Brief Bio

Jill Mitchell, MS, MEd, CIA (@profmitchell), is a Professor of Accounting at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), where she has taught face-to-face, hybrid, and online since 2008. Since 2009, she has been an adjunct instructor at George Mason University (GMU). She is a past president of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA), and she served on the board of directors of the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA). Jill serves on the American Accounting Association's (AAA) Education Committee and the AAA's Conference on Teaching and Learning (CTLA) Steering Committee. She is a co-author of College Accounting published by Wiley. Prior to joining the faculty at NOVA, Jill was a senior auditor with Ernst & Young’s Business Risk Services practice in Miami, Florida. She is a certified internal auditor and earned an MS in Accountancy from the University of Virginia and a BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia honors program. Recently, she earned an MEd in Instructional Design Technology from GMU. Jill presents to educators across the country on topics of engagement, instructional design, and using technology in the classroom.

Jill is a 2019 recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award, the Commonwealth’s highest honor for faculty of Virginia’s universities and colleges presented by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; the Virginia Community College System Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence; the AFWA's Women Who Count Award; and the AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize, the foremost recognition of an individual who consistently demonstrates the attributes of a superior teacher in the discipline of accounting.

Jill lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband, teenage son, and two dogs. As a family, they enjoy their son’s competitive tennis, Georgia Bulldogs football, and NASCAR