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Accounting Advisory Board

The Department of Accounting is fortunate to have an elite and involved group of professionals on its Advisory Council. The Council is composed of a diverse membership representing the full spectrum of accounting practice including national and regional public accounting firms, corporate organizations, and nonprofit institutions. The Council provides advice on a wide range of issues such as curriculum development, student employment, internships, scholarships, and general fundraising.

Current members and the organizations that they represent: 

Accounting Advisory Board

 

Mike Baker, Partner
Dent, Baker & Company LLP

Kealon Drake, President and CEO
MJR LLC

Lynetta Baldwin, General Manager Corporate RE
AT&T Services, Inc.

Drew Edge, Treasurer and Controller
B.L. Harbert International LLC

Brian Barksdale, Partner
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC

Tom Elley, Senior Manager
Deloitte

Byron Berry, Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP

Bruce Ely, Partner
Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP

Marvell ("Chip") Bivins, Jr., VP - Audit and Compliance
Energen Corporation

Tom Grainger, Partner
Horton, Lee, Burnett, Peacock,
Cleveland & Grainger P.C.

Jeff Burleson
KPMG LLP

Don Hancock, Senior VP - Associate
Audit Director
Regions Bank

Hafiz Chandiwala, VP/CFO
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.

Richard M. (Myrk) Harkins, Director
of Internal Audit Op.
Southern Company

David Kassouf, Partner
L. Paul Kassouf & Co., P.C.

Andre Peterson, Internal Audit
Sealy Inc.

Donna Lecky, VP-General Tax Counsel
HealthSouth

Derrel Curry
Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith PC

Debra Linton, Partner
Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino LLC

Kelly Todd, Shareholder
Forensic Strategic Solutions

Kathy Love, Vice President
United Land Corporation, Sub of Walter Industries

Jeff Thornton, Partner
Pearce, Bevill, Leesburg, Moore PC

Chad McGowan, VP and Chief Accounting Officer
New South Federal Savings Bank

Mac Underwood, General Manager
Birmingham Water Works Board

James W. O'Brien, Vice President, Tax
Vulcan Materials Company

Jim Huntsinger
O'Neal Steel, Inc.

Kenneth E. Penn, Partner
Hudson Penn P.C.

Cindi Vice, VP of Audit and
Information Security
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama

Drew Wagoner, Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

 

UAB School of Business (205) 934-8800
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1150 10th Avenue South
Mail1530 3rd Ave S Birmingham, Al 35294-4460
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