Standing Advisory Group Members 

John L. (Arch) Archambault is a senior partner in the national professional standards and global public policy groups for Grant Thornton LLP. Mr. Archambault, who has been with the firm for more than 40 years, is a member of Grant Thornton's national leadership team. Previously, he served as the national managing partner of professional standards and was responsible for the management and leadership of the firm's National Professional Standards Group. Mr. Archambault is currently the chair of the Regulatory Working Group of the Global Public Policy Committee. He is also a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and a member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Mr. Archambault also serves on the International Auditing Standards Task Force of the American Institute of CPAs.

As the Ernst & Young Executive Professor of Accounting at the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia, Dennis R. Beresford teaches in the Masters of Accountancy program. He was the Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board from 1987-1997. Previously, Mr. Beresford spent more than 26 years at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Beresford also is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Corporate Directors, and is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Legg Mason, Inc.

Neri Bukspan is an Executive Managing Director, Chief Quality Officer, and Chief Accountant for Credit Market Services at Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services. He is responsible for overseeing the development of operating standards, metrics, and key reporting requirements for managing ratings quality assurance processes. Prior to joining S&P in 2002, Mr. Bukspan spent nine years as an auditor at Ernst & Young LLP. He is a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, as well as the FASB's Investors Technical Advisory Committee. Mr. Bukspan also sits on the International Accounting Standards Board's Standards Advisory Council. He has served on the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of CPAs and has authored several articles on technical accounting matters.

As Managing Director at BlackRock, Inc., Steven Buller provides oversight for Accounting Policy, Controls, Auditor Independence and over various financial aspects of BlackRock's 3,500 investment companies. He is a member of the management team of BlackRock's wholly owned bank and previously served as BlackRock's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2005, Mr. Buller spent 30 years at Ernst &Young, LLP, where he served as Global Director of Asset Management Services. Mr. Buller previously served as Chair of the American Institute of CPAs' Investment Companies Committee.

Joseph V. Carcello is the Ernst & Young and Business Alumni Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee. He also is Co-Founder and Director of Research at the University of Tennessee's Corporate Governance Center. He has performed extensive research on corporate governance, primarily related to audit committees, and has consulted with, and provided training to, corporate audit committees. Dr. Carcello also has served as an expert in judicial proceedings to evaluate required corporate governance reforms at public companies. He co-authored a study that was sponsored by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) on fraudulent financial reporting in the United States between 1987 and 1997, and was a member of the team that conducted a COSO-sponsored study of fraud from 1998 through 2007. Dr. Carcello testified before the U.S. Treasury Department's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession, and serves as a member of the PCAOB Investor Advisory Group, which advises the Board on matters that affect investors.

J. Michael Cook is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte & Touche LLC. He directed the global merger of Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Touche Ross & Co. in 1989. Mr. Cook is a member of the Board of Directors and chairs the Audit Committee of Comcast Corporation and is a Board member of International Flavors & Fragrances, where he chairs the Compensation Committee. In addition, Mr. Cook is Chairman of the Government Accountability Office’s Accountability Advisory Panel and a Trustee of The Scripps Research Institute. He also is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Catalyst, the organization for the advancement of women in business, and Past Chairman of the Board of Governors of United Way of America. Mr. Cook has previously served as Chairman of the American Institute of CPAs and as a member of its Auditing Standards Board.

James D. Cox researches and teaches securities regulation and corporate law as the Brainerd Currie Professor of Law at the Duke University Law School. Professor Cox has taught at Duke for 30 years and also taught at the University of California Hastings College of the Law; Stanford University Law School; and at the University of San Francisco School of Law. Professor Cox has authored numerous articles and books addressing a wide range of corporate, securities, and accounting topics. He also has provided testimony at several Congressional hearings, and, in 2008, he testified before the U.S. Treasury Department’s Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession. Professor Cox served on the New York Stock Exchange's Legal Advisory Committee and the Legal Advisory Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers, now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Jerry M. de St. Paer is Executive Chairman of GNAIE, which represents the North American insurance industry in the development of international insurance accounting and solvency standards. He was Vice Chair from 2003-2007. Mr. de St. Paer became Chair of GNAIE when he was Executive Vice President, Finance at American International Group from 2007-2008. He was Executive Vice President and CFO of XL Capital Ltd. (Bermuda) from 2001-2007. He previously worked as Managing Director at JP Morgan and at Hudson International. Prior to that, he was Senior Executive Vice President and CFO of The Equitable. Mr. de St. Paer serves on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and on the International Financial Reporting Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board. In addition, Mr. de St. Paer is a member of many boards of directors, including SCOR Global Life Reinsurance (US), SCOR Reinsurance (US), the Emerging Managers Group, an asset management firm, the Ronald McDonald House of NY, and the Bermuda Wellness Foundation. He also is a member of the Advisory Council of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

As Managing Partner, Assurance Quality & Transformation, Mr. Gallagher is responsible for a number of functions within Assurance that focus on audit quality. He leads the National Office, including: Accounting Services; SEC Services; Risk Management; Strategic Thought Leadership, Auditing Services, and Audit Methodology. Mr. Gallagher is also responsible for PwC's Audit Transformation Program, Learning & Development, and Regulatory Relations and Inspections groups. He has more than 26 years of public accounting experience and previously served as PwC's U.S. Chief Accountant, U.S. Risk Management Leader, and a member of PwC's U.S. Board of Partners and Principals. Mr. Gallagher currently serves as Chair of the Center for Audit Quality's Professional Practice Executive Committee.

Elizabeth S. Gantnier is Director of Quality Control at Stegman & Company. She is responsible for the firm’s quality control practices and the firm's compliance and monitoring functions. Ms. Gantnier also teaches continuing education courses on accounting and auditing, internal control, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-related topics for the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Maryland Association of CPAs. Previously, she was Vice President of Finance for a publicly held manufacturing firm. She worked for 10 years as an auditor with KPMG. Ms. Gantnier is a current member of the Small Firm Task Force and a recent past member of Professional Practice Executive Committee of the Center for Audit Quality, which is affiliated with the AICPA. She is a Board Member of the Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy and a member of the Compliance Assurance Committee of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.

Paul L Gillis is Visiting Professor of Accounting in the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, where he teaches graduate courses in financial accounting, tax planning, and advanced auditing. Previously, Professor Gillis spent 28 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the U.S., Singapore and China. After his retirement from PwC, he earned a PhD at Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Australia, where he researched the role of the Big Four and transnational institutions in the development of China’s accounting profession. Professor Gillis’ current research focuses on the transnational regulation of the accounting profession in China. He has served as an independent director and Audit Committee Chair of Pansoft Co. Ltd., a NASDAQ listed company, since 2009.

Robert L. Guido, retired Vice-Chair of Ernst & Young, LLP (E&Y), spent 38 years at E&Y, where he served as the firm’s Senior Advisory Partner on some of its largest global clients in the manufacturing, media, consumer products, and energy industries. He was the firm’s senior partner responsible for coordinating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as well as Vice-Chair and CEO of E&Y’s Assurance and Advisory practices. Mr. Guido is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Bally Technologies and of Commercial Metals Company. In addition, Mr. Guido is on the Board of Trustees of Siena College and is a Board member of the North Highland Company, a privately-owned global consulting firm.

Arnold C. Hanish is Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) of Eli Lilly & Company, where he is responsible for global accounting processes, business development accounting consultations, financial reporting, U.S. payroll operations, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. As CAO, he is the primary liaison with the audit committee of the board. Prior to joining the company more than 25 years ago, Mr. Hanish worked for nearly 14 years at Arthur Young & Co. (currently Ernst & Young). Mr. Hanish is the immediate past Chair of the Financial Executives International's Committee on Corporate Reporting.

Gaylen R. Hansen is the Vice Chairman and chairman elect of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and is an audit partner and Director of Quality Assurance at Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC in Denver, Colorado. He is responsible for the firm's accounting and auditing policies and standards, including ethics and independence, and for addressing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and PCAOB auditing issues. He currently serves on the Professional Ethics Executive Committee of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Consultative Advisory Group to both the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants. He also serves on the International Auditing Standards Task Force of the AICPA. Mr. Hansen previously served as a member of the U.S. Treasury Department's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession and President of the Colorado State Board of Accountancy.

As the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aurora Health Care, Gail L. Hanson is responsible for financial reporting, billing, budgeting, investment and treasury functions for a hospital and clinic practice with annual revenues in excess of $4 billion. Prior to joining Aurora Health Care, Ms. Hanson was Deputy Executive Director for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, where she provided oversight of asset investments for the pension plan, including establishing compliance policies and participating in corporate government. Ms. Hanson previously worked at Blue Cross and Blue Shield United of Wisconsin/Cobalt Corporation. There she held a variety of positions, including Senior Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer. She was an auditor with Price Waterhouse (now PwC) earlier in her career. Ms. Hanson is a member of Financial Executives International and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. She also is a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Robert H. Herz, CEO of Robert H. Herz LLC, consults on financial reporting and other matters and is the Executive-in-Residence at Columbia Business School at Columbia University. Mr. Herz served as Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) from 2002-2010. Prior to joining the FASB, Mr. Herz was an original Board member of the International Accounting Standards Board from 2001-2002. Previously, Mr. Herz spent nearly 28 years with PwC in the U.S. and U.K., where he was an audit partner. He previously served as a staff member on the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees and was an official observer to the Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession. Mr. Herz is a member of the Board of Directors of Federal National Mortgage Association and serves on its Audit Committee.

As Executive Vice President for Global Internal Audit and Financial Controls at Protiviti, Inc., Robert B. Hirth Jr. is responsible for Protiviti’s worldwide internal audit and financial controls practice. He serves on the company’s six-member executive team. Prior to joining Protiviti, Mr. Hirth spent more than 25 years with Arthur Andersen, where he was a partner in the audit and accounting division and later in the advisory practice. He has served on the boards of Big Brothers and Big Sisters, American Heart Association Santa Clara Chapter, and Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation, as well as on the California State Society of CPAs’ Education Committee.

Stephen J. Homza is Managing Director of Internal Audit at Legg Mason, Inc. He oversees and directs the internal auditing function for the company and its affiliates and is responsible for developing the annual risk-based audit plan. He also serves on Legg Mason’s Corporate Controls Committee, which oversees the company's compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Prior to joining Legg Mason, Mr. Homza was an Audit Director with PNC Financial Services Group, where he was responsible for internal audits of a PNC subsidiary and PNC's wholly owned broker dealer subsidiary. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors' Financial Services Advisory Board and also is a Certified Investment Fiduciary Risk Specialist.

As an Executive Partner of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (M&P), Mr. Jorth is responsible for leading the firm’s National Office of Risk Management. He oversees the firm’s inspection program and sets risk policy for the firm. In addition, Mr. Jorth’s responsibilities include monitoring practice quality, independence, and regulatory compliance. He joined M&P 30 years ago and previously led its Florida assurance practice. Mr. Jorth is a former member of M&P’s Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Board’s Quality Control Inquiry Committee and Risk Oversight Committee. Mr. Jorth is a member of the American Institute of CPA’s Professional Ethics Executive Committee.

Gary R. Kabureck is Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Xerox Corporation. He is responsible for Xerox's worldwide accounting, financial reporting, finance systems, internal control programs, and for the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accounting and reporting compliance activities. He has been with Xerox for more than 25 years. Earlier, Mr. Kabureck spent 10 years as an auditor at PwC. He previously served on FASB's Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council and currently serves on the Committee on Corporate Reporting of Financial Executives International.

Wayne A. Kolins is an audit partner at BDO USA, LLP, and Global Head of Audit and Accounting at BDO International Limited, where he oversees development and implementation of BDO’s audit policies and practices. Mr. Kolins has more than 40 years of experience with BDO USA and has consulted on a wide variety of complex accounting and auditing matters. Mr. Kolins previously served as BDO USA's National Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission practice. He is the firm's representative on the Extended Leads Group of the Center for Audit Quality, which is affiliated with the American Institute of CPAs.

Ms. Kravit co-founded Tethys Research LLC, a biotechnology company, and has acted as its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. She is an international business executive with more than 26 years of experience in establishing and directing significant China-based operations engaged in the international trading of industrial raw materials. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Willis Group Holdings Ltd. and serves on its Audit Committee. In addition, Ms. Kravit sits on the Advisory Board of Toh Michaels Private Wealth Management LLC, and serves on the boards of several large nonprofit organizations.

As Director of Capital Strategies for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Lisa Lindsley works with trustees of public retirement funds to enhance long-term shareholder returns through active ownership. On behalf of AFSCME, Ms. Lindsley led the derivatives team of Americans for Financial Reform, a broad coalition that helped pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Ms. Lindsley was a member of the Obama Transition Team at the FDIC. Prior to joining the labor movement, Lisa was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns and worked on Wall Street for 10 years. Ms. Lindsley has also spent more than a decade advising microfinance organizations in developing countries.

Jeffrey P. Mahoney is General Counsel of the Council of Institutional Investors. Mr. Mahoney is responsible for developing and communicating the Council's public response to proposed regulations, rules, standards, and laws that may impact corporate governance practices of companies in which Council members may invest. Prior to joining the Council, Mr. Mahoney was counsel to the Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Earlier in his career, he was a corporate/securities lawyer, a law clerk to the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, and an auditor. Mr. Mahoney is Chairman of the Investor Rights Committee of the Corporation, Finance, and Securities Law section of the District of Columbia Bar Association; a member of the International Financial Reporting Standards Advisory Council; and serves on the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Hearing Panel. Mr. Mahoney is also an adjunct professor at the Washington College of Law at American University.

As Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of General Electric Company, Jamie S. Miller is responsible for General Electric's financial reporting, accounting, internal controls, and audit committee communications. She also serves as a member of the Corporate Executive Council, a senior leadership team within GE. Previously, Ms. Miller was the Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Wellpoint, Inc., the Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Genworth Financial, Inc., and an Audit Partner at PwC. Ms. Miller is a member of the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board and the Committee on Corporate Reporting of Financial Executives International.

Mr. Murray is Chief Executive Officer of Liability Dynamics Consulting, LLC. His clients include the Geneva Association, comprised of the world's largest insurance firm CEOs, where he is Special Advisor and Head of Liability Programs. Previously, he was Chief Claims Strategist at Swiss Re for nine years and spent 22 years as Global Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Leadership Board of the Center for Capital Market Competitiveness and serves on the Board of the National Chamber Litigation Center. Mr. Murray was a member of the U.S. Treasury Department's Advisory Committee on the Audit Profession. His current directorships include the Center for the Study of Financial Innovation and Oxford Analytica, both in the United Kingdom.

Jennifer Paquette is the Chief Investment Officer of the Public Employees’ Retirement Association of Colorado (Colorado PERA). Ms. Paquette manages the investment activities for the $40 billion pension plan and oversees portfolio and risk management. Prior to joining Colorado PERA in 1995, Ms. Paquette was Vice President, Institutional Account Executive, for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for The Colorado Trust and serves on its Audit Committee.

William T. Platt is the Deputy Managing Partner of Professional Practice and Deputy Chief Quality Officer – Attest for Deloitte & Touche, LLP. He leads the Professional Practice Network for Deloitte, which is responsible for the firm's positions on technical accounting, auditing, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting matters and developing the firm's audit policies and methodology. Mr. Platt has worked in public accounting at Deloitte for more than 30 years. Since 2000, he has served in various leadership roles at Deloitte, including as partner in the SEC Services Department, National Director of Independence, Deputy National Director of Accounting Services, and National Director of Accounting and Reporting Consultation. He is a past member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Professional Ethics Division Behavioral and Independence Subcommittee and Technical Standards Subcommittee, and currently serves as a member of the Professional Practice Executive Committee of the Center of Audit Quality, which is affiliated with the AICPA.

As the Professional Practices Partner of BKD, Steven B. Rafferty oversees the firm’s quality control practices related to professional services, establishes firm policies and procedures for standards compliance, and develops and monitors BKD's risk management policies. During his 30 years at BKD, Mr. Rafferty has served as the firm-wide Director of Auditing and Accounting and as BKD's first Operations Partner. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and a member of the Professional Practice Executive Committee of the Center for Audit Quality, which is affiliated with the AICPA.

As the National Managing Partner of Audit Quality and Professional Practice for KPMG LLP, Samuel J. Ranzilla is responsible for KPMG's audit quality and monitoring functions, including the firm's positions on auditing and related professional practice standards, accounting standards, and U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission rulemakings. Mr. Ranzilla, who has worked at KPMG for more than 30 years, also oversees the development of the firm’s guidance for audit professionals. He serves as KPMG's liaison with standard setters and professional organizations. Mr. Ranzilla is a member of the Professional Practice Executive Committee of the Center for Audit Quality, which is affiliated with the American Institute of CPAs.

As partner in charge of the Americas Professional Practice Group at Ernst & Young LLP, Kevin B. Reilly is responsible for the national office accounting, auditing, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting functions. He oversees the quality and risk management activities of the firm’s assurance practice. Mr. Reilly has been with the firm for more than 30 years, during which he has served as Coordinating Partner for major clients in the media and entertainment, financial services, and private equity industries. Mr. Reilly previously served on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.

As a partner in the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Walter G. Ricciardi represents clients before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory authorities. Prior to joining the firm in 2008, Mr. Ricciardi was Deputy Director of the SEC’s Enforcement Division. Before joining the SEC, Mr. Ricciardi spent 20 years with Coopers & Lybrand LLP, where he was responsible for the firm’s litigation and regulatory matters. He is an Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law and teaches a seminar on SEC enforcement.

Barbara L. Roper is the Director of Investor Protection at the Consumer Federation of America, where she is a consumer advocate for retail investors. Ms. Roper was involved in the legislative effort leading to passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. She is a member of the PCAOB Investor Advisory Group, which advises the Board on matters that affect investors, and has served on the Investor Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

As CEO and Chief Compliance Officer at Keystone Capital Corporation, Lisa M. Roth directs the strategic initiatives of the company and manages compliance and operations. She has been with the company, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)-member firm, since 2001. In addition, Ms. Roth is President of Monahan & Roth, LLC, a firm offering expert witness and litigation support services. Ms. Roth founded ComplianceMAX Financial, a consulting services firm for investment services businesses. She is a past Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Independent Broker Dealers and is Chair of its Member Advocacy Committee. She is also the past Chairman of FINRA’s Small Firm Advisory Board and has been a member of the FINRA Board of Arbitrators for more than 15 years.

Kurt N. Schacht is the Managing Director for the CFA Institute (Chartered Financial Analysts) in New York. Mr. Schacht is the head of the CFA Institute’s ethics and professional standards area and leads the various advocacy and think-tank functions for the organization. Mr. Schacht is an attorney and a CFA charter holder. He previously spent 15 years in the investment management industry as chief legal and compliance officer for a large public pension plan and, later, a hedge fund. He was the chief operating officer for a retail mutual fund complex in New York. He previously served as a member of the Investor Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and was a member of the SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies.

Charles V. Senatore is Head of Corporate Compliance for Fidelity Investments, where he leads the compliance and ethics functions of the company’s investment management, investment advisory, and institutional and brokerage businesses. He has been with Fidelity Investments since 2003. Mr. Senatore previously was the Co-Head of Global Compliance at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Before joining Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., he served as the Director of the Southeast Region of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Senatore is currently a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council. He previously served as Chair of the National Association of Securities Dealers District 10 Business Committee and chair of the National Society of Compliance Professionals.

D. Scott Showalter teaches graduate and undergraduate auditing as a Professor of Practice in the Department of Accounting at North Carolina State University's Poole College of Management. Prior to joining the faculty in 2008, Mr. Showalter held key leadership positions at KPMG LLP, where he was a partner for more than 20 years. He is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, the President of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association, and a member of the Pathways Commission.

Damon A. Silvers is the Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO and also is the Deputy Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Previously, he served as the Chair of the Competition Subcommittee of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession and as a member of the U.S. Treasury Department's Investor's Practice Committee of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets. Prior to working for the AFL-CIO, Mr. Silvers was a law clerk at the Delaware Court of Chancery for Chancellor William T. Allen and Vice-Chancellor Bernard Balilk. Currently, Mr. Silvers is a member of the Investor Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB Investor Advisory Group, which advises the Board on matters that affect investors.

Dan M. Slack is the Chief Executive Officer for the Fire and Police Pension Association (FPPA) of Colorado and is responsible for the overall administration of the pension fund. Prior to joining the FPPA, Mr. Slack was the Executive Director of the State Universities Retirement System of Illinois. He is a member of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators and the Global Capital Markets Advisory Council of the Milken Institute. He is Vice Chair of the Investment Committee of the City of Centennial, Colorado. Mr. Slack is a past member of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys and served on its board of directors.

Lynn E. Turner served as the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 1998 to 2001. After leaving the SEC, he was a Professor of Accounting and Director of The Center for Quality Financial Reporting at Colorado State University and Managing Director of Research at Glass Lewis & Co. Currently, he is a Managing Director at LitiNomics, a firm that provides expert research, valuations, analyses, and testimony in complex commercial litigations. Prior to his tenure at the SEC, Mr. Turner spent 20 years at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), where he was a National SEC Review Partner and head of the National High Technology Audit Practice. Mr. Turner also served as a member of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession. He is a member of the PCAOB Investor Advisory Group, which advises the Board on matters that affect investors, and serves as a trustee of a large institutional investor.

Roman L. Weil is Professor Emeritus at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, where he joined the faculty in 1965. He is also Visiting Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Law at the Stern School of Business, New York University; Visiting Professor and Scholar at the University of Washington; and Program Fellow at Stanford University Law School. Professor Weil has authored numerous books, newspaper notes, articles, chapters, and reviews and has been actively involved in many professional organizations throughout his career, including the American Accounting Association, the American Economic Association, the American Institute of CPAs, and The Institute of Management Science. He is a former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

John W. White is co-chair of the Corporate Governance and Board Advisory practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He advises public and private clients on federal securities laws, corporate governance, and matters relating to financial reporting and restatements. Mr. White has spent more than 25 years as a partner at the firm, most recently rejoining the firm after serving from 2006 to 2008 as the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He has served as chairman of the Securities Regulation Institute, co-chair of the Practising Law Institute's Annual Institute on Securities Regulation and on the NYSE's Legal Advisory Committee. Mr. White is currently a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and a member of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee of the Practising Law Institute.