Dennis McCuistion

Dennis McCuistion is an American business executive, educator, writer, and television host best known for his program on PBS."Dennis McCuistion" Texahoma Living. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
==Career==
In 1977, he founded the financial consulting firm, McCuistion & Associates."ACS Appoints New Board Members and Announces Changes to Corporate Governance Policies" SEC.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-03. A former bank CEO, McCuistion joined his first for-profit board in the early 1970s."The Top Corporate Finance Pros in Dallas-Fort Worth" D Magazine. Retrieved 2023-09-03. Since that time, he has served on private, public, and not-for-profit boards and, since 2003, has served on the board and audit committees of two New York Stock Exchange companies and one on the American Stock Exchange. One of those companies, UICI, was sold in a private equity buyout for $1.6 billion in 2006."Consortium Led by Blackstone Group to Acquire UICI" Blackstone Group. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
McCuistion served on special committees investigating stock option backdating and the eventual firing of the CEO and CFO at Affiliated Computer Services,"Five ACS Directors to Resign In Battle With Founder" CNBC. Retrieved 2023-09-03."ACS Directors Resign, Company Says It's 'Pleased'" InformationWeek. Retrieved 2023-09-03. a business process outsourcing company later sold to Xerox."Xerox buys ACS for $6.4 billion" C-NET. Retrieved 2023-09-05. In 2014, he served as the interim CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis."Dennis McCuistion named interim head of National Center for Policy Analysis" Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2023-08-13."Dallas think tank sues law firm over ex-CEO scandal" Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
McCuistion was a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors where he was a Governance Fellow,"Governance Fellows" NACD. Retrieved 2023-09-03. has served on the faculties of several graduate schools of management, and written three books about the financial services field."Selling strategies for today's banker : a survival guide for tomorrow" National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2023-09-03. He was a professor of corporate governance at the University of Texas at Dallas"Lifetime achievement winner McCuistion talks biggest changes in governance in his career" Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2023-08-13. as well as serving as the Executive Director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the university."The Top Financial Executives in North Texas 2017" D Magazine. Retrieved 2023-08-13. 
He is the host of an award-winning"Whistleblower TV Program Featuring Former GAP Client Wins Prestigious Telly Award" Government Accountability Project. Retrieved 2023-08-24. television program on PBS, "McCuistion","Allen Joins McCuistion on PBS’s KERA-TV" KJIM Radio. Retrieved 2023-08-13. since 1990."Professor’s PBS show hits 26th year" UTD Mercury. Retrieved 2023-08-23."Dennis McCuistion addresses Bonham Rotary Club" NTXE News. Retrieved 2023-08-23. In that role, his interviews have included the topics of politics,"Pete Sessions, Colin Allred in dead heat for Dallas' 32nd District as Dallas mayor backs Allred" Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2023-08-23. economic,"Former Enron Executive to Headline Governance Conference" UT-Dallas News. Retrieved 2023-08-28. business, and social issues."Love Interview with McCuistion to Air Sunday" Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
In 2022, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Governance Advocacy as part of the Outstanding Directors Awards from the Dallas Business Journal."Lifetime achievement winner McCuistion talks biggest changes in governance in his career" Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
==Background==
McCuistion graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in banking and finance along with a Master of Liberal Arts."1960-69" SMU Magazine. Retrieved 2023-09-03. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Northwood University in 2010."Gallery of Distinction" Northwood University. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
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Category:Writers