James W. Brackens, Jr., CPA, CGMA is responsible for providing strategic and tactical direction for the Professional Ethics and Peer Review teams, while also assisting the CEO - Public Accounting in driving and monitoring the Association’s Public Accounting strategic, financial, and operating plans and key initiatives. Prior to joining the AICPA in 2006, Jim was associated with both international and local public accounting firms, including managing his own practice for seventeen years during which time he served as a peer reviewer and performed more than 300 peer reviews of local accounting firms.