LIZ WASHINGTON ARNOLD, CPA

171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409

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Tel: (843) 953-5168 Fax: (843) 953-6764

EDUCATION

PhD - Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102 2006

Major - accounting; minor – accounting information systems

Executive MBA, Fairleigh Dickinson University, East Rutherford, NJ 1992

BA – Accounting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1977

RESEARCH INTEREST

Dissertation: Business Reporting and Corporate Malfeasance; Accounting Ethics; Corporate Restatements; and Electronic Reporting Tools (including XBRL).

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

· Assistant Professor of Accounting - financial and managerial accounting courses – Fall 2005 and ongoing, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina.

· Instructor - Principles of Accounting II; Financial Accounting – Spring 2004 & Spring 2003, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

· Instructor – Workplace Ethics: Rutgers High School Summer Ethics Program – Summer 2004 & Summer 2003 , Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

· Instructor - Introduction to Cost Management – Summer 2002, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

· Teaching Assistant – Accounting Information Systems – Fall 2000 & Fall 2002, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

· Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Managerial Accounting – Spring 2002, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

· Tutor – Professional Accounting MBA Program – Summer 2004 & Summer 2001, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES/AT&T/PACIFIC NORTHWESTBELL EXPERIENCE 1981 - 2000

Summary: Over 20 years of accounting and auditing experience at the business unit and corporate level in various leadership and support roles. Job titles and organization were:

· Accounting Policy Manager – Corporate CFO, Warren, NJ 1997 – 2000

· Financial Manager – Business Communications Systems, Basking Ridge, NJ 1994 – 1997

· Financial Market Manager – Network Wireless Systems. Whippany, NJ 04/94 – 11/94

· Senior Internal Auditor – Corporate CFO, Morristown, NJ 1987 – 1994

· Associate Manager – Billing Contract Management, East Brunswick, NJ 1985 – 1987

· Separation Supervisor – External Affairs, Seattle, WA 1983 – 1985

· Staff Specialist – Independent Company Settlements, Seattle, WA 1981 – 1983

OTHER EXPERIENCE Pre – 1981

Summary: Various positions in the public and private sector ranging from Job Corp. counselor to Lead Cost Accountant. (Details provided upon request).

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

AICPA Minority Doctoral Fellowship 2002, 2003 and 2004

KPMG Doctoral Fellowship 2001, 2002, and 2003

Rutgers’ Fellowship 2000 through 2004

Other – various community and company – individual and group leadership and service awards (1980-2000)

CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Member, AAA, AICPA, NJSCPA, NABA, KPMG PhD Project ADSA, AND FSJ United Methodist Church