Linda B. Bergen CPA

Linda B. Bergen is Director of Corporate Accounting Policy where, since 1997, she has directed areas of Research, External Affairs and SEC Reporting. Prior to joining Citigroup, Ms. Bergen spent eight years at JP Morgan: five as head of SEC and Regulatory Reporting and three years as head of Accounting Policy. Her earlier experience included eleven years at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) where she specialized in financial institutions.

Ms. Bergen was the chairman and is a member of the AICPA's Depository Institutions Expert Panel. She is a former member of the AICPA's Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) and Stockbrokerage and Investment Banking Committee and the former chair of the AICPA's Women's Initiatives Executive Committee. She was also the former Chair of the Clearing House's Financial Reporting Committee (2011-2012) and a former member of the American Bankers Association's Accounting Administrative Committee.

Ms. Bergen  was an adjunct Professor at City University of New York, Graduate Center, School of Professional Studies from 2007 - 2022 (and also in the program previously run by Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1980 - 2007). Courses taught include financial management, accounting, and mathematics. Linda has a B.A. and M.B.A. from New York University.