Craig Bain has been Professor of Accounting at Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff since 1991. He is currently teaching Principles of Accounting: Financial, Intermediate Accounting,and Accounting Theory. Professor Bain received his Ph.D from Texas A&M University in 1987 and his BS from California State University in 1980. Craig received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Arizona CPA Foundation for Education and Innovation in 2003.

Charles Davis is Professor of Accounting at California State University - Sacramento. He has authored numerous publications and an accounting textbook used by many universities. Charles is the author of CPAexcel's FAR - Intermediate Financial Accounting section.

Jan Gillespie is the Associate Chair of the Department of Accounting at University of Texas - Austin where she teaches courses in accounting information systems, governmental accounting, and managerial accounting. She has taught in several different CPA review courses, including the highly acclaimed UT Austin Review, since 1986. Her diversified experience includes private industry and governmental sector accounting, systems analysis, and taking part in the development and implementation of accounting systems in both mainframe and microcomputer environments. Jan is the author of CPAexcel's Accounting for Government & Not-for-Profit Organizations and Managerial sections.

Prof. John E. Karayan - JD, Ph.D.
CPAexcel REG Guided Seminar Mentor
Woodbury University - Burbank, California

John E. Karayan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Accounting and IT at Woodbury University in Burbank, California. Formerly a senior executive with a New York Stock Exchange-listed high tech multinational, Professor Karayan is a tax attorney with a "Big 8" CPA firm background. John retired from professional practice to teach 20 years ago, but has remained active outside academia as an expert witness on accounting and tax issues in complex business litigation, and as a management consultant to entrepreneurs in both the public and private sectors. Professor Karayan was also formerly a Professor of Business at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and has authored numerous articles; his three most recent books are Strategic Corporate Tax Planning, State and Local Taxation: Principles and Planning, and Wealth Forever: the Analytics of Stock Markets.

Prof. Christopher Meakin - MA, JD, BBA
CPAexcel BEC and REG Guided Seminar Mentor
University of Texas - Austin

Christopher Meakin is Assistant Dean and Lecturer in the Department of Mgmt Science & Information Systems at the University of Texas - Austin. His areas of expertise include Business Law, E-Commerce and Internet Governance and Law. He has practiced commercial and business law for over thirteen years and has taught for over 10 years, first at the University of Houston Law Center, then at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University and finally, for the past three years, at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin.

Jeanne Yamamura is Professor of Auditing and Accounting Information Systems at University of Nevada at Reno. A strong international interest is evidenced by three years of Pacific Rim experience and a master's in international management from Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Management). Professor Yamamura has over twenty years of experience in public and private accounting. She was recently awarded the B. J. Fuller Excellence in Teaching Award. Jeanne is also one of CPAexcel's contributing authors.