Following the corporate scandals of the early 2000s, the role that audit committees serve in governing a firm’s actions has come under considerable focus. The audit committee is a critical link between a firm’s financial reporting function and its external constituents. When this link is compromised, it can lead to even larger corporate governance problems. Proper alignment of the interests of the audit committee with the interests of the firm and its external shareholders should be a key element of corporate governance. This study focuses on one specific corporate governance mechanism that may enhance the relationship between the owners and the managers of a firm: the stock ownership of audit committee members.