2024 Educator of the Year Award: Dr. Marie Rice

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) recognizes exceptional individuals every year for their contributions to the fight against fraud. Providing inspiration to other professionals within their field, we would like to honor them for their service. Established in 2002, the Educator of the Year Award is presented to an ACFE member who has made outstanding contributions to anti-fraud education within their college or university.  

Dr. Marie Rice is a professor at Siena College and holds a PhD in accounting, with an emphasis in fraud and forensic accounting, and is the 2024 Educator of the Year Award recipient. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Rice was an anti-fraud, compliance and audit professional with 20 years of experience. As a practitioner, she managed forensic accounting engagements up to and including expert testimony and advised audit committees and executive leadership teams of small to mid-sized U.S. listed companies on risk and compliance matters.   

Dr. Rice was a founding member and past president of the ACFE Spokane Chapter and a founding member of the Justice for Fraud Victims Project at Gonzaga University, for which she was awarded the ACFE’s 2010 Outstanding Achievement in Outreach/Community Service Award and the Spokane Police Chief’s Citizen Award. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).  

Dr. Rice is most interested in helping future anti-fraud professionals learn about the various specializations in the anti-fraud profession and in finding justice for those victimized by occupational fraud and abuse, including the colleagues, coworkers and family members of the alleged perpetrators. 

Congratulations to Dr. Marie Rice on receiving the 2024 ACFE Educator of the Year Award!