David Young is professor of accounting and control at Boston University's School of Management and a principal in The Crimson Group, Inc., a firm specializing in customized in-house management education programs. From 1986-1991, he was chair of the Department of Accounting, and from 1989-1993, he was director of the Accounting MBA Program. Since joining BU in 1985, he has taught in the undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs, including the Accounting MBA Program, the Executive MBA Program, and the Boston Leadership Academy. He has been nominated 4 times for BU's prestigious Metcalf Award for teaching excellence. He is the co-author of Management Control in Nonprofit Organizations, which is used extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has lectured and taught extensively in Europe, Latin America, Japan, and the Middle East, and has served as a consultant on management control system design to a wide variety of organizations. His consulting clients include the American Arbitration Association, Arthur D. Little, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, CIGNA Corporation, New York City Bureau of the Budget, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Professor Young earned his doctorate from the Harvard Business School.