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Bruce W. Chase CPA, PhD

Bruce W. Chase, CPA, Ph.D. Radford University/Radford, Virginia Bruce Chase is a professor of accounting in his thirteenth year of service at Radford University. He is also the Director of the University's Governmental and Nonprofit Assistance Center (GNAC). He is a CPA and earned both his MBA and Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has chaired the Virginia Society of CPA's (VSCPA) Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee and served as a member of its Not-for-Profit Committee. He is also a member of the VGFOA's Education Committee. Prior to joining the faculty of Radford University, Bruce spent over 15 years in governmental and nonprofit accounting. He began his career with the Auditor of Public Accounts and then with Coopers and Lybrand. He served as Treasurer of Virginia Commonwealth University and later as chief financial officer of Southern Seminary College. Bruce has written numerous articles on governmental and nonprofit accounting and is a frequent speaker on these topics. He also does extensive training for on governmental and nonprofit issues. He was awarded the AGA national education and training award in 2002, the VSCPA's Broadus Award in 1997 for valuable contributions to the profession and recently received an outstanding service award from the VGFOA for providing training on GASB 34.