Bruce W. Chase, professor of accounting, is in his twenty-fifth year of service at Radford University. He is also the Director of the University's Governmental and Nonprofit Assistance Center (GNAC). He is a CPA and earned both his MBA and Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has severed on the board of directors of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) and as executive secretary of the Virginia Government Finance Officers Association (VGFOA). Prior to joining the faculty of Radford University, Bruce spent over 15 years in governmental and nonprofit accounting. He began his career with the Auditor of Public Accounts and then with Coopers and Lybrand. He served as Treasurer of Virginia Commonwealth University and later as chief financial officer of Southern Seminary College. Bruce has written numerous articles on governmental and nonprofit accounting and is a frequent speaker on these topics. He has authored two national educational courses dealing with governmental and nonprofit accounting for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He also does training on governmental accounting and reporting issues for the GFOA, AICPA and state organizations. He was awarded the Association of Government Accountants’ (AGA) National Education and Training Award in 2002, outstanding service award from the VGFOA in 2000 and the VSCPA's Broadus Award in 1997. He was also selected four times as one of the best CPAs (Educator) in Virginia by Virginia Business.