Faculty – Accounting

Degrees

MBA, Indiana University
BBA, Temple University

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant
CMA – Certified Management Accountant

Biography

Senior Finance and Accounting professional with over 25 years of experience with multinational corporations including experience within the automotive and financial sectors.

Degrees

PhD, Michigan State University
MEd, Saginaw Valley State University
BBA, Saginaw Valley State University

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant

Biography

Maria A. Gistinger, CPA, PhD, teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in the accounting department in the areas of financial accounting, managerial accounting, accounting communications, international accounting, ethics, and governmental and not-for-profit accounting. She serves on the outcomes assessment committee representing the accounting department.

Dr. Gistinger brings her extensive background in public school finance. She has always had a special interest in governmental entities in fiscal distress. Her doctoral dissertation titled, “Michigan Schools Reaction to Budgetary Distress,” focused on ways that public schools were adapting to fiscal crisis. Dr. Gistinger’s research agenda includes qualitative research methods focused on fiscal management in not-for-profit entities.

Outside of Walsh, Dr. Gistinger was most recently the Assistant Superintendent for Finance at Brighton Area Schools. She has held similar positions at Iosco RESA, Birmingham Public Schools, Oak Park Schools and East Lansing Schools. She has also worked in public accounting where she prepared tax returns and financial statements and audited municipalities and school districts as well as other not-for-profit entities.

Dr. Gistinger’s professional memberships and affiliations include being a member of Michigan School Business Officials where she regularly presents to her peers at workshops on school budgeting. She is also a member of the Association of School Business Officials International, and the Livingston County School Business Officials and is the district chair for the annual United Way campaign.

Degrees

LLM, New York University
JD, Duke University
BBA, Adelphi University

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant
ATT – Licensed Attorney

Biography

Alan M. Gallatin, JD, LLM, CPA, is an adjunct assistant professor in the Accounting and Tax Department of Walsh College. He joined the College’s faculty in 2015 with a focus on accounting for income taxes and corporate taxation.

Currently a Principal in the National Tax Office of Plante Moran, Gallatin has more than 25 years of professional experience. He provides his clients with wide-ranging tax services focused on compliance and planning. His broad expertise includes individual and business tax planning, accounting methods and periods, federal tax credits, accounting for income taxes and internal controls related to income taxes. He has been a member of multiple firms’ national ASC 740 core teams.

Gallatin’s public speaking includes local and national presentations on ASC 740, accounting methods, corporate taxation and individual tax planning. He has been quoted and published in the Detroit Free Press, Crain’s Business Detroit, New Jersey CPA, New Jersey Business Magazine, AICPA’s The Tax Adviser, and on WWJ radio and WDIV TV.

Degrees

MAC, Walsh College
MSF, Walsh College
BSBA, Wayne State University

Degrees

MST, Wayne State University
BS in Business Administration, Wayne State University

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant

Biography

Ms. Kelly Lehman is a CPA licensed in the state of Michigan with ten years of relevant work experience in both the fields of accounting and taxation. She is a member of the AICPA and the MICPA. She teaches as an adjunct faculty member for both Walsh College and Northwood University.

Degrees

MS, University of Michigan – Dearborn
BA, Michigan State University

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant
CFE – Certified Fraud Examiner

Biography

Eric Sumners has served as an adjunct instructor of accounting at Walsh since 2014 and teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in the areas of auditing and introductory accounting.

Mr. Sumners has been a CFO and auditor working in public accounting, as an internal auditor and for a governmental agency. He has worked in an array of industries but has also specialized in financial institutions providing external and internal audit services to banks, credit unions and insurance companies. He is also a member of ISACA.

Degrees

MBA, University of Detroit
BBA, University of Detroit

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant
CFF – Certified in Financial Forensics

Biography

John Naglick is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Walsh and the Chief Deputy CFO/Finance Director for the City of Detroit. Prior to his current position, he was Finance Director for the City of Pontiac, Michigan.

In addition to his work with troubled units of government, he served as a Director with AlixPartners, LLP from 2007 to 2010, an international turnaround and financial advisory consultancy. He has also served in the role of Chief Financial Officer for a number of for-profit corporations.

Naglick has also been a member of the Board of Directors for Ominicare, Inc, a NYSE listed company and for Preferred Health Plan, a predecessor organization to Health Alliance Plan and part of the Henry Ford Health System. He is also a past President of the University of Detroit Mercy National Alumni Board.

Degrees

Master of Accounting, University of Michigan
BBA, University of Michigan

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant

Biography

Harry Pianko has more than 15 years of experience in various finance and accounting positions within multiple industries in the for profit, not for profit, and governmental sectors. Pianko is currently the CFO of Peckham, Inc., a Lansing-based not for profit.

Prior to joining Peckham, Inc., Harry was the CFO for the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is also a past president of VegMichigan, for which he was selected as a member of Crain’s Detroit Business 40 under 40.

Degrees

MAC, Walsh College
BA, University of Detroit Mercy

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant

Degrees

MAC, Walsh College
MA, Wayne State University
BS, Arizona State University

Licenses and Certifications

CPA – Certified Public Accountant