Lynda Schwartz, CPA CFF CGMA CFE is a Professor of Practice at University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she directs the forensic accounting curriculum. She maintains an active practice as a forensic accounting and economic damages expert witness, investigator and arbitrator of business disputes. She is a contributing author to leading anti-fraud resources for practitioners. She currently chairs the AICPA’s Certified in Financial Forensics Credential Committee and its Joint Trial Board.