Liz Kolar, MBA, CPA, CGMA, is executive vice president for Surgent Accounting & Financial Education. She brings over 35 years of accounting industry and professional education experience to her role at Surgent where she drives and oversees the ongoing expansion of accounting and financial services exam prep and continuing education offerings. Prior to Surgent, Kolar founded and led Pinnacle CPA Review, which was later acquired by Surgent. She began her career in public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand, where she audited financial services clients. She has served as a professor, teaching graduate and undergraduate accounting courses. She earned her MBA in public accounting from Pace University. She is a member of the PICPA and the AICPA.