Alexandria, Louisiana

Mr. Oestriecher has been employed by Oestriecher & Company; CPA's since 1986 and has been partner in charge of accounting and auditing services since 1994. He has also served as an Adjunct Instructor of Accounting at Louisiana State University at Alexandria and Northwestern State University.

Kurt functions in many capacities for the Louisiana Society of CPAs on its board and varying committees. He is Past President of the LCPA and past President of the Central Louisiana Chapter of Society of Louisiana CPAs. He is currently chair of the LCPA Professional Ethics Committee. He is a member of the AICPA and has served on the Accounting and Review Services Committee, which issues the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services. He also served a six year term on the AICPA Joint Trial Board, and recently completed a three year term on AICPA Council

He received the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award from the Louisiana Society of CPAs in 1998, 2006, and 2010, and the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader Award in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Mark S. Beasley is the Deloitte Professor of Enterprise Risk Management and Director of NorthCarolina State's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative, which provides thought leadership about ERM practices and their integration with strategy and corporate governance.

In 2012, Mark was named by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) as one of the “100 People to Watch.� He recently completed over seven years of service on the board for the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Mark is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and frequently works with boards of directors and senior executives on risk oversight issues. He teaches courses related to enterprise risk management, risks and controls, and auditing in the graduate and executive education programs.

Mark has authored over 80 research articles and business publications and he is the author of a leading auditing textbook. Prior to joining NC State, Mark served as a Technical Manager in the Audit and Attest Division of the AICPA and as an Audit Manager in the Nashville, TN office of Ernst & Young. He received a BS in accounting from Auburn University and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

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