Yvonne Hinson
Chief Executive Officer, American Accounting Association
Yvonne Hinson is the CEO of the American Accounting Association. Prior to assuming this role in September 2020, she served as the Academic in Residence for the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.
She began her accounting career with Arthur Andersen in Charlotte, North Carolina. After returning to the University of Tennessee to pursue her PhD, Hinson accepted a position with Wake Forest University. During her over 18-year career at Wake Forest University, she served as a faculty member, director of accountancy, and dean of Charlotte programs.
Hinson has served on numerous academic and community committees and nonprofit boards and is a past president of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy, past chair of the AAA Membership Advisory Committee, and past member of the Federal Government Cost Accounting Standards Board. She is currently also a board member of the PhD Project and the North Carolina Association of CPAs.
Her research has been published in both academic and practitioner journals. She earned her BS in accounting and MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.