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Board of DirectorsRoderick M. Hills, the former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the former Chairman of the audit committee of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE), serves on the AACMI Board of Directors. During his distinguished career, Mr. Hills has served as chairman of numerous audit committees and, as SEC Chairman, was a pioneer in the development of the audit committee. (Resume) Frederick D. Lipman, is the President of the Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc., an international not-for-profit organization devoted to developing best practices for audit committees. He is also a partner at Blank Rome LLP, an international law firm. Mr. Lipman is the author of Corporate Governance Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006), Executive Compensation Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008) and Whistleblowers: Incentives, Disincentives and Protective Strategies (John Wiley & sons, Inc. 2012). He is also the lead author of Audit Committees, published by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C., which is the most comprehensive treatment of this subject currently published and is used by attorneys nationally who advise public company audit committees. Mr. Lipman has taught corporate finance, accounting and securities law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for 10 years and has taught for five years in the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business. Mr. Lipman has appeared on CNBC, CNN, the Bloomberg network and Chinese television as a commentator on business topics and has lectured in China, India and Thailand. He is the author of twelve books, including those mentioned above. Mr. Lipman graduated from Harvard Law School. (Resume) (Bio) Allen R. Freedman is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of StoneMor Partners L.P., former CEO and Chair of Assurant, Inc. (NYSE “AIZ”), and board member of the Eaton Vance Group of mutual funds. (Bio) Richard W. Roedel is the former CEO and Chair of BDO Seidman, LLP, and is currently the Chair of the audit committee of four publicly traded companies, namely: Brightpoint, Inc. (Nasdaq), Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq), Luna Innovations, Inc. (Nasdaq) and Sealy Corporation (NYSE). He is also a member of the audit committee of IHS, Inc. (NYSE). Board of Advisors Professor Emeritus Thomas I. Selling was an Associate Professor of Accounting at the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona (also known as “Thunderbird”) and previously was a member of the staff of the Office of Chief Accountant of the SEC and an Academic Accounting Fellow. Prior to joining the faculty at Thunderbird, Tom was an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration of Dartmouth College, the Babcock Graduate School of Management of Wake Forest University and the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Patricia A. Woodbury, CPA, CFE has more than 25 years of experience gained at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), corporate financial management and public accounting. She spent nine years at the SEC in the Division of Corporation Finance, the last six of which she spent as an Assistant Chief Accountant. Ms. Woodbury is currently a managing director in the FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice. Prior to rejoining FTI Consulting in 2006, she was an Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement and Investigations at the PCAOB. Contact AACMI For additional information about AACMI, contact: Frederick D. Lipman, Esq.
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