Linsmeier new FASB board member.(Financial Accounting Standards Board)(Thomas J. Linsmeier)(Brief article)

Financial Executive, July, 2006 by Heffes, Ellen M.

The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) Trustees appointed Thomas J. Linsmeier to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Linsmeier is the Russell E. Palmer Endowed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. An award-winning teacher and researcher, he has particular expertise in financial reporting for derivatives and risk management.

Linsmeier's term becomes effective on July 1, 2006, and runs through June 30, 2011. He succeeds Katherine Schipper, the current member, whose term expired on June 30.