Margaret (Peggy) Andersen, associate professor of accounting, has been appointed to serve as a member of the IMA, The Association for Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business, Foundation for Applied Research for a two-year term through June 30, 2013. Andersen will participate in the committee’s charge of funding timely research on accounting and financial management subjects that can be applied to current and emerging business issues. 

“As the leading authority for the management accounting profession, IMA has a responsibility for keeping pace with the latest business trends and meeting the career development and certification needs of accountants and financial professionals,” said IMA 2011-12 chair Brian L. McGuire. “Dr. Andersen will support the development of IMA’s programs, strategic planning, and thought leadership. I congratulate her for accepting this important volunteer leadership position and offering her time and expertise.”

IMA’s Foundation for Applied Research is charged with ensuring sufficient resources, both human and financial, to sustain IMA’s role as a valued center of research on the most important practice issues of the day while also identifying financial management trends to meet the challenges of the next millennium.

Andersen has been an academic member of the IMA since 2001.

IMA provides a forum for research, practice development, continuing education, knowledge sharing and advocacy of the highest ethical and best business practices. The organization provides best-in-class certification, the Certified Management Accountant (CMA), for critical internal financial management responsibilities, including planning, budgeting, business reporting, decision analysis and risk management. With a network of more than 60,000 members in 120 countries, IMA provides localized services through its offices in Montvale, N.J.; Zurich, Switzerland; Dubai, UAE; and Beijing, China. For more information, visit www.imanet.org.