Felicia Farrar is an accomplished board director and financial expert with over 25 years of leadership experience in tax policy, financial regulation, accounting education, and government auditing. A Certified Public Accountant (in Texas and Delaware), Certified Fraud Examiner, and NACD Directorship Certified® professional, Farrar brings a rare blend of academic, regulatory, and corporate finance expertise to her board service and advisory roles.

She currently serves on the board of directors for the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and has chaired several of its key committees, including diversity and inclusion, education, and tax. She is also the founder and past chair of the National Society of Black Certified Public Accountants, where she launched “CPA Breakthrough,” a nationally recognized CPA exam review program.

Farrar has deep subject matter expertise in international tax, corporate governance, and financial compliance, informed by her distinguished career at the Internal Revenue Service, where she served as a senior agent and congressional joint committee specialist. In this capacity, she has led high-stakes audits of complex multinational corporations, advised on US Tax Court litigation, and provided expert instruction on tax provisions under the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, including base-erosion and anti-abuse, or BEAT; global intangible low-taxed income, or GILTI; foreign-derived intangible income, or FDII; and section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code.

She also serves as master of business administration director and accounting coordinator at Alabama A&M University, where she leads curriculum development, faculty oversight, and industry partnership strategy for the graduate business program. A passionate educator, she has taught accounting and tax at multiple institutions nationwide, including the University of Houston and the University of Louisville.

Farrar’s leadership spans public, nonprofit, and academic boards, with additional service to organizations such as the National Association of Black Accountants, Association of Government Accountants, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., where she chairs internal audit functions.

She holds a doctorate in accounting from Oklahoma State University, holds a master of business administration and bachelor of science in accounting from the University of Phoenix, and is a graduate of the Georgetown Executive Leadership Program. Farrar is a published author and frequent speaker on financial literacy, corporate governance, and tax reform. Her boardroom contributions are marked by analytical rigor, ethical stewardship, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive leadership.