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Technology & Distance Learning Director

William Hopwood, Ph.D.

bulletCoauthor of Accounting Information Systems, Prentice Hall, 8th edition.
bulletAuthor of numerous articles in the top accounting journals, including The Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, etc.

Teaching Faculty

Somnath Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (School of Accounting Director)

bulletPh.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and minor in Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of South Florida in 1994.
bulletReceived MBA with concentration in MIS from Northern Arizona University.
bulletHas previously worked for Nestle (India) Limited and consulted with CEMEX, Mexico, Intellinettech in Melbourne, FL, etc.

George R. Young II, Ph.D. (Academic Program Director)

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Assoc. Member Assoc. Certified Fraud Examiners.

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CPA and Masters in Taxation.

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Nine years in tax practice.

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Published articles in Internal Auditing, The CPA Journal, and The Journal of Accountancy.

Carl Pacini, Ph.D., J.D.

bulletPh.D. in Accounting and Juris Doctor from Notre Dame.
bulletExtensive industry experience.
bulletMany published articles in the areas of fraud, internal auditing, and accounting-related litigation.

Julia Higgs, Ph.D.

bulletGraduate of the University of Tennessee (B.S. and M.Acc.) and the University of South Carolina (Ph.D.).
bulletFormer legislative auditor for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of State Audit.
bulletDirector of the regular Master’s Program at the FAU School of Accounting.
bulletAuthor of articles appearing in Behavioral Research in Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (forthcoming), Issues in Accounting Education, Advances in Accounting, and the Financial Analysts Journal.

Jay Leiner, BA, BS, MA, CFE

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Head of the Economic Crime Unit with the Broward Sheriff's Office; 14 years experience in money laundering, RICO actions, white collar crime, identity theft, and other types of investigations involving burglary, robbery, and homicide.

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Testified in both Federal and State courts on narcotics interdiction, money laundering, white collar crime and other cases in New York, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas

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Has specialized training in electronic surveillance, criminal investigation, hostage negotiation, and organized crime investigation

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Involved in law enforcement since 1978 (1978-1980 Corrections, 1981-present Police)

Graduate Communications Faculty

Marcy L. Krugel

bulletDirector of the FAU Graduate Business Communications Program.
bulletReceived undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
bulletMember of the Association for Business Communication.
bulletFormer Coordinator for Management Development for the School Board of Broward County, Florida.
bulletFormer Training Administration Coordinator, at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.

Judith Lezotte, M.S.

bulletDegree in English from Indiana University.
bulletOver 10 years experience as an instructor of writing courses at Florida Gulf Coast University and Indiana University.
bulletEditor of several books on writing.
bulletOver 15 years of technical experience with a large investor-owned utility in Indiana.

Laurie Nesbitt, M.A. TESOL

bulletCompleted her graduate studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California; and her undergraduate studies at University of Tampa, Florida.
bulletSpecializes in teaching the English language for specific purposes.
bulletHas taught in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the U.S.

School of Accounting Executive Programs Administrative Staff

Student Services Coordinator

 Kathi Dasilva

bulletHas worked in the Executive Accounting Programs for two years.
bulletB.A. in education from Florida State University.
bulletWorked with the Florida Legislature for two years.

IT Manager

Cesar A. Cepeda

Program Advisory Board and Contributing Professionals

James A. DiGabriele, CPA, CFE, CFSA, DABFA, MSc, MST, Cr.FA
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Director-- Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support and managing partner of DiGabriele, McNulty & Co., LLC, Certified Public Accountants.

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Recent cases have included business interruption losses, wages losses, economic damage calculations, professional liability damages, inventory losses, loss of earnings, bond claims, fraud, financial motive, subrogation, breach of contract damages, environmental clean-up damages, all matrimonial issues, business valuations and alternative dispute resolution.

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June 1998, Recognized as CPA Vision Pathfinder by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Jay Leiner, BA, BS, MA, CFE

 

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See "Teaching Faculty" above.

Tami C. Wilson, CPA 

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Partner – Litigation Support, Morrison, Brown, Argiz, & Farra, LLP.

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Matrimonial litigation issues involving equitable distribution, alimony and child support issues, lifestyle analysis, and other matters pertaining to divorce.  Economic damages, wrongful termination and business valuation experience includes eminent domain, valuation of stock options and closely held businesses.

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Qualified as an expert witness in Florida State Courts. Particularly in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties, Federal District Court in Miami, Florida.

Denise Stubbs

 

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Manager, Litigation Support - Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP in Fort Lauderdale, FL 

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Experience includes matrimonial litigation and issues related to divorce, fraud investigations, and various damage calculations.  

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Has taught CPE courses and given numerous presentations on forensic accounting, divorce and first year experiences in public accounting.  

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Actively involved in the FICPA; one of twelve accountants in the state of Florida to be selected to serve on the FICPA's inaugural Young CPA committee and is currently the Vice Chair of the Young CPA committee.

Will Yancey, Ph.D.

bulletCPA and Master of Business Taxation.
bulletExtensive publications in audit sampling, litigation support, and tax audits.
bulletExpert consultant on audit sampling and audit data analysis.
bulletExpert consultant on recovering overpayments to vendors.
bulletExpert consultant on damage valuations in complex civil litigation, tax and accounting malpractice.

Jason Liberty, MS, CPA
IRM Division
KPMG

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