Chapter Leadership

By Jenny Bolsky, CPA

I would like to invite you to meet your leadership. A board of directors comprising seven officers and 17 directors represents chapter members locally. Our chapter also boasts 20 members on CalCPA Council, which is CalCPA’s governing body. Four of our members also serve on the CalCPA Board of Directors, the equivalent to an executive committee. In addition, your chapter leadership includes several dozen committee chairs and co-chairs, many of who participate in state committees as well.

It is generally thought that organizations of all kinds are enriched by board diversity, and wider diversity has been advocated as a means of improving organizational performance by providing boards with new insights and perspectives. We are fortunate that our chapter board is diverse, representing the full spectrum of CalCPA membership. Our board benefits from gender, age and ethnic diversity, and members exemplify the broad range of career choices our profession offers. Our officers and directors include members from the academic world, consulting, government, private industry and public practice, ranging from sole practitioners to the Big Four. We are lucky enough to have several young and emerging professionals who bring lots of fresh ideas to the table, and a number of long-time leaders whose experience is invaluable to good discussion and decision making. The abundance of viewpoints and new ideas contributes significantly to the governance process, and as a result we have an energetic and productive board.

Chapter leaders are involved in CalCPA for a number of reasons, not the least of which is a desire to serve our profession and the organization that contributes to our success. We choose to participate in the process of governance, and we have been chosen to represent the membership. To serve you better we want to know our members’ views. I hope you will take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with your chapter board and committee chairs and council members. Better yet, I invite you to meet your leaders in person at one of our four member networking mixers scheduled for this summer and fall.

We would like to hear from you one way or another, so I encourage you to share your views and expectations with your leadership. I hope you will come to one or more networking events to meet your leaders in person or e-mail us directly from the links at CalCPA’s website.

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