Francine McKenna
Education
University of Chicago
Master of Liberal Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities 2013-01-01 - 2016-01-01
Harvard University
Certificate, Executive Education Program - Leading Professional Services Firms 2001-01-01 - 2001-01-01
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science in Management, Accounting and Economics 1980-01-01 - 1984-01-01Work Experience
Montclair State University
Current
Montclair State University
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Current
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
University of Miami Herbert Business School
Current
University of Miami Herbert Business School
The Dig, a newsletter at Substack.com
Current
The Dig, a newsletter at Substack.com
University of Cambridge
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-01
University of Cambridge
The Wharton School
2022-07-01 - 2023-06-01
The Wharton School
American University - Kogod School of Business
2017-01-01 - 2022-06-01
American University - Kogod School of Business
re: The Auditors.com (now FrancineMcKenna.com)
2006-10-01 - 2022-06-01
re: The Auditors.com (now FrancineMcKenna.com)
The Ohio State University
2020-06-01 - 2021-07-01
The Ohio State University
Marketwatch, A Dow Jones Company
2015-05-01 - 2019-11-01
Marketwatch, A Dow Jones Company
Skills
Summary
I am an independent journalist at my newsletter, The Dig, an educator, a researcher, and a public speaker. Most recently I was a full-time lecturer in accounting at The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania. I am currently an adjunct professor at Montclair State University and the University of Miami, teaching accounting ethics and my custom-made fraud case course. I taught six years at American University in Washington D.C., the international business to the AU MBAs. I have also taught at Ohio State University -my custom course on accounting ethics - and at Baylor University - my custom course on reporting on corporate fraud. From 2015 to 2019 I was the Transparency Reporter at MarketWatch.com, a Dow Jones/News Corp publication, based in Washington D.C. As a freelance writer I wrote for Forbes, Financial Times, Reuters Breakingviews, Boston Review, American Banker, Columbia Journalism Review, and the Chicago Booth Review, and many others. Quoted in media frequently. My blog, re: The Auditors, covered the accounting industry regulation. You can now find that legacy content at FrancineMcKenna.com. "Accounting Watchdog" was a column for Forbes.com and "Accountable" for American Banker. Industry experience includes serving PwC Internal Audit clients and as a member of PwC's firm-level internal audit team. I was Midwest RVP for Jefferson Wells, Inc., where I led a team of 500 professionals including sales, operations, and client service for 10 offices. I was the first female MD in Latin America for KPMG Consulting, BearingPoint, where I led the Industrial, Automotive and Transportation practice. I was also a VP at JPMorgan Latin America where I led JPM's Y2K PMO. Fluent in Spanish. Registered CPA in IL.
