Heidi Packard

Heidi Packard is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. She holds a PhD from MIT Sloan School of Management and specializes in executive compensation, corporate disclosures, and governance.

Education:

• PhD in Accounting, MIT
• Master of International Business, Tufts University
• BA in Economics and Government, Colby College

Her research examines how performance disclosures in Compensation Discussion & Analysis (CD&A) sections influence CEO incentives and governance. Recent work analyzes vesting provisions and turnover cyclicality.

Publications emphasize empirical analyses of compensation structures, with trends toward transparency in executive reporting and regulatory impacts.

No awards or advised students are noted. She serves on editorial boards for The Accounting Review and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.