OSU's School of Accounting will honor three as 2013 Distinguished Alumni on March 7

Friday, February 22, 2013

The School of Accounting in the Spears School of Business will honor three outstanding graduates as Distinguished Alumni during the 2013 Wilton T. Anderson Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet on Thursday, March 7, at the Student Union Ballroom.

This year’s inductees into the School of Accounting Hall of Fame are Ann Bradshaw, an Indirect Tax Partner in the Houston office of Ernst & Young; Robin Dennis, the Chief Financial Officer for BP Russia based in Moscow, and Keith Schwarz, the Managing Partner of the Oklahoma City office of KPMG LLP.

The Distinguished Alumni Award was established in 1979 to recognize Oklahoma State University School of Accounting graduates who have achieved exceptional success in the profession of accounting, bringing recognition to Oklahoma State University and the School of Accounting. It is dedicated to Dr. Wilton T. Anderson, the founding father of the OSU School of Accounting. It is the highest honor the School of Accounting can bestow on an alumnus.

“We are delighted to honor these three outstanding School of Accounting graduates at this year’s Wilton T. Anderson Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet. Each of these individuals represents the highest levels of professional excellence exemplified by Oklahoma State University graduates. We are proud of their achievements and appreciate their ongoing support of the School of Accounting,” said Robert Cornell, head of the School of Accounting.

Ann Bradshaw is an Indirect Tax Partner based in Houston with more than 28 years of experience in federal, state and indirect taxation. She serves clients in a variety of industries including public and private companies in energy, manufacturing, technology, transportation, wholesale and financial services sectors.

She is a frequent speaker for taxpayer organizations, educational institutions and Ernst & Young conferences. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Ann also is a member of Ernst & Young’s National SALT Leadership Team and is a former chair of the firm’s State and Local Tax Technical Review Committee.

Bradshaw completed her graduate and undergraduate work at Oklahoma State, and she was inducted into the Spears School of Business Hall of Fame in 2001. She currently serves on the OSU School of Accounting Advisory Board.

Robin Dennis was appointed in 2012 as the Chief Financial Officer for BP Russia and is currently based in Moscow, where she manages financial and governance aspects of BP’s investment in TNK-BP and serves as a board member of TNK-BP Holdings.

From 1987 to 1999, she held a variety of accounting and finance roles with Amoco Corp., including Upstream and Downstream accounting and financial analysis, as well as accounting policy and other global roles. She was a senior manager in Ernst & Young’s Transaction Support team from 1999 to 2000. Robin was a manager of BP Group Accounts from 2001 to 2004, was controller for BP businesses in Russia and Kazakhstan from 2004 to 2007, and then was named CFO for BP’s Supply Chain organization supporting all Upstream operations globally.

Dennis received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from OSU in 1987, and she earned an MBA in finance and organizational behavior from Northwestern University.

Keith Schwarz began his professional accounting career at KPMG LLP in 1988 and has been with the company 25 years. He currently serves as the managing partner of the Oklahoma City office.

He is a certified public accountant. He was elected to the KPMG partnership in 2000, and he was named managing partner of the Oklahoma City office in 2003. Keith has extensive experience with public and private companies in a broad range of industries with particular emphasis in financial services.

Schwarz has maintained strong ties to OSU, serving as one of KPMG’s lead recruiters of students. He also has served as a member of the School of Accounting Advisory Board. With several other KPMG partners, he helped create an endowed scholarship for the School of Accounting.

Schwarz received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from OSU in 1987.

For more informaton or to purchase tickets to the Wilton T. Anderson Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet, go to: http://spears.okstate.edu/accounting/alumni/distinguished/banquet/