Speaker's Bio: Dana R. Hermanson is Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Private Enterprise and Professor of Accounting in the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University. He serves as a Research Fellow of the Corporate Governance Center at the University of Tennessee and of the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative at North Carolina State University. Dana serves on the Advisory Boards of Oversight Systems, Inc. and the Atlanta Chapter of NACD. He also serves on the faculty of the Cox Family Enterprise Center at Kennesaw State. Dana’s research addresses issues related to auditing, corporate governance, information technology, and accounting education. He was a member of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Audit Committees and is coauthor of the COSO-sponsored monograph, Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997. Dana is a member of the American Accounting Association, Institute of Internal Auditors, and National Association of Corporate Directors. Dana received a BBA (First Honor Graduate, valedictorian) in accounting from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.