Forvis Mazars Professional Speaker Series

Lindner's accounting department welcomes distinguished business leaders and accounting professionals to share their vision of the accounting profession and expertise in accounting, auditing, taxation and consulting with Lindner students through the Forvis Mazars Professional Speaker Series.

Past and future speakers.
  Date   Speaker Firm UC Host Audience Topic  
  6/6/25   Chelsea Anderson (UC) Cincinnati Business Courier Interview for a news article Cincinnati Business Community How to draw new hires to region's accounting firms  
  6/3/25   Lilian Morgan (HR Manager) Brixey & Meyer Andrew Wellendorf Lindner Accounting Students Top Golf Recruiting Event  
  5/10/25   Toshia Watkins (UC) DePaul Cristo Rey High School Toshia Watkins & Alyssa Hughes DePaul Cristo Rey High School Students Fundamental aspects of fund accounting, including budgeting and financial reporting  
  4/29/25   Accounting Advisory Board Meeting Lindner Accounting Nan Zhou Accounting Faculty Strategies for dealing with accounting challenges  
  4/10/25   Lourdes Harshe (Managing Director, Deloitte Tax) Deloitte Lauren Jacquot & Jason Bangert Lindner Tax Case Competition Team Meeting with Lindner students who won regional and competed in the national final of the Deloitte FanTAXtic Case Study Competition  
  4/8/25   Megan Williamson (Senior University Recruiter) Grant Thornton Toshia Watkins Beta Alpha Psi Leadership Team Grant Thornton Cincinnati office visit to explore career pathways  
  3/25/25   Jim Creeden (Managing Partner), Kelly Postlewaite (Tax Partner), Chris Linck (Audit Partner), Aaron Hershberger (Tax Director) & Jo Coffey (Campus Recruiter) Forvis Mazars Toshia Watkins Beta Alpha Psi Leadership Team Forvis Mazars Cincinnati office to explore career pathways  
  3/19/25   Luis Felipe Munoz Garcia (Territory Tax Leader Mexico) PwC Lee Armstrong INTB 2014 Study Abroad Mexico (Lindner Business Honors) Visit to PwC office in Queretaro, Mexico  
  1/23/25   Joe Waller (Partner), Matt Kapszukiewicz (Director) & Morgan Eberle (Senior Manager) PwC Lee Armstrong INTB 2014 Study Abroad Mexico (Lindner Business Honors) Careers with PwC, travel and interest in international assignments  
  12/9/24   Sean Fullen (Managing Director, Risk and Financial Advisory), Aaron Withers (Managing Director, Controllership Business) & Companies Deloitte Natalia Mintchik ACCT 8021 Judges and advisors for MS Accounting students' data analytics presentations  
  12/4/24   Kyle Neumann (Senior VP) Bellwether Real Estate Capital Mark Bell ACCT 2081 Importance of cash flows in financial statements  
  10/24/24   Aaron Hershberger (Director) & Julia Gavin (Associate) Forvis Mazars Jason Bangert ACCT 3072/7072 Accounting opportunities in not-for-profit sectors  
  10/1/24   Richard Flynn (CEO) Flynn & Company Changjiang (John) Wang ACCT 2081 Insights on a career in public accounting  
  9/26/24   Morgan Eberle (Senior Manager) PwC Jason Bangert ACCT 3072/7072 Career path in consulting  
  9/12/24   Ryan Strizak (Audit Manager), Brooke Frazier (Senior Auditor) & Rachel Kreutzjans (Senior Auditor) Kroger Maureen Bruns ACCT 3021/3022 Internship opportunities in internal audit  
  9/10/24   Brian Fanelli (Early Talent Lead), Bill Lindsay (Manager), & Talyor Ferrell (Staff) Phillips Edison & Company Maureen Bruns ACCT 3021/3022 Internship opportunities in corporate accounting