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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • AB, Management Sciences/Accounting, Duke University
  • Attended, Fellowship Studies, Australian Graduate School of Management
  • Attended, Scholarship Studies, Oxford University

Professional Experience

  • AB, Management Sciences/Accounting, Duke University
  • Attended, Fellowship Studies, Australian Graduate School of Management
  • Attended, Scholarship Studies, Oxford University
  • Chartered Global Management Accountant, 2012-present
  • Certified Government Financial Manager, 1994-present
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1983-present
  • Teacher, Annual Conference of Regulators, North American Association of Securities Administrators
  • Former Adjunct Faculty Member, Community College of Allegheny County
  • Guest Instructor, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Lecturer, International Symposium of Economic Crime, Cambridge University
  • Teacher, Reporter's Boot Camp, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
  • Writer, The Economist
  • Founder, Maher Duessel Certified Public Accountants, 1989-2004
  • Principal/Employee, Ernst & Young, 1980-1989

Political Experience

  • AB, Management Sciences/Accounting, Duke University
  • Attended, Fellowship Studies, Australian Graduate School of Management
  • Attended, Scholarship Studies, Oxford University
  • Chartered Global Management Accountant, 2012-present
  • Certified Government Financial Manager, 1994-present
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1983-present
  • Teacher, Annual Conference of Regulators, North American Association of Securities Administrators
  • Former Adjunct Faculty Member, Community College of Allegheny County
  • Guest Instructor, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Lecturer, International Symposium of Economic Crime, Cambridge University
  • Teacher, Reporter's Boot Camp, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
  • Writer, The Economist
  • Founder, Maher Duessel Certified Public Accountants, 1989-2004
  • Principal/Employee, Ernst & Young, 1980-1989
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1997-2019
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Auditor General, 2012
  • Appointed, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 40, District 40, 1997

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Former Chair, Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives

Former Member, Professional Licensure Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Member, Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aged Alignment Task Force, 2001-2003

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • AB, Management Sciences/Accounting, Duke University
  • Attended, Fellowship Studies, Australian Graduate School of Management
  • Attended, Scholarship Studies, Oxford University
  • Chartered Global Management Accountant, 2012-present
  • Certified Government Financial Manager, 1994-present
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1983-present
  • Teacher, Annual Conference of Regulators, North American Association of Securities Administrators
  • Former Adjunct Faculty Member, Community College of Allegheny County
  • Guest Instructor, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Lecturer, International Symposium of Economic Crime, Cambridge University
  • Teacher, Reporter's Boot Camp, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
  • Writer, The Economist
  • Founder, Maher Duessel Certified Public Accountants, 1989-2004
  • Principal/Employee, Ernst & Young, 1980-1989
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1997-2019
  • Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Auditor General, 2012
  • Appointed, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 40, District 40, 1997
  • Member, Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh, present
  • Member, Duke University Alumni Network, present
  • Member, Ernst & Young Employees and Alumni, present
  • Board Member, Board of Directors, Greater Pittsburgh Council, Boy Scouts of America
  • Member, Board of Overseers, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, present
  • Member, National Advisory Board, Center for Government Accounting Research and Education
  • Member, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
  • Member, Philadelphia Republican Party
  • Member, Pittsburgh Business Times
  • Member, Pittsburgh Tech Council
  • Former Member, South Hills Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association
  • Member, National Governing Body, American Institute of CPAs, 2009-2010
  • Member, Board of Governors, Irish American Partnership, 1994-1997
  • Treasurer, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association of Western Pennsylvania, 1990-1996
  • Board Member, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association of Western Pennsylvania, 1990-1996
  • Member, Board of Directors, Health Agency Coalition, 1992-1996

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Humane Legislator of Year
  • Humane Society of the United States
  • 2012

Champion of Good Government Award

  • Common Cause of Pennsylvania
  • 2011
  • Distinguished Service Award

  • University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Pennsylvania Veterinary Medicine
  • 2011
  • Northrop Freedom of Information Award

  • Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
  • 2002
  • Legislator of the Year Award

  • Pennsylvania Association of County Fairs
  • 2012
  • "Seven Seals Award", Meritorious Leadership and Initiative in Support of the Men and Women who Serve America in the National Guard and Reserve, 2003

    — Publications:

    • Maher's publications include: "Overview of Government Accounting," Applying Government Accounting Principles (standard text published by Matthew Bender & Co.), July 1995; "Fair Cities," The Economist, January 23, 1993; "Reporting on Solvency," Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, September/October 1988; and "The Housecall Makes a Comeback," The Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Winter 1986.

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