LSA Endowed Lecturers
Meet our 2024 Leung School of Accounting Endowed Lecturer
Edward J. Patterson, CPA, is Partner at Goehner Accountancy in Pasadena, CA. For the past 60 years, Goehner Accountancy has not only sought to become a premier accounting firm, but also a company known for the uncompromising character, sound accounting practices, and unquestionable ethical conduct.
Edward focuses on serving non-profit organizations through audits, reviews, and compilations to help them achieve their missions of positively impacting their industries and communities. His specialties include: Non-Profit Accounting, Yellow Book Auditing, and Uniform Guidance.
Edward is a proud alumnus of APU and he is looking forward to sharing his stories of working in the accounting field as a means of demonstrating to students the many ways we can serve God through accounting ethically and with integrity. He enjoys playing rugby and lives locally with his wife and son. He will be on campus teaching Auditing Principles II during the Spring semester and all Accounting students will have various opportunities to connect with him throughout the term.
Professional Affiliations
Member of the California Society of CPAs
Associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Board member and Audit Committee Chair of Hillsides, 2023 to present
Board Member of Hillsides, 2016 to 2022
Member of the Hillsides Volunteer Network, 2008 to Present
Treasurer of Rugby LA, 2022 to Present
**The designation of the LP and Timothy Leung Endowed Lecturer is bestowed upon a distinguished figure in the Accounting Industry, recognized for their established leadership and a proven track record of upholding ethical and integritous accounting practices.
Azusa Pacific University founded the LP and Timothy Leung School of Accounting in 2012, thanks to an $8.6 million gift from LP and Bobbi Leung. Building on nearly 40 years of excellence in accounting education at APU, the Leung School of Accounting offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting designed to prepare students for careers in the accounting profession. The Leung Endowment has grown to more than $15 million, and with partners like Gabe De La Rosa and KPMG offering undergraduate and graduate scholarships to a diverse group of students, we continue to build our vision: “We will be a premier Christian accounting school, recognized as a thought leader on accounting character and competence to reflect the life of Christ and shine the light of Truth.”
The Leung School of Accounting is housed within Azusa Pacific’s School of Business and Management, and APU is recognized as one of the nation’s best schools by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review.
If interested in becoming an endowed lecturer, please email Dr. Wendi Dykes-McGehee for more information at wmcgehee@apu.edu.