ACFE Leadership
John D. Gill, J.D., CFE
Vice President - Education
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
John D. Gill
graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor’s Degree in English.
In 1990, he received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas School
of Law.
Prior to working for
the ACFE, Gill was an attorney in the Austin, Texas, office of the law firm of
Bragg, Chumlea, McQuality, Smithers and Curry where he was involved with civil
fraud, insurance and deceptive trade practices cases. He was the editor of the
DTPA Forms and Practice Guide written by David Bragg and Michael Curry.
In 1995, Gill joined
the ACFE and served as both its General Counsel and the manager of the Research
Department for nine years. When the Research Department expanded in 2003, he
took on the role of Research Director. In 2009, he was promoted to Vice
President – Education. In that capacity, he oversees the production and
development of all the books, manuals, self-study courses and seminar and
conference materials produced by the ACFE. Currently, the ACFE publishes 13 different
books and manuals, 30 self-study courses, dozens of online offerings and
materials for more than 30 different seminars and conferences.
He serves on the
faculty of the ACFE and is a co-instructor of the CFE Exam Review Course. He is a co-author of the Fraud Examiners Manual and serves as the
editor-in-chief for the CFE Exam and the CFE
Exam Prep Course. He is also a contributing author to Fraud Magazine.
Gill is a member of
the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Austin Chapter of the ACFE,
Phi Beta Kappa, the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association.