Roopa Venkatesh Awarded IMA Exemplary Global Board Member Award

Mammel Hall – Dr. Roopa Venkatesh, the Director of the School of Accounting in the UNO, College of Business Administration and the Union Pacific Professor of Accounting, has been awarded the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) Exemplary Global Board Member Award. This distinguished award recognizes a member of the IMA Global Board who, consistent with IMA’s Mission and Global Core Values, exemplifies through preparation, participation, and service what a Board member should be and do. This individual, regardless of length of service to IMA, serves as an example for all Board members and sets a standard for superior performance.

“It is an honor to serve on the IMA board alongside Dr. Roopa Venkatesh. As Board Chair, I deeply appreciate her exemplary combination of passion and expertise. Roopa is a stellar example of servant leadership, inspiring fellow board members, staff, and all IMA members, and is highly deserving of this distinguished award,” said IMA Global Board Chair, Rich Brady, CMA, CGFM, CDFM.

IMA Past Chair, Steve McNally, CMA, CPA, says, “Roopa is a passionate IMA leader! Through her service on her local chapter board, within the academic community, among her student base, through her research, publications, and presentations, and as an engaged leader of IMA’s Global Board, Roopa has proven her dedication to advancing our profession. She is a wonderful ambassador for IMA and anyone who knows Roopa, knows she does what she does ‘from the heart’. She is a true servant leader!”

Chair-Emeritus of IMA’s Global Board of Directors of the 2023-2024 Fiscal year Gwen Van Berne, CMA says, “Roopa is an exemplary leader who brings a healthy dose of criticism to our Global Board. She is always constructive and well prepared and she brings a very thoughtful perspective to our discussions.”

Founded over 100 years ago, IMA is the worldwide association of accounting and finance professionals in business with more than 140,000 members in 150 countries. Dr. Venkatesh serves on the IMA Global Board of Directors. She is the recipient of the 2020 IMA R. Lee Brummet Award, the 2020 IMA Champion Award, and the IMA Faculty Leadership Award in 2017.  She is the Chair of the Volunteer Leadership Committee (VLC) on the IMA Global Board and is the Chair Emeritus of the Committee on Academic Relations (CAR), and is a founding board member of the IMA Platte Valley Chapter, Nebraska.

“I am truly humbled and honored to receive this award and recognition given that I serve alongside other IMA Global Board Directors who are very accomplished accounting and finance professionals and academics from different parts of the world. It is a privilege to serve alongside my esteemed fellow IMA Global Board Directors to collectively recognize the symbiotic relationship between accounting - education, research, and the profession, and make a positive impact on our profession.” Dr. Venkatesh said.

Her teaching and research interests are in the area of managerial accounting.  Her research has been published in The Journal of Management Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, IMA Statements of Management Accounting, Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, IMA Educational Case Journal, Strategic Finance, and Ethics & Behavior.

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