January 10, 2005 (Atlanta) - For the second consecutive year, Jane F. Mutchler, director of the School of Accountancy at the Robinson College of Business and Ernst & Young-J.W. Holloway Memorial Alumni professor has been named to Business Finance magazine's list of influencers. Mutchler is one of only nine women and three academics listed in "2005's Influencers: 50 Worth Watching," the magazine's annual roundup of the 50 leaders who are shaping the future of accounting and finance.
Mutchler joins an esteemed list of regulators, watchdogs, corporate leaders and other academics including William Donaldson, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator and Chair, Senate Banking Committee; Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, State of New York; Alan Greenspan, Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Andrew Grove, Chairman, Intel Corp.
An accomplished researcher, Mutchler has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and the Journal of Expert Systems. She also serves on the editorial board of Contemporary Accounting Research, and is an associate editor for Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.
In addition to her role at Robinson, she is president of the American Accounting Association (AAA).
This is the third time that the magazine has recognized a Robinson faculty member as a key influencer. In addition to Mutchler, the publication's inaugural list of 60 included Lawrence Brown, J. Mack Robinson College of Business Distinguished Professor of Accounting.
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the top-ranked business schools in the nation. The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past ten consecutive years and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top 50 in the nation. The College's Executive MBA program is listed on The Financial Times list of the world's top-ranked offerings and BusinessWeek magazine ranks it 24th in the world. Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment of more than 7000 students and is located in downtown Atlanta.
