Biography
Cheryl is an Associate Director of the SEC Institute and is responsible for developing and leading programs focused on SEC and financial reporting topics for U.S. and international issuers.
Cheryl is a CPA and CMA, and a former Professor of Accounting and Associate Dean, College of Business at the University of Texas, San Antonio. She taught financial and international accounting at the undergraduate, executive MBA and PhD levels and has been honored with college level and university-wide teaching awards.
Cheryl served as Academic Fellow at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Office of the Chief accountant, and at the Division of Corporation Finance. During those years, she worked with SEC staff, standard setters and registrants. She helped develop and lead training for SEC staff and participated in filing reviews.
Her research interests include the application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and SEC reporting issues. Her publications appear in Research in Accounting Studies (RAST), Journal of International Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, CPA Journal, Strategic Finance, and the Multinational Business Review. Cheryl is the past President of the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association.