Penne Ainsworth
University of Wyoming

Penne Ainsworth, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, and CIA. Penne received her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska and is the Chairperson and professor in the Department of Accounting and Associate Dean for the College of Business at the University of Wyoming. She received the Senior Teaching Award in the College of Business in 1998, 2000, and 2003 and the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award for the University of Wyoming in 2001. She also received the Kansas State Bank Outstanding Teacher Award in 1993. Penne co-authored the original application for the grant Kansas State University received from the Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) and authored three additional grants for accounting education and assessment. Her research focuses on managerial accounting, accounting education, and assessment. Penne's work has been published in Issues in Accounting Education and other journals. She is a member of the AAA, the IMA, and the Wyoming Society of CPAs.

Dan Deines
Kansas State University

Dan Deines received his undergraduate degree in history from Fort Hays State University, a masters in business from Emporia State University, and his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Nebraska. He has been at Kansas State University since 1982 and currently is the Ralph Crouch, KPMG Professor of Accounting. Dan received the College of Business's Outstanding Educator Award in 1987 and in 1994 received the College of Business Outstanding Advising Award. He was the co-coordinator for Kansas State University's accounting curriculum revision sponsored by the American Education Change Commission. Dan was president of the Kansas Society of CPAs for 2003–2004; he was designated an academic pathfinder by the AICPA and in May 2007 received the AICPA's Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award. He is a member of the AAA and a cofounder of the Banner Road Hunt Club of Collyer, Kansas.