Accounting Principles Council
Established to support NACUBO’s accounting guidance and advocacy efforts, the Accounting Principles Council (APC) consists of volunteer representatives from member institutions. The volunteers are accounting and finance professionals knowledgeable in matters such as financial accounting standards and external financial reporting (FASB and GASB), managerial accounting and reporting, and financial analysis. The APC serves as an advisory body to and is appointed by the President of NACUBO.
Members of the APC serve on various project teams and standing committees, including: Following activities of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and Governmental Accounting Standards Board; Audit Issues and Internal Controls; and Regulatory and Compliance Issues.
Past and notable projects include: higher education's Blank Slate reporting project; endowment accounting issues; Financial Responsibility and the Department of Education; GASB / FASB differences; Sarbanes-Oxley guidance; preparing for an audit; developing an operating measure for independent institutions; benchmarking; interim financial reporting; GASB / NASACT committees; and audit issues.
2023 Council Members
Chad Greenwell, Chair
Associate Controller
University of Michigan
Terri Albertson, Vice Chair
Associate CFO and Controller
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kelli Hudson Perry, Past Chair
Associate Vice President for Finance and Controller
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Shea Bryant
Manager, Financial Analysis and Reporting
Michigan State University
Russell DiLeo
University Comptroller
University of Pennsylvania
Teresa Edwards
Controller
Texas A&M University System
Debra Glenn
Vice President for Finance and Administration / CFO
Westminster College
Jamie Houghtaling
Executive Director of Finance and Controller
Stevens Institute of Technology
Anita Kovacs 2
Vice President for Business Affairs
Pensacola State College
Robert Kuehler
Associate Vice President and University Controller
University of Colorado
Karen Mahalo
Controller
Cornell University
Maru Mendoza
Executive Director, Accounting and Financial Reporting
University of Chicago
Karl Strauss
Director of Accounting
Oregon Health and Science University
Nicole Tirella
Vice President for Financial Operations and University Comptroller
Boston University
Kerri Tricarico 1
Senior Associate Vice President Financial Operations and University Controller
New York University
Shannon Turner
Associate Vice Chancellor and Controller
University of California, San Francisco
1 NACUBO representative – FASB NFP Advisory Committee
2 NACUBO representative – GASAC
Staff Liaisons
Sue Menditto
Senior Director, Accounting Policy
NACUBO
Chris Leach
Accounting Policy Analyst
NACUBO
Experts and Advisors
GASB Matters
Brian Caputo
GASB Board Member
President, College of DuPage
GASB Revenue and Expense Project
Mary L. Fischer (AAA)
Professor of Accounting
University of Texas at Tyler
Technical Advisor
Mary Wheeler
FARM Author and Project Consultant