CONTROLLERS EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE

Driving professional growth for accounting leaders

The Controllers Executive RoundTable (CERT) enhances the professional development of controllers of major private and public companies. This regional network of highly motivated professionals offers engaging, relevant quarterly forums and provides opportunities to connect with peers, network with member companies and learn critical and emerging information.

Membership

CERT membership is by invitation only and limited to controllers and equivalent professionals at major companies with significant operations in Virginia.

The annual fee is $2,300. Members receive access to VCU School of Business resources, including the VCU libraries and databases; help identifying articles and other references of interest; and priority consideration for outstanding prospective graduates, interns and part-time employees.

Each quarterly meeting is led by an industry expert and includes time for group discussion. Members may bring up to two guests and are eligible to receive four hours of continuing professional education credit per meeting.

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Scott Bleicher

VP and Controller,
Universal Corporation

Scott Bleicher

Steve D'Ambrosia

VP and Controller,
Altria Group, Inc.

Steve D'Ambrosia

Thomas Didlake

EVP and CFO,
Southern States Cooperative

W. Thomas Didlake, Jr.

John Jimison

Corporate Controller,
Carpenter Co.

John F. Jimison

Ashleigh McDermott

VP of Financial Reporting,
ARKO Corp.

Ashleigh McDermott

Timothy Mulvaney

VP, Treasurer and CFO,
RGC Resources, Inc.

Timothy J. Mulvaney

Gary Ometer

VP for Business Affairs and Finance
Hampden-Sydney College

Gary Ometer

  

 

Controllers Executive RoundTable Members

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

CERT members have generously endowed scholarships awarded each year to exceptional accounting majors.
Check out our past scholarship recipients below and see the talented students who have benefited from this support.

 

CERT PROFESSOR

Fengchun Tang Headshot Fengchun Tang, Ph.D.
Controllers Executive RoundTable Professor
Associate Professor of Accounting

In 2011, the Controllers Executive Roundtable Steering Committee generously established the Controllers Executive Roundtable Professor of Accounting Fund, which provides an annual stipend to support the scholarly activities of the named recipient. The inaugural recipient, Dr. Rasoul Tondkar, was instrumental in the founding and organization of the Controllers Roundtable in the late 1990s. From its inception until his retirement in 2017, Dr. Tondkar actively supported the Controllers Roundtable. Following his retirement, Dr. Fengchun Tang became the second VCU professor to receive the honor of being named the Controllers Executive Roundtable Professor of Accounting.

Fengchun Tang is an associate professor of accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he teaches accounting information systems. He earned a Ph.D. in business administration from Washington State University in 2012. His primary research interests include judgment and decision-making in accounting and information systems. His research has been published in several journals, including Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems and Behavior & Information Technology.

I want to extend my sincere gratitude for CERT’s financial support. CERT’s generous contribution has had a major impact on my research. It encourages my continued commitment to high-quality research and greatly advances my research agenda.