Gregory S. Allison
Gregory S. Allison is Teaching Professor of Public Finance and Government at the UNC School of Government. He is an expert in, lectures on, and provides technical support in the governmental accounting and financial reporting fields. Allison was the director of the School’s Municipal and County Administration course from 2002 – 2024.
He joined the School in 1997. Previously, he was assistant director of the Technical Services Center with the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada in Chicago, Illinois; former finance director for the City of Morganton, North Carolina; and an auditor with the international accounting firm Deloitte and Touche. He also co-authored the 8th, 9th, 9th Revised, and 10th editions of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, published by Prentice Hall.
Allison was awarded the Outstanding Conference Speaker Award for both 2000 and 2001, the Outstanding Chapter Speaker Award in 2005, the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, and 2015, the 5.0 Discussion Leader Award in 2014, and the 2014 R. Donald Farmer Award by the NC Association of Certified Public Accountants. He was awarded the Association’s Outstanding Member in Government Award for 2000–2001. He was awarded the Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Term Lecturer for Teaching Excellence for 2002–2004, the Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Term Faculty Achievement Award for 2010–2012, and the Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Term Professorship for 2023-2025. The Association for Budgeting and Financial Management awarded him the S. Kenneth Howard Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Budgeting and Financial Management in 2025.
