PCAOB Appoints New Members to Advisory Groups

Auditing | March 19, 2025

PCAOB Appoints New Members to Advisory Groups

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on March 18 appointed new members to two of its advisory groups: the Investor Advisory Group and the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group.

Jason Bramwell

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Tuesday appointed new members to two of its advisory groups: the Investor Advisory Group and the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group.

Advisory group members are appointed for two-year terms.

“Advisory groups bring insightful and valuable feedback to the PCAOB to support our investor-protection mission,” PCAOB Chair Erica Williams said in a statement. “We thank all IAG and SEIAG members for their willingness to serve and for sharing their valuable time and perspectives with us.”

Investor Advisory Group

The IAG was established to provide the board with investors’ perspectives on the PCAOB’s agenda.

2025 appointments

Terms expiring Dec. 31, 2026:

  • Steven R. Grey
  • Satyam Khanna
  • Steven Lipiner (Lipiner was appointed to the IAG for a one-year term to replace a member who stepped aside prior to the completion of their two-year term, and his term will expire Dec. 31, 2025.)
  • Jeffrey P. Mahoney, JD, CPA
  • Amy Copeland McGarrity, CFA
  • Sandra J. Peters, CPA, CFA
  • Nemit Shroff, PhD
  • Gary G. Walsh, CFA, CPA

Continuing members

Terms expiring Dec. 31, 2025:

  • James Andrus
  • Mary M. Bersot, CFA
  • Jonathan Grabel
  • Ken Goldman
  • Tracy Sophia Harris
  • Paul O’Brien, PhD
  • Sanford (Sandy) Rich
  • Gina Sanchez

IAG member biographies are available on the PCAOB’s website.

Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group

The SEIAG was established by the PCAOB to advise on existing standards, proposed standards, potential new standards, and on other matters, such as emerging issues.

2025 appointments

Terms expiring Dec. 31, 2026:

  • Preeti Choudhary, PhD
  • Brian T. Croteau, CPA
  • James H. Freis Jr., JD, CFA
  • Robert Hirth Jr.
  • Steven Lipiner (Lipiner was appointed to the SEIAG for a one-year term to replace a member who stepped aside prior to the completion of their two-year term, and his term will expire Dec. 31, 2025.)
  • Jeffrey P. Mahoney, JD, CPA
  • Jamila Abston Mayfield, CPA, CFE, CFF
  • Sandra J. Peters, CPA, CFA
  • Laura J. Phillips, CPA
  • Stephen D. Rivera, CPA
  • Kurt N. Schacht, JD, CFA
  • G. Alan Skinner, CPA
  • John W. White

Continuing members

Terms expiring Dec. 31, 2025:

  • Christine Davine, CPA
  • David Fabricant, CPA
  • Colleen Theresa Honigsberg, PhD
  • James (Jim) Hunt, CPA
  • Jennifer R. Joe, PhD, CPA
  • Carole McNees, CPA
  • Steven Morrison, CPA, CFF, CFE
  • Dane Mott, CFA, CPA
  • Christian James Peo, CPA
  • Shivaram Rajgopal, PhD
  • Kecia Williams Smith, PhD, CPA

SEIAG member biographies are available on the PCAOB’s website.

More information about the IAG and SEIAG can be found at the PCAOB’s Advisory Groups page.

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