JOHN ELLIS PRICE is professor of accounting and vice chancellor of the University of North Texas (UNT) Dallas Campus. Dr. Price has previously held positions of professor and assistant professor, as well as chair and dean, at the University of North Texas, Jackson State University, and the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Price has also been active in the Internal Revenue Service as a member of the Commissioner’s Advisory Group for two terms, and as an Internal Revenue agent.

Professor Price is a certified public accountant who has twice received the UNT College of Business Administration’s Outstanding Teaching Award, and the university’s President’s Council Award. Majoring in accounting, he received his BBA and MS degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi, and his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of North Texas.

Dr. Price is a member of the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Accounting Association, the American Taxation Association (serving as past chair of the Subcommittee on Relations with the IRS and Treasury), and currently acts as chair of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Minority Initiatives and is a member of the Foundation Trustees.

M. DAVID HADDOCK, JR., is currently director of training for Lattimore, Black, Morgan, and Cain, PC, one of the largest financial services firms in the Southeast. He is located in the Brentwood, Tennessee office. He recently retired from a 35-year career in higher education, having served in faculty and administrative roles at Auburn University at Montgomery, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, the University of West Georgia, and Chattanooga State Technical Community College. He retired as professor of accounting at Chattanooga State Technical Community College in Tennessee. In addition to his teaching, he maintained a sole proprietorship tax practice for 20 years prior to taking his current position.

He received his BS in accounting and MS in adult education from the University of Tennessee, and the DE degree in administration of higher education from Auburn University. He is a licensed CPA in Tennessee.

Professor Haddock was elected treasurer of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants in 2008 after serving on the board of directors and as the Chattanooga TSCPA chapter president. He is also active in the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants and the Tennessee Society of Accounting Educators. He is a frequent speaker for Continuing Professional Education programs.

MICHAEL J. FARINA is professor of accounting and finance at Cerritos College in California. Prior to joining Cerritos College, Professor Farina was a manager in the audit department at a large multinational firm of certified public accountants, and held management positions with other companies in private industry.

He received an AA in business administration from Cerritos College, a BA in business administration from California State University, Fullerton, and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine. Professor Farina is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honorary fraternity for graduate business students. He is a licensed certified public accountant in California, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Professor Farina is currently the cochair of the Accounting and Finance Department at Cerritos College. Professor Farina received an Outstanding Faculty award from Cerritos College in 2008.