Accounting and Risk Advisory and Assurance Advisory Boards

Members of Albers' Risk Advisory and Assurance Advisory Boards are composed of top professionals from blue-chip companies, as well as leading academics with deep knowledge of this specialist field.

  1. Albers School of Business & Economics
  2. Departments
  3. Department of Accounting
  4. Accounting and Risk Advisory and Assurance Advisory Boards
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Fusing Academic Rigor with Professional Expertise

Both the Albers’ Accounting Advisory Board and the Risk Advisory and Assurance Board play pivotal roles in bridging academics and real-world practice at Seattle University. Our boards, comprised of experienced professionals and accredited scholars, provide strategic guidance to ensure our curriculum remains cutting-edge and our students are career-ready. Their collective expertise and insight are vital to our mission of preparing ethical, inclusive, and innovative leaders to meet the exciting challenges of the accounting profession head-on. 

Accounting and Risk Advisory & Assurance Boards

Justin Nikbakhsh (Chair)
VP, Financial Operations
Weyerhaeuser

Angela Bever
Partner
Deloitte

Lisa Cooke
Audit Principal
Clark Nuber

Ryan Harkness
Assurance Senior
E&Y

Zahra Hirani
Global Corporate Controller
Zones, LLC

Sheila Lozan
Acting Dean of Social Science
Bellevue College

Stephen McDonald
Senior Tax Manager
Amazon

Carlene Merlino
Managing Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Andy Read
Audit & Assurance Partner
RSM USA LLP

Kelsey Reynolds
Audit Manager
KPMG

Ian Smith
Managing Director
Alvarez and Marsal

Michelle Steffin
VP of Finance Operations
Sono Bello

Pooja Sund
Engineering Finance Leader
Microsoft

Li Tan
Corporate Controller
Steinhauer Properties

Valentina Zamora
Professor
Seattle University

Michael Kinsley (Chair)
Senior Program Manager, Compliance Risk Assessments, Legal Affairs
T-Mobile

Dennis Applegate
Assistant Clinical Professor
Seattle University

Sarah M. Bee
Owner
Small Business Automation

Timothy Boyle
Founding Partner, Chief Compliance Officer
The Boyle Group Wealth Management

John Clements
Partner
PwC

Syeda Iram Jafry
Senior Manager Risk Assurance
PwC

Usama Jamaal
Director, Audit Programs
Alaska Airlines

Steve Mar
Director
Intraprise TechKnowlogies LLC

David Niess
Senior Manager, Internal Audit
Premera Blue Cross

Nitin Nigam
Senior Manager Internal Audit
Amazon

Shillpa Pai Ivanick
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Priya Sall
Executive Director of the Internal Audit Department
WWU

Gabriel Saucedo
Associate Professor
Seattle University

Vijayant Sitani
Chief Audit Executive
Paccar

Jerry Vergeront
Associate Vice President & Information Security Officer
Seattle University

Jennifer Yang
Information Technology Internal Auditor
Costco