2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

Cosponsored by the Institute for Executive Education

Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 9:00am - 11:30am
Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

Agenda:
8:30 - 9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00am: Mentoring in the Accounting Profession presented by Regina O'Neill, CPA, PhD, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship Academic Director, MBA Programs
10:15 - 11:30am: Panel on Mentoring
Moderator: Professor Regina O'Neill
Panelists:
Cheryl Burke, Partner and COO, DiCicco Gulman & Company, SU BSBA '90, MBA '92
Paul Costantino, CPA, Managing Partner, Costantino Richards Rizzo, SU BSBA '91
Jennifer Dupre, Partner - Audit Services, Grant Thornton, SU MBA/GDPA ' 95
Renee C. Knilans, Partner, KPMG

Regina O'Neill has consulted extensively on the importance of mentoring in building leaders and how this critical leadership strategy helps organizations and the professionals in them.

Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Society of CPAs and Suffolk University's Graduate Programs in Accounting & Taxation and Suffolk University's Institute for Executive Education & Life-Long Learning.

This session will provide an opportunity for all participants - either as mentors or mentees - to build a deeper understanding of mentoring and those practices that support proactive management of their relationships. Participants will become familiar with the principles, tools, and benefits of mentoring relationships. Participants will leave this session with a clear sense of the value of mentoring relationships in the accounting profession, as well as ways to support a mentoring culture at work. They will learn how to build, manage, and benefit from these relationships.