Neuhausen Named Chair-Elect of AcSEC

The American Institute of CPAs named Ben Neuhausen, national director of accounting at BDO Seidman, as chairman-elect of its Accounting Standards Executive Committee.Neuhausen will succeed KPMG's Mark Bilstein in that post following the conclusion of the next AcSEC meeting.As an AcSEC member, Neuhausen chaired the AICPA task force on real estate time-share transactions. He also has served as a member of FASB's Interpretation 46 Resource Group and its Liabilities and Equities Resource Group. From 1979 to 1981, he was a Financial Accounting Standards Board fellow.Prior to joining BDO in 2002, Neuhausen was a partner in the Professional Standards Group at Andersen.The institute's AcSEC unit provides accounting guidance and serves as the organization's voice on financial reporting matters. It includes members from academia, business and industry, and public practice.