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Nichole Williams, CPA

Sr. Tax Manager & Shareholder at Truepoint Wealth Counsel

Nichole helps solve complex problems and collaborates with other specialists across Truepoint to provide cohesive financial plans to clients. She believes that good tax preparation and organization should bring simplicity and peace of mind to clients’ lives. She especially enjoys digging into complicated and unique situations, addressing new challenges, and ultimately saving clients money. In her free time, Nichole likes to relax with her husband, children, and dogs, watch University of Kentucky sports, read, and take weekend trips with family and friends.

Dr. Katie Landgraf

DBA, MBA, CPA, Assistant Professor in Accounting at University of Hawai`i-West O`ahu

"Katie Landgraf, holding a Doctor of Business Administration from Walden University, has been a part of the University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu since 2012. As an Assistant Professor, Dr. Landgraf primarily teaches Accounting classes but also engages in various campus activities. Dr. Landgraf serves on several committees, including Student Affairs, Assessment, and as the Accounting Club Advisor. She manages the accounting schedule and oversees lecturers. Dr. Landgraf involvement extends beyond campus as she volunteers with the FAFSA program at local high schools, assisting seniors and their families in navigating financial aid for college. Dr. Landgraf dedication to teaching earned her the 2014-2015 Board of Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Award, a recognition she treasures deeply."

Brad Childs, Ph.D. J.D.

Professor of Accounting at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee

Brad Childs has been a college professor of accounting, including taxation, for 29 years, with over 20 years at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. I have published around 20 articles in various professional and academic journals on topics involving accounting, economics and taxation.

Eric Chaimowitz, CPA, CFP®

Senior Tax Manager at Truepoint Wealth Counsel

I am a CPA and CFP with over a decade of experience. I am a member of the Tax Team at Truepoint Wealth Counsel where I spend my days working on various tax planning projects for my clients and studying tax law, which I find to be similar to a puzzle. My specialty areas include individual, fiduciary, gift/estate, and business taxation. What I love most about what I do is helping clients achieve their financial goals in a tax efficient way.

Valrie Chambers, Ph.D., CPA

Associate Professor of Accounting at Stetson University

Valrie Chambers, Ph.D., CPA, is an associate professor of accounting at Stetson University. Chambers worked for a private corporation and then founded her own CPA business, which she ran for over a decade before returning to school to obtain a Ph.D. from the University of Houston. Prior to coming to Stetson in 2014, she received the Texas Society of CPAs Outstanding Accounting Educator Award in 2012 and the Bobby Bizzell Southwestern Deans' 2006 Innovative Achievement Award, won the Texas A&M System Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence multiple times, won multiple awards for her service activities, published peer-reviewed articles extensively in journals, including the Journal of Economic Psychology, Tax Notes and The Tax Adviser and had her work cited by two different federal courts and in a report by the National Taxpayer Advocate of the IRS.

James Hamill, Ph.D., CPA

Associate Professor of Accounting at Texas A&M University-Commerce

James Hamill is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 40 years of experience. He received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 1987 and specialized in taxation. Hamill taught at the University of Oklahoma and the University of New Mexico, transforming the accounting degrees into nationally-recognized programs. Twenty years into teaching, Hamill left the academic classroom and returned to the public practice. He worked for a local CPA firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Northeast Texas in 2018. Since then, Hamill has played a vital role in the College of Business, bringing a wealth of knowledge and practical experience. Hamill is a Kenton and Eula Ross Professor of Accounting.

Gregory Germain

Professor at Syracuse University College of Law

Professor Germain practiced bankruptcy law in Los Angeles and San Francisco for 17 years, worked as an Attorney Advisor to the United States Tax Court for a year, and has worked as a law professor at Syracuse University College of Law since 2002. In addition to teaching contracts, business associations, commercial transactions, bankruptcy and tax law, Professor Germain ran a bankruptcy clinic for indigent members of the Syracuse community seeking a fresh start.

Dr. Brandon Di Paolo Harrison

Assistant Professor of Accounting at Austin Peay State University

Dr. Di Paolo Harrison is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has over 20 years of accounting expertise, specializing in Healthcare Accounting as a consultant and Chief Financial Officer. His areas of research interest are financial reporting accuracy, healthcare accounting, accounting information systems, governmental and non-profit accounting, and data analytics for accounting.

Andrew Griffith

Associate Professor of Accounting, LaPenta School of Business of Iona University

Andrew Griffith, DBA, EA, CPA, CMA, CIA, CFE, CRMA, is an associate professor of accounting and has more than 15 years of full-time experience teaching graduate and undergraduate accounting courses at the university level. He also has more than 15 years of experience as a tax professional. He is the proprietor of Andrew Griffith CPA, a New York-registered public accounting firm.

Daniel Szpiro

Professor of Practice at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University

Daniel Szpiro is a Professor of Practice at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Dr. Szpiro teaches a variety of courses focused on accounting and financial management at business schools and with leading organizations around the world. He is an award-winning teacher, former senior university administrator and expert in a variety of financial management topics.

Haim Mozes, Ph.D.

Professor of Accounting and Taxation at Fordham University

Haim Mozes, Ph.D., is a Professor of Accounting at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where he has taught a variety of courses in accounting and finance since 1989. Dr. Mozes has published extensively on a wide range of investment subjects, with a focus on financial analysts and alternative investments. He received a Ph.D. in Accounting from New York University, a Masters in Statistics/Operations Research from New York University and a B.A. in Economics from Touro College.

Andrew Brajcich, J.D., LL.M., C.P.A.

Professor, Jud Regis Endowed Chair, Graduate Programs Director at Gonzaga University

Andrew is a Bow-tied tax prof working to bridge the gap between academia and business. He is currently the Washington Society of CPAs Chair and serves on the American Institute of CPA's S corp technical resource panel. He previously worked in international tax at Deloitte and in industry.

Caroline Chen, JD, LL.M

Associate Professor at San Jose State University

Caroline Chen is an expert in tax policy and law. She is a professor of tax at the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University, was the Director of the Low-Income Tax Clinic at Santa Clara University School of Law and was an attorney for the Office of Chief Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service for over a decade.

George Birrell

Co-founder at Taxhub

After earning his master's degree in taxation and scoring in the top 10% of his class on his CPA exam, George began his career in public accounting. Twelve years in, he transitioned to controllership for an engineering firm in New York City. As his career evolved, it was never far from George's mind that there had to be a better way when it came to consumer tax prep. He found that way as an innovator, and the idea behind Taxhub took shape. Determined to give customers a better tax experience, George began discussing his ideas with skilled professionals he knew he'd need to move forward. He began assembling a team that could help bring his idea to fruition and serve a broad segment of the private tax-payer market.

Barbara Schreihans

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Your Tax Coach

Barbara Schreihans, MST, is the founder and CEO of Your Tax Coach, a tax strategy firm that specializes in helping business owners save money in taxes. She and her team love to educate their clients. They have helped their clients save over $20MM in taxes in 2021.

Jamieson Hopp, CFP®, ECA

Financial Planner at Millenial Wealth, LLC

Jamieson Hopp is a Certified Financial Planner® professional and equity compensation associate. CFP® professionals are held to strict ethical standards to ensure financial planning recommendations are in your best interest. An ECA is qualified in the fundamentals of equity compensation taxation, plan design, law, and very basic accounting and can address these topics intelligently with equity plan participants. Prior to joining Millennial Wealth, Jamieson worked at an independent RIA in Michigan for three years. After his experience working closely with retirees and pre-retirees in the midwest, he decided to be closer to home in Washington state to focus on his work with younger professionals.

Hrishikesh (Hrish) Desai, Ph.D., CA, CFA

Assistant Professor of Accounting at Arkansas State University

Dr. Desai is an assistant professor of accounting in the College of Business at Arkansas State University (ASU). He is also the Director of the Master of Accountancy with Data Analytics Program at the university. Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Desai was a Chazen Visiting Scholar at Columbia Business School. Dr. Desai holds a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Melbourne. He is also a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a CFA (USA) charterholder.

Stephanie G. Wendling, CPA, CFP®, MSTFP

Instructor at Widener University

Stephanie Wendling, CPA, CFP®, MSTFP, is an instructor at Widener University where she teaches tax and financial planning courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. Tax is the primary focus of her research. Stephanie received both her bachelors of business administration with a concentration in accounting and her Master's in Taxation and Financial Planning from Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. She can be reached at sgwendling@widener.edu or One University Place, Chester, PA 19013.

Brian Huels, CPA

Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Brian Huels is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and is an experienced Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Before academia, Brian spent most of his career working with and helping small businesses.

Parker Ring, AWMA®

Associate Wealth Manager at Detterbeck Wealth Management

Parker Ring graduated from Clemson University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Financial Management and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He has worked as an associate wealth manager with a boutique RIA firm, Detterbeck Wealth Management, for over two years.

Dan Royer

Assistant Lecturer of Accounting at Ball State University

Dan W. Royer began his career working for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (Health Care Service Corporation), the fiscal intermediary for Medicare, where he earned his CPA and worked in the audit division, eventually serving as an audit manager. Dan has been a faculty member at several institutions, including Ivy Tech Community College, Colorado Christian University and Harrison College, for the last ten years. In these capacities, he taught several accounting and finance courses. He recently completed a Doctorate of Education degree in Adult, Higher, and Community Education at Ball State University.

Mark Ma

Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh

Mark Ma is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, Mark teaches Intermediate Financial Accounting. His research interests include capital market, financial reporting, tax reporting and corporate governance.

Carlo Silvesti

Adjunct Professor of Accounting at Gwynedd Mercy University

Carlo J. Silvesti has been a member of the Gwynedd Mercy University faculty since 2006. He teaches courses in all aspects of accounting, including Principles of Management and Economics. He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Joseph’s University and his master’s degree in business administration from Temple University. Prior to teaching at GMercyU, Professor Silvesti served as a financial officer for 35 years in middle market-sized businesses and taught accounting courses at Cabrini College as an adjunct professor. He served as president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), and serves on the chapter’s Colleges and Universities Committee and the Accounting and Auditing Committee, and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Institute of Management Accountants. His areas of expertise include individual taxation, managerial accounting and business planning. Check out his blog about the ins and Outs of Introductory Rate Credit Cards and Deferred Interest Programs on the PICPA blog and WalletHub articles on tips on applying for a balance transfer credit card for bad credit and credit cards for fair credit. Under Professor Silvesti's tutelage, GMercyU's CPA exam pass rate was ranked 16th in the nation in its category of very small schools, according to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.

Richard Pomp

Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at UCONN

Richard D. Pomp is the Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law. He is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan and a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He has taught at Harvard, New York University, Columbia, University of Texas, and Boston College. In addition, he has been a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Chulalongkorn Law School, Bangkok, Thailand, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Tokyo Law School and at Harvard Law School.