Rich Brody is the Douglas Minge Brown Professor of Accounting in the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico. He is also a Daniels Fund Business Ethics Fellow. He earned his Ph.D. from Arizona State University, his M.S. from Colorado State University and his B.S. from the University of Delaware. He has worked as a staff auditor for Deloitte Haskins + Sells, a cost analyst for Hewlett Packard, and a senior financial reporting analyst for Tandem Computers. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant and a Forensic Certified Public Accountant. He also holds the Certified in Financial Forensics designation.

Rich's research addresses issues related to forensic accounting, auditing and corporate governance. He has authored or co-authored over 90 refereed publications and has made over 130 presentations at national and international conferences. Recent research has focused on issues such as corporate fraud, identity theft, mandatory auditor rotation and the impact of corporate governance structure on auditor judgment.

He is a Regent Emeritus of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and was the 2012 ACFE Educator of the Year. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for Fraud Magazine and is on the Board of Governors for the Albuquerque Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Rich was recently recognized as the Outstanding Educator by the New Mexico Society of CPAs.

Rich serves as an expert witness and has experience in both civil and criminal cases. He has worked with the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Department of Justice, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office and the Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office in New Mexico.

Fraud, Ethics & Integrity, Corporate Governance,