Faculty

Jay D. Hanson, CPA is the National Director of Accounting for McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, a leading national CPA firm focused on meeting the audit and accounting needs of mid-sized companies. Hanson is responsible for accounting guidance and training on all accounting topics. He also provides consultation on complex accounting, SEC and independence issues to over 100 McGladrey & Pullen locations and 80 RSM McGladrey Network Firms. He is responsible for the development and coordination of the national training programs for McGladrey & Pullen and is also a frequent presenter at national industry, state society and AICPA conferences. He graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration/Accounting and Math. He has also completed the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, RSM McGladrey Business Advisor School. He is currently a member of FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF), AICPA’s Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC) and recently  chaired an AICPA Derivatives Implementation task force on convertible instruments and warrants. He has previously chaired or been a member of other AICPA and FASB working groups.

Jane D. Poulin, CPA, was formerly the Chief Accounting Officer at a Fortune 500 company.  In this role, she was responsible for the company’s application of U.S. GAAP and compliance with Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and regulations.  Jane was also responsible for the company’s internal audit program and SOX 404 compliance. Jane was formerly an Associate Chief Accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for five years, where she served as a technical accounting expert to other commission accountants, SEC registrants and public accounting firms.  Jane’s experience at the SEC covered many areas of accounting including: revenue recognition, business combinations, and accounting for variable interest entities under FIN 46R. Jane previously worked at Ernst & Young for 10 years where she was an audit senior manager focusing on SEC registrants and companies in the manufacturing industry.  Jane has also held roles as corporate controller, manager of external reporting, and was a staff auditor with KPMG. Jane is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Plymouth State College and a master’s degree in taxation from American University. Jane serves as the treasurer on the board of directors of Polaris Project, a charitable organization combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Jane is an Advisory Board member for BNA Accounting Policy & Practice Series.  Jane is a former member of the Committee on Corporate Reporting (CCR) of Financial Executives International (FEI) and the SEC subcommittee thereof.

Larry P. Schumann, CPA, joined the faculty of Westminster College in July 2007. Larry retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in June 2007 after 20 years as an audit partner. Larry was the head of the firm's Salt Lake City Audit Practice. Previously, Larry was the Managing Partner of Coopers & Lybrand's offices in Houston and Salt Lake City. He also served as the Vice President, Finance of a large manufacturing company. Throughout his career, Larry has authored and taught various FASB/APB review and update courses. His entertaining style and insight has consistently impressed participants in both the Colorado Society of CPAs and SEC Institute conferences where he has been voted "best speaker." Our original and highly-acclaimed FASB/GAAP In Depth Workshop is Larry's creation as well as our FIN46(R), SFAS 123(R) and SFAS 109 workshops. Larry is a graduate of Duke University and has been an Adjunct Professor of Accounting at the University of Utah and Seattle University. Larry also provides accounting advisory services through The Cadence Group, which is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

George M. Wilson, CPA is Vice President and Principal of the SEC Institute, where he teaches courses in SEC reporting and related areas. He is the author of the Institute’s Advanced SEC Reporting Skills, Implementing SOX 404 Internal Control Reporting, SOX 404: Climbing the Learning Curve!, Understanding SFAS 133, Applying SFAS 109: Accounting for Income Taxes and Accounting for Business Combinations and Goodwill courses. Before joining the SEC Institute George was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting at the University of Saint Thomas, in Saint Paul, MN. He was director of the University's Accounting MBA program and also taught in the undergraduate accounting department. He has received the AICPA’s Outstanding Discussion Leader Award and the Minnesota State Society’s R. Glenn Berryman Award. George also served as Senior Vice President, Operations of Security Financial, where he managed the organization’s initial public offering, and as a senior manager with KPMG.