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.
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
Angela Bever
Senior Manager
Deloitte
Lisa Cooke
Audit Principal
Clark Nuber
Ryan Harkness
Audit Manager
E&Y
Zahra Hirani
Global Corporate Controller
Zones, LLC
Sheila Lozan
Associate Professor
Bellevue College
Stephen McDonald
Senior Tax Manager
Amazon
Carlene Merlino
Managing Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Justin Nikbakhsh (Chair)
VP, Financial Operations
Weyerhaeuser
Kelsey Reynolds
Managing Director
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
Dennis Applegate
Assistant Clinical Professor
Seattle University
Austin Bailey
Senior Internal Auditor
Russell Investments
Sarah M. Bee
Owner
Small Business Automation
Timothy Boyle
Founding Partner, Chief Compliance Officer
The Boyle Group Wealth Management
John Clements
Partner
PwC
Brian Foster (Chair)
Group Vice President
ServiceNow
Syeda Iram Jafry
Senior Manager Risk Assurance
PwC
Usama Jamaal
Director, Audit Programs
Alaska Airlines
Michael Kinsley
Senior Program Manager, Compliance Risk Assessments, Legal Affairs
T-mobile
Steve Mar
Director
Intraprise TechKnowlogies LLC
Annette Mumford
SVP & Chief Audit Officer
HomeStreet Bank
David Niess
Senior Manager, Internal Audit
Premera Blue Cross
Nitin Nigam
Director - Risk Consulting
RSM US LLP
Shillpa Pai Ivanick
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Vijayant Sitani
Chief Audit Executive
Paccar
Gabriel Saucedo
Associate Professor
Seattle University
Jerry Vergeront
Associate Vice President & Information Security Officer
Seattle University
Jennifer Yang
Information Technology Internal Auditor
Costco