Accounting Advisory Council

Providing Strategic Guidance to the Accounting Area

Accounting Advisory Council members represent a variety of accounting firms, corporations, and government entities.

To increase the community's participation in the development of future accounting professionals, the accounting area in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University maintains a strong tradition of building partnerships through the Accounting Advisory Council. The council's mission is to advise and assist the accounting area so graduates are prepared to be successful contributors to an increasingly global accounting profession, and to ensure the College's undergraduate and masters programs to the needs of the accounting profession.

Council Chair

Past Council Chair

Council Members

  • School of Business Community Partner | Shabinaaz Mahdi

    Partner, Baker Tilly 

    Shabinaaz Mahdi is a partner at Baker Tilly US, LLP. She has over 11 years of experience providing tax and advisory services primarily to law firms in the professional services industry as well as REITs and other commercial businesses.
  • School of Business Community Partner | Kimberly A. McGatlin

    CPA, Audit Partner, CohnReznick

    Renee Mathews is a partner in CohnReznick’s Bethesda, Maryland office with more than 20 years of experience in accounting, tax, and financial management.
  • School of Business Community Partner | Christopher McCarthy

    Principal, Technology Consulting at RSM US LLP

    Christopher McCarthy is Principal, Technology Consulting at RSM US LLP.
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    Assistant Director, Government Accountability Office

    Kimberly A. McGatlin is an assistant director at the Government Accountability Office.
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    President, Miller Consulting Group, LLC

    Matt Miller is the president of Miller Consulting Group, LLC.
  • School of Business Community Partner | Dawit Negari

    Shareholder at Rubino & Company

    Dawit Negari is a Shareholder at Rubino & Company.
  • School of Business Community Partner | Daniel O'Shea

    Partner, CohnReznick

    Daniel O’Shea is a partner in CohnReznick, a national accounting firm, where he co-leads the Not-For-Profit and Education Industry Practice for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
  • Past Chair, Accounting Advisory Council

    Partner, Kearney & Company, PC
    Past Chair, Accounting Advisory Council

    Erin Ogburn is currently the Chief People Officer (Partner) at Kearney & Company, an accounting and consulting Firm and a “Best Place to Work” (Washington Business Journal) in Alexandria, VA.
  • School of Business Community Partner | Grant Patterson

    Director - Tax Services Group, Aprio LLP

    As a Director in Aprio's Tax Services Group, Grant Patterson specializes in comprehensive tax services for government contractors and real estate companies.
  • School of Business Community Partner | David Semendinger

    Partner, Aprio LLP

    David Semendinger, CPA, is the practice lead for both Aprio LLP’s Quality Control Group and Assurance Services Group.

College of Business Members