Martin Ives had a distinguished career in state and local government financial management, including more than 30 years as Deputy Controller of New York State and First Deputy Controller of New York City during the 1970s, and later Vice Chairman and Director of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (1984-1994) and member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (1991-1997). He is a CPA (inactive) and holds an MBA. He is a coauthor for several editions of Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations (2019), author of Financial Condition Analysis and Management (2000), and numerous professional articles. He has served as an adjunct at Pace University and for over 16 years at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service where he has been voted Adjunct of the Year.