Linda Nichols, Ph.D., Louisiana State University (Accounting). Dr. Nichols worked for an international accounting firm in Houston as part of the oil and gas industry audit division and later joined Columbia Gas Development, an exploration and production company. She is heavily involved with the oil industry through consulting and training for oil companies worldwide. She has led industry training in Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ecuador, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, and has spoken at several national conferences including the North American Petroleum Accounting Conference and the AICPA Oil and Gas Industry Conference. Dr. Nichols has also worked as Professor and Director of Accounting Programs at Texas Tech University. She is currently the Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Business Programs in Collins College of Business at the University of Tulsa. She also is Associate Editor of Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly and on the Editorial Board of Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management Journal, and she has published numerous articles dealing with accounting issues in the oil industry. Dr. Nichols also received the 2007 Texas Society of CPAs' Outstanding Accounting Educator Award, was named Outstanding Educator of the Year by the American Woman's Society of CPAs, served as President of the South Plains Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA), and serves as a trustee of the Educational Foundation of the TSCPA. Dr. Nichols is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Texas.