Thomas J. Kelley, CPA

Lecturer

MBA, University of New Hampshire
BA, Mathematics, College of the Holy Cross

Phone: 206.296.5799

Office: Pigott 424

Email: tjkelley@seattleu.edu

Department: Accounting

Web Address: N/A

Teaching Areas: Accounting

Syllabus for:

ACCT 230 Principles of Financial Accounting

In the News:

Thomas Kelley was featured in the Excite Money and Investing, Washington Federal, Inc. Names Thomas J. Kelley to the Board of Directors," published on April 7, 2005, and dBusinessNews on April 8, 2005. He has been elected to the board of directors of Washington Federal Savings Bank. Washington Federal is primarily a mortgage lender with 121 offices in seven western states and $7.5 billion in assets.

On March 3, 2004 Tom Kelley, Vinay Datar,  and John Falvey met with a visiting group of finance officials from around the world, including the Deputy Head of the Croatian Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chief of Economic Analysis of the Bank of Guatemala, and the Director of the International Operations Department of the Reserve Bank of Malawi. The group was sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the objective was to introduce participants to the US financial system and markets. The group's specific focus in Seattle included venture capital firms, community reinvestment, and other types of financial investment models. 

Professor Tom Kelley teaches Financial and Managerial Accounting classes.  Tom holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from College of the Holy Cross and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire.  He is also a CPA in the states of New Hampshire and California.  Tom's extensive career in public accounting included five years as Managing Partner of the Audit and Business Advisory Practices of Arthur Andersen in Moscow, Russia.  

Tom's employment with Arthur Andersen included work in Seattle, Boston, and San Diego before heading to Russia.  While in Russia, Professor Kelley had responsibility for 500 professionals delivering audit and consulting services in nine offices in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia.  Tom speaks, reads, and writes Russian at an advanced level.  While working for Arthur Andersen in Southern California, Tom taught cost accounting, financial accounting, and auditing for nine years at Cal State, Fullerton.

On the leisure side, Tom and his wife, Kathy, motorcycled from Seattle to Boston this summer!

From GradNews Oct 2002