Dr. Stephani Mason is an Associate Professor of Accounting at DePaul University, where she teaches advanced-level undergraduate and graduate courses in accounting and valuation. She earned her Ph.D. in accounting from Rutgers University, MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago, and BS in accounting from North Carolina A&T. With over a decade working in investment management at JP Morgan Investment Management - Private Equity Group as member of a team of 60 professionals executing a global investment program for primary, secondary, co-investment, and direct company investment opportunities spanning all private markets, including venture capital, growth equity, buyout/corporate finance, private debt, energy/real assets, and real estate/infrastructure. She conducts academic research on accounting/auditing standards and diversity in the accounting and finance industries. 

Mason serves as a member of The PhD Project Advisory Council (PAC-15); International Valuation Standards Council Financial Instruments Board; Business Alliance of Colleges and Employers (BACE) board of directors; AICPA National Accreditation Commission, Business Valuation Task Force, and Financial Instruments Advisory Group; and American Accounting Association Board of Directors, Meetings Committee, and Diversity Committee. In addition, she is a long-term committee member of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, British Accounting and Finance Association, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, and European Accounting Association, where she is on the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee; is an editorial board member of five academic journals, and founded the WonderWomen of Diversity, a group that hosts discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion in both the academic and corporate settings.