Douglas Stives, CPA, MBA, is a full-time professor of accounting at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, where he was honored as “outstanding business professor of the year” in 2009. He completed a BS in BA, and an MBA at Lehigh University and started his career at Price Waterhouse in 1969. Doug joined a small firm that became The Curchin Group in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he was a partner for 34 years and continues as a consultant. In 1989 and 1990, Doug was the youngest president of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. He served the AICPA as a representative to Council, a member of the Tax Division Executive Committee, and chair of several committees. Doug is a frequent speaker for the AICPA and many state CPA societies. He’s been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and other national publications and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, PBS, and the three major networks.