AMIS Leadership

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The Success of the Accounting & MIS Department's programs depends on their leadership. Faculty and industry professionals alike come together to support our academic and research efforts. Under their guidance, our Department focuses on outstanding teaching, innovative research, and outreach to businesses and communities in the State of Ohio and beyond. See the Department's Pattern of Administration (linked below) for information on how the Department is governed.

Pattern of Administration

The department’s recently adopted strategic plan, Shaping Leaders in a Shifting Landscape, will guide our decisions, efforts, and priorities in the coming five academic years (2023-2028).  In a world where change is constant, having the plan as a guiding document will provide strength as we lean into the shifting landscape.

Strategic Plan

AMIS Department Chair

Zach Profile PictureTzachi Zach - AMIS Department Chair
Professor of Accounting & MIS

Tzachi Zach is a Professor of Accounting at the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, and has been the department chair since August 2025. He has also served as the Academic Director of the Master of Accounting (MAcc) Program. Before coming to Ohio State, Tzachi was an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Washington University in St. Louis, where he spent six years. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Accounting) from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester and obtained his B.A. and M.A. from Tel Aviv University in Israel.

Tzachi’s research interests include financial reporting and its relation to capital markets, earnings management, financial analysts’ usage of accounting information, and audit quality. His research has been published in top accounting and finance journals, including the Journal of Accounting & Economics, The Accounting Review, Review of Financial Studies, and Review of Accounting Studies. Recent and forthcoming publications include "Analysts' Forecasting Models and Uncertainty About the Past" in the Review of Accounting Studies and "Sell-Side Analysts' Assessment of ESG Risk" in the Journal of Accounting & Economics. He serves as an Editor of the Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance and is on the Editorial Boards of Contemporary Accounting Research and The International Journal of Accounting. A case study he co-authored, "Corruption in the Auditor Inspection Process: The Case of KPMG and the PCAOB," won the AAA's 2020 Accounting Ethics Award for Best Innovation for Teaching.

Tzachi's teaching interests are in financial accounting. At Fisher, he has been teaching in the Accounting Honors Program, most recently the Intermediate Accounting II class. In addition, Tzachi teaches Accounting Policy & Research in the Master of Accounting (MAcc) program, a unique course that introduces students to academic accounting research. He has won several teaching awards at both Washington University in Saint Louis and Ohio State University.

Leadership in AMIS Programs

Accounting Honors Program Director: 

Rick Young, Professor

Undergraduate Studies Chair: 

Andrew Van Buskirk, FCOB Distinguished Professor

Student Experience Coordinator and VITA Program Director:

Marissa Nelson, Senior Lecturer

Project THRIVE Program Advisor (undergraduate & graduate):

Cynthia Turner, Associate Dean for Access and Student Success, EY Faculty Fellow

Accounting Advisory Board

The AMIS Advisory Board is comprised of business leaders from public accounting firms, corporations, non-profits, and other industry partners. Members meet with AMIS Faculty annually to discuss current trends in the field of accounting. They advise the department on many items including curriculum content, program structure, recruiting students to AMIS, and recruiting AMIS students to firms after graduation.

In 2024, the Advisory Board met in May. Some key topics during the meeting included:

  • Updates on AMIS faculty and staff activities
  • Presentation and discussion of accounting academic programs (UG, Honors, MAcc, PhD, and THRIVE)
  • Marketing and recruitment of students into accounting programs
  • Departmental strategic planning
  • Recruiting needs in the accounting industry
  • And more!