Deborah Habel

Deborah L. Habel, M.B.A., CPA, CGMA, CITP, PMP, is an authority in the design, analysis and improvement of business processes through the implementation of enterprise resource planning systems. After a long practitioner career, she transitioned to her "second act" ultimately joining the Ilitch School faculty in 2014. She frequently adapts examples from her past experience in public accounting and consulting, generating comprehensive case projects for her students to better experience and understand key topics.

Deb primarily teaches the graduate and undergraduate versions of Accounting Systems: Design and Control (ACC 5130 and ACC 7145), Introduction to Financial Accounting (ACC3010), and Introduction to Managerial Accounting (ACC3020). She has taught the cross-coded undergraduate Enterprise Resource Planning Systems course (ACC 5200 and ISM 5200), and the undergraduate and graduate Special Topics in Global Supply Chain "Decision Making under Constraints" (GSM 5670/7260) and Business Tools and Applications, (BA1500). 

Deb serves her profession as a Trustee of the Michigan Accountancy Foundation, CPA Academic Champion and a case competition judge for AICPA-CIMA. She remains active with the Michigan Association of CPAs as a Past-Chair of the Accounting Educators' Task Force. Here at Wayne, she serves on the Ilitch Faculty Senate, chairing the Undergraduate Education Policy Committe. She also serves as faculty advisor to WSU's Alpha Kappa Psi chapter, Wayne Women in Technology, and the Warrior Crochet Club, and serves as a Faculty Liaison for WSU Athletics. In the community, she's is a huge fan of the Accounting Aid Society and supports the social activities of The Players' with her husband (and current President of this historic theatre), Mark. Deb also serves her business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, as Advisor to the Iltich School's Beta Omicron chapter.

Certifications 

• Certified Public Accountant
• Certified Information Technology Professional
• Chartered Global Management Accountant
• Project Management Professional
• WSU Jonah's Jonah

Memberships

• Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity
• American Accounting Association
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Institute of Management Accountants
• Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
• Project Management Institute
• Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization