Va. Board of Accountancy elects next chair
Wendy P. Lewis, a partner in KPMG LLP’s audit practice, will become chair of the Virginia Board of Accountancy on July 1. Lewis is currently the board’s vice chair; her term as chair will end on June 30, 2024. “I’m honored to step into the role of chair. … As the first Black woman to […]
Counting on change
Royce Burnett remembers how challenging it felt in 1981 as a freshly graduated audit associate starting work at a Big Eight accounting firm in Texas. Of about 250 new employees hired at the time, Burnett, who’s now an associate professor and chair of Old Dominion University’s School of Accountancy, believes he was the only African […]