Gary Hecht

Gary Hecht is an associate professor of accountancy and Arthur Andersen Faculty Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He began his academic career at Illinois in 2013. He served as academic director of the iMSA Program from 2017 to 2020. In 2020, he became the executive director of Lifelong Learning. Prior to coming to Illinois, he was an assistant professor at Emory University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hecht was a PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Faculty Fellow from 2013-2019, and he has repeatedly been on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent. He earned a BS in accountancy from Illinois State University in 1995 and a PhD in accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005.

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
• B.S., Accountancy, Illinois State University, 1995

Positions Held

• Professor of Accountancy, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021 to present
• Executive Director of Lifelong Learning, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020 to present
• Academic Director, iMSA Program, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017-2020
• Associate Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013-2021
• Assistant Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011-2013
• Assistant Professor of Accounting, Emory University, 2005-2011