Teresa Iannaconi, partner-in-charge at KPMG, will be the Ann Pushkin Executive-in-Residence lecturer at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics on Wednesday Sept 2.

KPMG operates as an international network of member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.

Iannaconi will speak on “Profession and Practice of Accounting: Trends and Opportunity” at 5 p.m. in room 458 of the College of Business and Economics as part of the Division of Accounting’s Professionalism Week, which is a series of classes, lectures and a job fair to prepare accounting students for careers. Iannaconi’s talk is free and open to the public.

Before joining KPMG, Iannaconi was with the Securities and Exchange Commission for 19 years including six years as the associate director for accounting operations and deputy chief accountant in the Division of Corporation Finance.

She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Maryland.

The College of Business and Economics’ Ann Pushkin Executive-in-Residence program brings successful practitioners to campus each year to share their professional experiences with students.

For more information about the College of Business and Economics, visit http://www.be.wvu.edu/.

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tt/8/31/09

Contact: Timothy A. Pearson
College of Business and Economics
304-293-7847, Timothy.Pearson@mail.wvu.edu