Kathy A. Simione

Simione earned her M.B.A. from Quinnipiac University (QU) and a B.S. in Accounting from Bentley University. She holds a registered CPA certificate in Connecticut and is an Associate Professor of Accounting. Her primary teaching area is management accounting.

Prior to entering academe, she worked in both public and private accounting. Her research has examined a variety of accounting and auditing issues, topics in business education, and the role of mentoring in the workplace and in student life. Her work has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Career Development International, the Journal of the Academy of Business Education, the Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, the Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, the Business Studies Journal and the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.

Simione is a 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award winner and a 2014 James Marshall Service award winner. She was co-founder and director of the Center for Women & Business at QU and is now the Senior Advisor for the newly renamed People's United Center for Women & Business.