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B.S., Meredith College; M.B.A., Duke University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Office: 292D
Phone: 434-924-4721
E-mail: LynchL@darden.virginia.edu

Luann J. Lynch is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, where she teaches Accounting in the first-year core MBA program and a second-year elective in management accounting. She was the recipient of the University of Virginia Alumni Board of Trustee’s Teaching Award in spring 2000. Her expertise is in the area of incentive and compensation systems. Her current research focuses on stock options as a compensation mechanism and on the implications of compensation structures for the success of mergers and acquisitions. Lynch spent the 2004-2005 academic year teaching at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the faculty at the Darden School, Lynch taught in the Master of Accounting program at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. She was assistant vice president at Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc., and held positions in finance and accounting at Roche, Northern Telecom (NorTel), and Procter and Gamble.

Lynch earned an MBA degree from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business where she was a Fuqua Scholar. She earned her Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of North Carolina, where she was the recipient of doctoral fellowships from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools in Business (AACSB), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the University of North Carolina. She also holds a bachelor of science in business administration from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC.

An avid golfer, Dr. Lynch played collegiate golf at both Meredith College and Duke University. She resides in Virginia, with her husband and twin sons.