Nita J. Clyde, Ph.D., CPA / Clyde Associates / Dallas, Texas Named by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting in both 1996 and 1997. Nationally recognized speaker and seminar leader who taught ethics and graduate courses in international accounting for almost ten years. Principal in an executive consulting accounting practice. Currently chairs the AICPA's CPE Standards Subcommittee and serves on its Strategic Planning Committee. Served on the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, as head of the accounting department at East Texas State University and director of the Center for Professional and Executive Development at the University of Texas at Arlington.