| Kranacher
Named Editor-in-Chief
JANUARY
2006 - Mary-Jo Kranacher, CFE, CPA, assumes the helm as CPA
Journal Editor-in-Chief effective January 1, 2006. Kranacher
is currently an associate professor and the chair of the department
of accounting and business at York College, City University
of New York (CUNY). In addition to having served as a technical
reviewer and author of several CPA Journal articles
in recent years, Kranacher has been an active NYSSCPA member;
she currently serves as vice chair of its Higher Education
Committee and as member of its Auditing Standards and Procedures
Committee and the CPA Exam Task Force. Her professional and
scholarly interests include fraud, forensic accounting, and
ethics, as well as accounting education. Kranacher succeeds
Robert H. Colson, who joined the Journal in June
2000 and left in mid-August 2005.
Prior
to her position at York College, Kranacher was University
Director of Trusts and Gifts Management at CUNY from 1994
to 1999. In addition to being a Certified Fraud Examiner
(CFE), she earned a Master’s of Business Administration
from St. John’s University and a Bachelor of Science
degree in accounting and economics from York College.
“The
CPA Journal is one of the best-read and respected publications
in the accounting profession, and Mary-Jo’s unique
background will help us move in new directions,” said
CPA Journal Publisher and NYSSCPA Executive Director
Louis Grumet. “I’m very pleased and excited
about the role she will play in taking one of our key member
services to the next level of excellence.”
“The
CPA Journal already is an excellent publication, and
I look forward to the challenge of leading it into the next
phase of its evolution,” Kranacher said. “These
are interesting, exciting times for the profession, and
The CPA Journal will have much to say to help its
readers deal with them.”
The
editorial staff joins the Society in welcoming Mary-Jo Kranacher
to the top of the masthead, and encourages CPA Journal
readers to watch—and share their feedback—as
the magazine continues to grow as a respected voice and
an educational resource for the accounting profession and
the Society’s membership.
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