Former Vice President-At-Large
International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) Liaison

Mary E. Barth
Stanford University
Graduate School of Business
518 Memorial Way
Stanford, California 94305-5015
USA
Email: mbarth@stanford.edu

Mary E. Barth is the Joan E. Horngren Professor of Accounting and Bob and Marilyn Jaedicke Faculty Fellow at the Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (GSB).  Professor Barth was a member of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) from its inception in 2001 until 2009.  Currently, she serves as Academic Adviser to the IASB.  Prior to joining the IASB, Professor Barth’s accounting standard setting activities included serving as a member of the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of CPAs and the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.  Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford in 1995, she was an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School and an audit partner in Arthur Andersen & Co. 
 
Professor Barth’s research focuses on financial accounting and reporting issues, particularly topics of interest to accounting standard setters.  Her research is published in a variety of journals and has won several awards, including the American Accounting Association’s (AAA) Competitive Manuscript Award and, on two occasions each, the Wildman Medal Award and the Best Paper Award of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the AAA.  She has been an Associate Editor of The Accounting Review and is on the Editorial Boards of several other academic journals.  Professor Barth is a recipient of the GSB’s MBA Distinguished Teaching Award and PhD Faculty Distinguished Service Award.  Professor Barth is active in the AAA, having served as Vice President and as Chair of several committees.  She is a recipient of the Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award of the AAA’s International Section.  Professor Barth holds an AB from Cornell University, an MBA from Boston University, a PhD from Stanford University, and a DSc(HC) from Lancaster University.