“Partners in Progress” is the professional advisory group to Southeast’s Accounting Department and Accounting major. The group is constituted to consult with faculty on program priorities and strategies, to support student and faculty development, and to encourage other alumni to play a role in ensuring that Southeast continues to produce world-class accounting talent. At present, the group consists of eight Southeast alumni from accounting firms in the area. The partners are:

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  Glen Brady

  Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP (St. Louis, MO)
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  Eddie Cato

  Riley, Stubbs & Cato, LLC (Dexter, MO)
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  Mike Dambach

  BKD, LLP (St. Louis, MO)
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  Mike Givens

  Gray Hunter Stenn, LLP (Marion, IL)
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  Michael Grojean

  Anders Minkler & Diehl, LLP (St. Louis, MO)
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  Betsy Mays

  Coffman and Company, P.C. (Poplar Bluff, MO)
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  Ruth Sapphian

  Ernst and Young (St. Louis, MO)
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  Melvin Van de Ven

  Van de Ven, LLC (Cape Girardeau, MO)