Education
- Ph D, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982
Major: Accounting and Information Systems - MBA, University of Southern California, 1973
Major: Quantitative Business Analysis - BS, University of Southern California, 1972
Major: Accounting
Past Experience
- Member, California Society of Certified Public Accountants Scholarship Committee, Long Beach/Orange County (2005 - Present)
- Member, Board of Directors of the Society of Depreciation Professionals (2003 - Present)
- Member, CFA Society of Los Angeles, Education Committee (2003 - Present)
- Member, Education Committee, Society of Depreciation Professionals (2003 - Present)
- Member, California Society of Certified Public Accountants Litigation Section Steering Committee (2002 - Present)
- Member, California Society of Certified Public Accountants Amicus Committee (2001 - Present)
- Member, Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee of the California State Society of Certified Public Accountants (1990 - Present)
- Professor, California State University, Long Beach (1989 - Present)
- Ernst & Young Research Fellow , (1989 - Present)
- Chair, California State Society of Certified Public Accountants Committee (2002 - 2005)
- Chair, Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee of the California State Society of Certified Public Accountants (1999 - 2001)
- Member, Board of Directors of the California State Society of Certified Public Accountants (1999 - 2001)
- Member, Evolving Forms of Firm Structures and Organization Task Force, Independence Standards Board (1999 - 2001)
- Member, AICPA Continuing Professional Education Standards Task Force (1996 - 2000)
- Chair, Participating Mortgages Subcommittee of AcSEC, AICPA (1987 - 1997)
- Chair, AICPA Real Estate Committee (1993 - 1996)
- Chair, Real Estate Accounting and Auditing Guide Task Force of Real Estate Committee, AICPA (1993 - 1996)
- Member, International Accounting Standards task force of AcSEC (1991 - 1996)
- Chair, International Accounting Standards task force of AcSEC (1991 - 1993)
- Member, Accounting Standards Executive Committee (1990 - 1993)
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California at Los Angeles (1988 - 1989)
- Assistant Professor, University of California at Los Angeles (1981 - 1987)
- Supervisor in National Accounting and Auditing Department, Laventhol and Horwarth Executive Office (1973 - 1975)
- Administrative Manager and Controller, Products Engineering Corporation, Los Angeles (1968 - 1973)
Research and Scholarly Activities
Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal- "Recommendations from the Committee on the Future of California's Professional Accountants" (2005), California CPA.
Presentations
- Federal Judicial Center & National Judicial College, "Presentation to the Judges for the AICPA," AICPA, ( , 2006)
- Federal Judicial Center & National Judicial College, "Presentation to the Judges for the AICPA," AICPA, ( , 2005)
- Federal Judicial Center & National Judicial College, "Presentation to the Judges for the AICPA," AICPA, ( , 2004)
- Federal Judicial Center & National Judicial College, "Presentation to the Judges for the AICPA," AICPA, ( , 2003)