President's Message
January 29, 2010
By Joelyn Carr-Fingerle, CPA
 For those of you who missed it, our Jan. 28 event was wonderful. We learned what we might expect from the legislature this next year from Assembly member Mary Hayashi (Hayward), who chairs the Business & Professions Committee that oversees the California Board of Accountancy. Remember, peer review is now mandatory for those of us in public practice if we prepare any financial statements. Please note that the CBA has also changed the regulations on ethics courses.
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Chapter News
On behalf of the East Bay Chapter’s officers, directors and members, we extend our warmest of welcomes to our new members.
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Congratulations to East Bay Chapter members celebrating anniversaries this month.
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More than 60 members, students, faculty and guests attended this year’s Honorees’ Night. It was a special evening of recognition and heartwarming stories. The LeVerne Garcia Award for outstanding service to the profession or the community was made posthumously to Stephen Blanding. Stephen was a well-respected member of the accounting profession and was heavily involved in community service.
Also during the evening, eight very deserving students were presented scholarships totaling $21,000. This year’s awards reflected the implementation of the chapter’s new scholarship program, which incorporates three classes of awards. The Promising Accounting Scholar Award is presented to students in their first year of professional studies. The recipients in this category were Kelly Cao, Janet Lin and Aron Schindler of UC Berkeley, as well as Chelsey Marderosian of St. Mary’s College. The Emerging Accounting Scholar Award is presented to those students in their senior year or second graduate year. The recipients were Libby Zhou, Jenny Zhou and Jacqueline Lee, all of UC Berkeley. And, finally, Danielle Bortoli of UC Berkeley received the chapter’s Outstanding Accounting Scholar Award, which is given to the most deserving graduating undergraduate or graduate student.
Funding for these awards comes from individuals, organizations and designated chapter events held throughout the year.
Guest speaker Assembly member Mary Hayashi, along with presenting special certificates to all the honorees, called on all members to be advocates on behalf of the profession by visiting with their legislators to ensure that their message is heard. Check out some photos from this event, as well as others from past events.
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In January, eligible chapter members voted to elect the following slate of officers and directors for 2010–11, which was announced during Honorees’ Night:
Officers
President: G. Scott Haislet
First Vice President: A. J. Major
Treasurer: Mary M. Geong
Secretary: Patricia J. Mayer
Past President: Joelyn K. Carr-Fingerle
Chapter Directors
(Second year of a two-year term)
Thomas V. Bret
Lynn P. Gardner
Elaine L. Kawasaki
Jamie S. Menasco
(First year of a two-year term)
Jenise S. Gaskin
Thomas O. Hatfield
Tom O’Sullivan
Susan D. Tulis
Council Representatives
G. Scott Haislet
A. J. Major
Joelyn K. Carr-Fingerle
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Nominations are being accepted for the Fifth Annual Bay Area CFO of the Year Award presented by the San Francisco Business Times and Larkin Street Youth Services. Awards are made to CFOs who have made an outstanding contribution to their company’s performance, as well as to the greater Bay Area business community in the following categories:
- Public Company with revenues above $500MM
- Public Company with revenues up to $500MM
- Nonpublic Company
- Venture-Backed Company
- Community Service
- Transformation Agent
Nominations are being accepted online. If you are nominating someone, also notify chapter program associate Soco Davenport.
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CalCPA News
Pre-order your 2010 U.S. Master Tax Guide and Guidebook to California Taxes today and save as much as 40 percent. To order, call (800) 922-5272 or go online.
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Serving on a state committee gives you the opportunity to work with other professionals on projects that increase members’ technical knowledge; enhance the profession’s image; influence regulations and legislation; draw the best and brightest into accounting; and study the CPA’s role in local, national and global economies. Join a state committee and experience the many benefits, while building leadership skills and making valuable personal and business contacts.
Complete an application today. Committee assignments will be finalized in May.
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The CalCPA member logo provides a recognizable symbol of membership in the California Society of CPAs. This logo is designed to fit our members’ website, business card, stationery and collateral material needs. Only CPA members may use the member logos. If the CPA member is in a public accounting firm, all CPAs in the firm must be CalCPA members before the member logo may be used.
Further instructions on logo use and to download the logos is available online.
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