Jillian Stephenson is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Heinz College and a Certified Public Accountant. She received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Pittsburgh and went on to work at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the firm’s assurance practice. After public accounting, she worked for Belk Inc. as their Manager of Financial Reporting and Sarbanes Oxley Compliance primarily responsible for the company’s 10-K and 10-Q SEC filings. She earned her Teaching Certificate from Shippensburg University in Business Education. She is also certified in Pennsylvania to teach Mathematics.