Director and Managing Editor

Professor Lynn Rees is the current Director of FASRI and the Managing Editor of the FASRI Blog. You can reach him at llrees@fasb.org. Professor Rees is the current FASB Research Fellow and a professor at Texas A&M University.

Editorial Board

Our editorial board includes the people listed below, who are appointed for renewable one-year terms. Additional members of the editorial board will be approved by the existing board and the oversight committee. Editors agree to actively post on the blog, encourage others to provide content, and uphold the standards of the blog.

Professor Robert Bloomfield was the first Director of FASRI since its inception through 2011.  You can reach him at rjb9@cornell.edu. Professor Bloomfield has been at Cornell University since 1991.

Professor Jeffrey Hales was the FASB Research Fellow during the 2009-10 academic year and has returned to the Georgia Institute of Technology. You can reach Jeffrey at jeffrey.hales@mgt.gatech.edu.

Professor Lisa Koonce is the Deloitte & Touche Endowed Chair in Accounting, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin. You can reach Lisa at lisa.koonce@mccombs.utexas.edu.

Professor Robert Lipe was the first FASB Research Fellow and has returned to the University of Oklahoma. You can reach Robert at rlipe@ou.edu.

Professor Cathy Shakespeare is the Sanford R. Robertson Assistant Professor of Accounting, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. You can reach Cathy at shakespe@umich.edu.

Professor Jeffrey Wilks is a former FASB Academic Fellow and consultant for the IASB and is currently a Professor at BYU. You can reach Jeff at wilks@byu.edu.

FASRI Oversight Committee

FASRI’s activities are overseen by a committee, consisting of the follow FASB personnel:

  • Tom Linsmeier, Board Member
  • Ron W. Lott, Research Director
  • James Leisenring, Senior Advisor