jason K. MartinVice President, UnderwritingAsurionKansas City, Missouri

William R. Morton, Jr.Chief Financial OfficerThe Federal Savings BankOverland Park, Kansas

Greg PayneAudit PartnerGrant Thornton, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Bill PickertPartnerBKDWichita, Kansas

Terrence PutneyCEOTransition Advisors, LLC Overland Park, Kansas

David RudicelTax PartnerPricewaterhouseCoopers, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Gregg RuppPrincipleFree State Consulting ServicesLawrence, KS

Robert SchusterMember In ChargeKennedy & CoeWichita, Kansas

Michael ShonkaExecutive VP & CFO (Ret.)Cessna Aircraft CompanyWichita, Kansas

Bruce E. SnyderPartnerErnst & Young, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Kevin SparksSr. VP, Chief Strat and Info OfficerBlue Cross Blues Shield of KSKansas City, Missouri

James StilleyGeneral ManagerAscend LearningLeawood, Kansas

Calvin J. StolleExecutive VP and CFOAscension InsuranceKansas City, Missouri

Angela WeidenCFO/Manager DirectorAdamsGabbert, LLCOverland Park, Kansas

Mark WilkersonPartnerBKDKansas City, Missouri

aSSoCiaTE MEMBERSKirt BocoxSr. Tax ManagerKPMGOrlando, Florida

Jeanne ClineDirector of Internal Audit INTL FCStone, Inc.Kansas City, Missouri

Adam CollyerSr. ManagerMarksNelsonKansas City, Missouri

David DummermuthSr. ManagerKPMGKansas City, Missouri Andrew EkManager, College Relations Koch Industries , Inc.Wichita, Kansas

Kyri GorgesManager, Campus RecruitingKPMG, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Josh JohnsonDirector of Financial ReportingYRC Worldwide Inc.Kansas City, Missouri

Krista JohnsonSenior Financial Analyst - TaxTerraconKansas City, Missouri

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Laura MossmanManagerBKD, LLPKansas City, Missouri

Brandon NottDirector of Business IntelligenceVMLKansas City, Missouri

David SanchezDirector, Risk Assurance ServicesPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPKansas City, Missouri

Adam SefchickAudit Sr. ManagerGrant Thornton LLPKansas City, Missouri

Paul StephensTax Sr. ManagerErnst & Young, LLP Kansas City, Missouri

Kimberly WellsTax ManagerFreightquote.comKansas City, Missouri

Ryan WernerDirector of Property & Joint Venture AcctingUDR, Inc.Kansas City, Missouri

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