Seminar Leaders

Judy Cumby, MBA, FCA is an associate professor with the Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University where she has taught since 1988. She develops and teaches courses for the Atlantic School of Chartered Accountancy (ASCA) and has been involved in accounting education matters at national and international levels. Judy engages in interdisciplinary research in the fields of accounting and marketing. She has published cases and articles dealing with non-financial performance measurement, customer value, service quality, relationship marketing, and revenue recognition.

Pauline Downer, MBA, FCA is a Tax Consulting Practitioner and an associate professor in tax, accounting, entrepreneurship and small business at the Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University. Pauline received Memorial University's President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2003. She has been a seminar leader for tax courses for CA Newfoundland since 1987.

Brian Scammell, CA, CBV obtained his CA designation in 1986 and his Chartered Business Valuator designation in 2002. Brian has performed valuations of companies in many different industries including car dealerships, engineering firms, manufacturing operations, real estate holding companies and wholesale and retail operations.

Sharon Hunt has recently returned home to St. John’s. With 25 years of experience in business, she has extensive administrative, communication and project management experience. Sharon designs and leads writing workshops, publishes articles in commercial and trade publications and writes promotional copy and business documents.

Lin Kroeger, a Certified Management Consultant with 25 years’ experience, specializes in change management, leadership, team building and communication. Her clients include accountants, finance professionals and other technical professions. Lin has designed internal audit reports, coached financial analysts on reporting and facilitated planning sessions. She has led workshops throughout the United States and in Europe and Singapore.

Christine Thomson, CA is Senior Accountant with Harris Ryan Chartered Accountants. She received her BComm (Honours) from Memorial University in 2002 and articled with Grant Thornton LLP. In 2003 she received the Gold Medal for the highest standing in Canada on the UFE. Christine is a part-time lecturer at Memorial University and is a UFE marker.