SUSAN M. VANCE
15777 Lake Forest Ct.
Granger, IN 46530
574 386-6636
Education/Professional Certification
J. D. (cum laude) ThomasM.CooleyLawSchoolLansing, Michigan, April 1977. Rank: Upper 5% (3rd of 61)
B. S. (cum laude) IllinoisStateUniversity, Normal, Illinois, August, 1981 Major: Accounting
B. A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, June 1970 Major: Education, Minor: Psychology
Certified Public Accountant, State of Indiana, 1984 (scored in top 5% nationallyon CPA examination, May, 1982)
Admitted to practice, Indiana Bar, 1977
Admitted to practice, Illinois Bar, 1980
Admitted to practice before the US Tax Court, 1981
Professional Positions Held:
Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1981-present
1998-present, Tenured Professor
1987-1998, Tenured Associate Professor
1993-1998, Chair, Department of Business Administration and Economics, Acting Chair, January – August 2002, January – August 2009
(Teach Business Law I, Business Law II, Strategies for Financial Success, Principles of Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Women and Law, International Business Law, Individual Tax)
Director, SMC Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, 2009
LieutenantCommander, U. S. Coast Guard Reserves, retired 1973-1993
Received Humanitarian Service Medal from U. S. Coast Guard for flood relief duty on Illinois River, 1978
Costigan and Wollrab, Attorneys at Law, Bloomington, Illinois, Consultant, 1980-1981
IllinoisStateUniversity, Normal, Illinois, 1978-1981, Assistant Professor
Cooke and Bache, Attorneys at Law, Lafayette, Indiana, Staff Attorney, 1977-1978
LansingCommunity College, Lansing, Michigan, 1976-1977, Instructor
MichiganState Senate, Senator DeSana, Lansing, Michigan, Research Staff Assistant, 1976-1977
LorainCitySchools, Lorain, Ohio, Kindergarten Teacher, 1970-1971
Membership/Participation in Professional Organizations:
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): Served on the AICPA Board of Examiners, 1989-1992 responsible for the CPA Examination administered throughout the US, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands; Business Law Subcommittee for the CPA Examination, 1987-1992 (chair, 1991- 1992); CPA Examination Grading Subcommittee, 1990-1992; Grading Methodology Sub TaskForce, 1990-1992; Business Law Subject Matter Expert, 1993-2000
Participant, U.S. Treasury Department, Financial Literacy and Education Commission’s “Roundtable Discussion on Financial Education in Hispanic Communities”, Washington, DC, June 2008; “National Financial Education: State and Local Networks” meeting, Washington, DC, Informally represented the state of Indiana at this meeting. July 2008
Financial Executives Institute, 1997- 2002
Indiana Society of Certified Public Accountants, South Bend Chapter;
on the Board of Directors, 1984-1986, held office of secretary 1984- 85; held office of Treasurer 1985-1986; on state level committee- “Furtherance ofAccounting Education Committee, 1985-86; “Tax Institute Committee,” 1986-87
American Women’ Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1982-1986;
Publicity Chairman, 1984-86; Program Chairman: American Women’s Society of Certified Public Accountants Regional Meeting, Saint Mary’s College, June 8-10,1986
Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 1981-1994, 1997; held national office, ABLA Liaison to the AICPA, 1988-1991
Tri-State Regional Business Law Association, 1981-1994; Secretary, 1990-1991; Editor of the Proceedings, 1991; Vice President and Meeting Chair for the 1992 meeting, 1991-1992; President, 1992-1993
Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, 1985 to 1994
Member, International Association for Business and Society, 2004-2005
Member, WesternAcademy of Legal Studies in Business, 2006, 2007
Member, Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2008-2009
Awards/ Special Recognition:
Co-Author with Laurie Stickelmaier: “How to Avoid a Financial Fiasco”, Business Officer, National Association of College and University Business Officers, January 2007
Chaired College’s Contingency Plan Committee, primary author of the Saint Mary’s College Contingency Plan
Selected as a ThomasM.CooleyLawSchool Distinguished Alumni, 1997
Judge, Ernst and Young’s Northern Indiana Entrepreneur of the Year Award,1997
Recipient, Charles E. Hewitt Excellence in Teaching Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 1997
Recipient of the first annual “Woman of the Year” Award, selected by the Board of Governance, Saint Mary’s College student body, 1997
Received a CWIL grant to travel to Sri Lanka to visit with women leaders involved in grass-roots efforts to (1) work for peace between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers and (2) to improve the lot of women and children in that war torn country, 2004
Received an INC@SMC grant to begin development (with one Saint Mary’s student intern and one Saint Mary’s alumna intern) a personal finance website for college students and young alumnae, 2008
Interviewed by WSBT-TV for a Money Monday segment entitled “Class prepares students for a life of financial success.”It's one of the most popular classes at the College:"Strategies for Financial Success" taught by Susan Vance, professor of business law and accounting. Vance says the class arms students with the basics of budgeting and investing to avoid the heartache that many Americans are experiencing with the current economy. Also interviewed for the story is nursing student Ashleigh Telman '09, March 16, 2009. Watch the story at:
Cited at CNN.com on health insurance issues of new college graduates in an article entitled “What's a recent college grad to do about health insurance?”A report by the Commonwealth Fund last year showed that 34 percent of college graduates will spend some time uninsured in the year after graduation. Susan Vance, a professor of business law and accounting who teaches a popular financial literacy course at the College, is one of the experts offering ideas how new graduates can get needed health insurance. May 21, 2009
Community Related Activity/Service
Reach to Recovery Volunteer, American Cancer Association (visit women with recent surgery for breast cancer), 1995-2008; Interviewed on WSJV-TV aboutthe importance of women having mammograms between the ages of 40 and 50
Habitat for Humanity: Participated in the “All Women Build” project, 2002/2003
Served on the Finance Committee of the YWCA, 2003-04
Participant, South Bend-Mishawaka Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class
Interests
Sailing, Traveling, and Reading