Ms. Reck is the Robert Keith Professor in the Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy at the University of South Florida. Concurrent with the start of her term at the GASB, she stepped down after serving for ten years from her role as the associate dean for Financial Management and Academic Affairs for the Muma College of Business.
In addition to teaching financial and governmental and not-for-profit accounting, she has focused her research on governmental accounting and auditing, accounting information systems, and the reporting and use of financial information. In 2020, Ms. Reck was recognized by the American Accounting Association’s Government and Nonprofit Section with the Enduring Lifetime Contribution Award.
An accomplished professor, Ms. Reck has published extensively in peer-reviewed academic journals. She is the first author on the leading governmental accounting textbook, Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities. Ms. Reck was a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC) from 2012 to 2017 and served as vice chair in 2016 and 2017. She also served on the GASB’s Financial Reporting Model Task Force and is a founding member of the XBRL.US working group.
Ms. Reck earned her PhD in accountancy from the University of Missouri-Columbia and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of South Florida.
Ms. Reck is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Accounting Association, American Institute of CPAs, Association of Government Accountants, and Government Finance Officers Association.
Her term concludes on June 30, 2027, and she is eligible for reappointment to a second term.