Stephani Mason
Associate Professor of Accounting, DePaul University
Stephani Mason is an Associate Professor of Accounting at DePaul University, where she teaches advanced-level undergraduate and graduate courses in accounting and valuation. She earned her Ph.D. in accounting at Rutgers University, her MBA in finance and accounting at the University of Chicago, and her BS in accounting at North Carolina A&T State University. Mason conducts academic research on accounting/auditing/valuation standards, valuation specialists, auditor expertise, financial regulation, as well as diversity in the accounting and finance industries.
She has over a decade of experience in investment management at JP Morgan Investment Management—Private Equity Group, where she was part of a team of 60 investment professionals executing a global investment program for primary, secondary, co-investment, and direct company investment opportunities spanning all private markets, including venture capital, growth equity, buyout/corporate finance, private debt, energy/real assets, and real estate/infrastructure. She started her career at Deloitte.
Mason serves as a member of the International Valuation Standards Council Financial Instruments Board; AICPA Financial Instruments Advisory Group, Business Valuation Task Force, and National Accreditation Commission; The PhD Project Advisory Council (PAC-15); United Methodist Higher Education Foundation Board of Directors; and the American Accounting Association Meetings Committee and Diversity Initiative. In addition, she is a long-term committee member of the British Accounting and Finance Association, Canadian Academic Accounting Association, European Accounting Association, and Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand; is an editorial board member of five academic journals, and founded the WonderWomen of Diversity, a group that hosts discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion in both the academic and corporate settings.