Member News
Movers and Shakers
Erica L. Bogan, CPA, has been promoted to audit manager at the firm of Weinstein Spira & Company, P.C., 3 E. Greenway Plaza #1750, Houston 77046-0395 (713.622.7000).
Tara L. Fredricks, CPA, has been promoted to audit manager at the firm of Briggs & Veselka Co., 6575 West Loop S #700, Bellaire, TX 77401-3604 (713.713.667.9147).
Dalene Marie Killian, CPA, has joined the firm of Patrick Cooper & Associates, P.C., as senior accountant at 1002 Gemini #122, Houston 77058-2746 (281.488.1854).
Steven M. Krafcheck, CPA, has joined the firm of Miller Grossbard & Associates P.C., as tax manager at 2204 Louisiana #200, Houston 77002-8626 (713.622.3960).
Daniel W. St. Clair, CPA, has joined the firm of Briggs & Veselka Co., as audit manager at 6575 West Loop S #700, Bellaire, TX 77401-3604 (713.713.667.9147).
Richard A. Shell, II, CPA, has been admitted as partner at the firm of Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches, LLP, 5847 San Felipe #1100, Houston 77057-3092 (713.621.8090).
J. Wayne Snelson, CPA, has been admitted as partner at the firm of Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches, LLP, 5847 San Felipe #1100, Houston 77057-3092 (713.621.8090).
Teresa L. Snow, CPA, has been admitted as partner at the firm of Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches, LLP, 5847 San Felipe #1100, Houston 77057-3092 (713.621.8090).
This month's Chapter Lotto Winners are our newest CPAs and have already joined the TSCPA and it’s Houston Chapter – Lance Robert Abernathy (Houston); Jodie Gail Jones (Santa Fe); Kenneth Damien Lostak (Spring); and Deborah Ann Weideman (Cypress). These four lucky winners must contact the Houston CPA Society office (713.622.7733; cpamail@houstoncpa.org) by 5:00 PM, Monday, September 18, to claim their prize – a golf-style Chapter logo shirt. NOTE: Styles and sizes of shirts are limited. An alternate prize may be substituted.
Join the CPA Aces another way for you and your business to be recognized as a leader in the Greater Houston community and brought to you through the Houston CPA Society.
Membership is easy and FREE. The CPA Aces are comprised of companies and firms employing at least one CPA with 100% of CPA employees being members of the Houston CPA Society.
Benefits of membership in CPA Aces include: a listing in the Chapter Services Section of the Chapter web site (www.HoustonCPA.org) with a link to your firm or company's web site (if available), a certificate of membership, and periodic recognition and promotion in the monthly newsletter and at Chapter events.
Are all the CPAs in your firm or company already a member of the Houston Chapter? If so, then join today. There are no additional costs, just additional recognition and promotion within the Chapter and the community. If not, contact the Texas Society of CPAs (800.428.0272 x260; www.tscpa.net) for a joint membership application. First time members are afforded a discounted first year rate, and reinstating members may request their reinstatement fee be waived.
CPA Aces is a great way to recognize the Houston businesses that demonstrate a top-flight level of support and commitment to their employee's profession. These firms and companies show a commitment to their employees as well those employees' local professional association where they receive quality continuing education, grow professionally, develop leadership skills, and maintain contacts of benefit to the individual and business alike. It's a win-win partnership, which, as the 3rd largest local Chapter in the nation, allows Houston's CPA professional society a strong voice.
Meet Our Newest CPA Aces. Excelling . . .
in their profession, in their leadership, in their commitment
to keeping their business flying high and staying on top.
John A. Anderson, PC
Conklin Hruzek & Co., P.C.
Dabney Investment Consulting Associates, Inc.
Stephen J. Tillinger, CPA
Contact Elyse Turla at the Chapter offices (713.622.7733 x29; eturla@houstoncpa.org ). She will research the membership status of all CPAs in your office, and your firm or company is well on its way to becoming a member of CPA Aces.
July Swearing In Ceremony Recognizes
50-Year Licensees and Outstanding Candidates
In addition to distributing CPA certificates and swearing in new CPA candidates, the July 22 Texas State Board of Public Accountancy Swearing-In Ceremony held at the University of Texas-Arlington Texas Hall also recognized some distinguished milestones.
Seventy-two CPAs who have held a valid CPA license in the State of Texas for 50 consecutive years were honored, including several of our own: Robert L. Banks, Joseph A. Bond Jr., Patrick B. Collins, Thomas E. Curran, Betty H. Forsten, George L. Kenner, T.J. Leger, Simon Lichenstein, Elton S. Lipnich, Eugene F. Oncken, and G. George Varady.
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50-Year Texas CPA Licensee and Chapter Past President Pat Collins was congratulated by Houston CPA Society Executive Director Nancy Rutledge.
(l to r) New CPA Christian Tan (Mir Fox & Rodriguez, P.C.) is congratulated by Texas State Board member Orville Mills (Sugar Land) and Chapter President-elect Mike Hilliard.
Also of note were the top ten Outstanding Candidates who passed the exam with flying colors including two from the Houston area: Jenny Catherine Venza (Deloitte & Touche LLP), and Joy Elisabeth Tegtmeyer.
Congratulations to all who have made their mark – both present and future – in the CPA profession.
(r) Chapter President Bill Frazer and (standing) President-elect Mike Hilliard visit with TSCPA Executive Board member Fred Timmons (San Antonio) during a break in the meeting at the TSCPA Large Chapter Meeting held August 4th at the historic Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas.
Congratulations New CPAs
The following Houston Chapter area residents received their Texas CPA certificates at the Texas CPA Swearing-In Ceremony held July 22 at University of Texas Arlington, Texas Hall.
Albro, Heather B.
Ali, Ameen
Ali, Sayeed Q.
Alizada, Fidan A.
Alley, Misty M.
Anderson, David J.
Andrade, Bruno A.
Anzalone, Sandra A.
Autrey, Ashley N.
Baker, Caihong H.
Bailey, Carolyn B.
Baldwin, Lindsey A.
Ballou, Buddy R.
Barbour, Nancy A.
Bay, Russell K.
Bednarz, Ryan T.
Behzadi, Farah M.
Bentson, Alan R.
Biel, John R. Jr
Boatcallie, Christopher A.
Bobalik, Reecie M.
Bogan, Misty W.
Bohnert, Anthony W.
Bonito, Fiore W.
Brewer, Barclay H.
Brewer, Robert B.
Brothers, Colin M.
Brown, Timothy J.
Browning, Lindsey N.
Burke, Catherine M.
Burtwright-Logan, Tanya A.
Butler, Albert L. Jr.
Butler, Frank E. IV
Butler, Susan E.
Byrne, Neil P.
Calegari, Fernando
Calloway, Sonia C.
Carbone, Anthony D.
Cardenas, Stacy A.
Carrington, Gregory H.
Carter, Kathleen M.
Carter, Lara A.
Castille, Deanna L.
Catrett, Meredith M.
Chan, Selina P.
Chang, Alexander E.
Chen, Daniel C.
Chen, Jianfeng
Chen, Qui
Chen, Yi-Ting
Chen, Yuqing
Chevalier, Christopher C.
Chung, Katie C.
Colle, Beth A.
Combe, William A. Jr
Cornejo, Casi L.
Crowl, Jacklyn E.
Dao, Van D.
Daroga, Raiyomand K.
Davies, Douglas C. Jr
Davis, Jeffrey F.
Davis, Melinda R.
Delvaille, Paula E.
Deshpande, Vrushali A.
Diffendal, Tina B.
Dillon, Marcus W.
Dorvinen, Lisa M.
Dunn, Yael A.
Eckert, Anita L.
Edelson, Rick
Eicher, Aimee R.
Eichhorn, Tessa L.
Ellis, Robert B.
Emerson, Curtis M.
Emuchay, Enyinne E.
Esser, Sara L.
Esswein, James T.
Ettredge, Karen L.
Etzel, Shelia M.
Farley, Michael S.
Farr, David E.
Feng, Xuejing
Finn, Stephanie G.
Fischer, Allison E.
Fohn, Stephen P.
Fontenot, Lisa D.
Francis, Amanda J.
Frantzeskakis, Virginia A.
Gandhi, Prachi K.
Gao, Rong S.
Gaspar, Dione E.
Gates, Sara M.
Gibennus, Mark S.
Gildea, Catherine D.
Gladchenko, Dmitriy A.
Gobar, Jacob P.
Goecker, Brian P.
Gong, Xiaohai
Gorman, Kelli A.
Graessle, Nathaniel
Graves, Lauren N.
Guerrero, Jorge A.
Gupta, Akash
Hadland, Eric O.
Hager, John R.
Hamlin, Richard W. Jr.
Harris, Paula J.
Harris, Stephen R.
Hawley, Charity A.
Hebert, Amy D.
Hernandez, Mario H.
Hoffman, John P.
Hoffman, Karen N.
Hohmann, Lacey K.
Honda, Toshiro
Jarokova, Arna
Johnson, Maria K.
Jordan, Keith A.
Katzenberger, Melissa A.
King, Stephen
Kiriakova, Rimma A.
Kleinecke, Mary B.
Knight, Shannon N.
Koci, Keith A.
Kovach, Carol A.
Krafcheck, Dan
Krause, Barbara J.
Krolczyk, Michelle R.
Kutka, Gregory N.
Lang, Nathan G.
Lee, Candice
Lee, Sunbok
Lee, Wang L.
Lee, Willena L.
Leinen, Leigh A.
Lester, Jeffrey G.
Li, Edith M.
Li, Li
Li, Youfeng C.
Liang, Christine Y.
Lilly, Amy E.
Liu, Jie
Livingston, Lisa H.
Livingston, Malissa A.
Loden, Angela M.
Long, Ying
Loog, Cherish T.
Lopez, Cindy R.
Lorentzen, Amy I.
Lu, Kang D.
Ma, ZengSheng
Magnuson, Aurelie F.
Marcantel, Jeanne P.
Maredia, Asmita A.
Mariga, Susanne Y.
Marks, David A.
Marquardt, Rachel L.
Mashburn, Stephanie A.
Matteson, David M.
McCloskey, Allison F.
McDougall, Elizabeth R.
Mihail, Tamara L.
Misheva, Daniela K.
Monk, Jodi A.
Morris, Robert C.
Morrow, Mark H.
Morrow, Michelle E.
Moses, Eric J.
Mushinski, Jared R.
Nahlous, Nicole Y.
Newsome, Misty L.
Nguyen, Hien Thi
Ni, Ping
Noh, Jay K.
Norman, Leanna B.
Novak, Diane R.
Nuckles, Michael R.
O'Connor, Timothy J.
Orozco, Salomon
Osina, Michael E.
Osmonov, Asylbek A.
Ozymy, Hilda A.
Parker, Bradley S.
Parker, Loren
Parmenter, Bert W. III
Pascuzzi, Raymond P.
Patel, Margi
Patel, Neil P.
Patel, Vikas G.
Patton, Stephen M.
Payne, Ian R.
Paz, Evelyn M.
Pham, Hien T.
Phelps, Niki A.
Phillips, Lillyam V.
Pinkston, Kristin M.
Polasek, Andrea G.
Poole, Donald L.
Pounders, W. G. II
Prasla, Zulfiqar A.
Price, Christopher F.
Qiu, Feng
Renteria-Reneau, James C.
Ricci, Mark J.
Rosales, Troy N.
Sadeghpour, Vahid
Sal, Bryan V.
Samford, Matthew D.
Sanguanruang, Vacharapol
Scharar, Ryan E.
Schneider, Bethany J.
Schneider, Matt R.
Schoppa, Julie M.
Schultz, William E.
Schuman, Scott A.
Setlur, Naresh
Setterlund, Lora J.
Shannon, Larry E.
Shi, Jing
Shi, Yalin
Shurtliff, Jared D.
Smith, Melinda M.
Smith, Shanese D.
Snyder, Kimberly D.
Solomon, Kendrick B.
Sorensen, Joshua P.
Spencer, Arturis I. III
Stegink, John
Sternbaum, Nili A.
Stewart, Holly B.
Stone, Earl C. II
Strait, April C.
Strauss, Beth G.
Strohmeyer, Vincent N.
Suhor, Christina M.
Suter, Lauren E.
Sutter, Michael E.
Suyessinova, Zhanslu
Swangler, Jennifer L.
Tait, Simon
Talley, Darin R.
Tan, Christian A.
Tang, Therese
Tapia, Alicia L.
Tariq, Sumair
Taylor, Barbara P.
Taylor, Colin M.
Tegtmeyer, Joy E. *
Thayer, Jessica L.
Thibodeaux, Renesha L.
Tjokrosoesilo, Markus
Tompkins, Jacob A.
Townsend, Jennifer M.
Traeger, James A.
Tran, Lan U.
Tran, Quynh N.T.
Trappe, Gary W.
Ukpe, Denisha M.
Uy, Benjamin R. Jr
Valencia, Bryan J.
Venza, Jenny C. *
Verma, Charu
Verma, Varah
Villere, Meredith S.
Vorster, Francois C.
Wafai, Maysa
Walker, Roger C.
Walls, Kara K.
Wang, Lei
Ward, Angela M.
Ward, Chidinma E.
Washburn, Russell C.
Watson, Jason W.
Watson, Sarah W.
Weatherly, James S.
Weber, Andrea E.
Weeratunga, Darshini
Welch, Hannah C.
Whicher, Amy E.
Wilkins, Lara K.
Williams, Joel H.
Woodhead, Kathleen C.
Wozniak, Jeffrey A.
Xue, Chen
Ynostrosa, Michelle C.
Yu, Shaokun
Yu, Wei
Yuan, Yin-Fong L.
Zachariah, Punnoose
Zgabay, Tammy J.
Zhang, Yi
Zhang, Youxing
Zilberman, Mark
*Outstanding Candidate
TSCPA Tip Sheet
Accounting Career Education (ACE)
Plans are underway for another successful year of accounting career education. TSCPA has sent information to its chapters regarding opportunities to get involved in this year's program. Individual members are encouraged to speak to classes or participate in career fairs. To volunteer, contact Nancy Rutledge at the Chapter office (713.622.7733 x28; nrutledg@houstoncpa.org). For more information about TSCPA’s Accounting Career Education program, contact Donna Fritz. (E-mail dfritz@tscpa.net; phone 800-428-0272 x 201 or 972-687-8501.)
Tell a Student About Membership
If you know a business major who is not yet a TSCPA student member, send him or her to the Student Lounge section of the TSCPA Web site (www.tscpa.org). Students who join now will enjoy membership until Aug. 31, 2007, for only $35. Benefits include a $250 coupon for Becker CPA exam review courses, listing TSCPA membership on their resumes, unrestricted access to TSCPA's Members Only and Student Lounge sections of www.tscpa.org, receiving TSCPA publications, and more. For more information, or to receive an application by mail, contact Donna Fritz at TSCPA (800.428.0272 x201; dfritz@tscpa.net).
Ten Thousand Villages And A World Wide Fair Wage
Cynthia L. England, CPA
Public Relations Committee
Founded in 1946 as a non-profit program and a founding member of the International Fair Trade Organization, Ten Thousand Villages is dedicated to the goal that one day all artisans and craft workers in the developing countries of the world will earn a fair wage, will be treated with dignity and respect and will be able to live a life of quality.
With that goal in mind, Ten Thousand Villages purchases from artisans in developing countries who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. The products from those artisans can be found at Ten Thousand Villages retail outlet located in the Rice Village shopping area.
For the past two years, Michael Mahady, CPA, has served as the Treasurer on the board of directors of Ten Thousand Villages Houston. Mike finds a way to carve 60 to 100 hours per year out of his obligations as a tax manager at Melton & Melton L.L.P., growing family obligations, and his duties as the current chair of the Relations with Taxing Authorities Committee of the Houston CPA Society.
VOLUNTEER CASHIERS NEEDED:
WHAT: American Cancer Society Making Strides Walk
WHEN: Saturday, October 21, 2006
WHERE: Sam Houston Park ~ Downtown Houston
WHO: 10 cashiers to handle accounting of donations received on-site.
Contact Royce Walker, Volunteer Coordinator, ACS Walk at 713.807.0222.
Display The Mark Of The Pros
Order your Chapter logo shirt or Limited Edition New Yorker Cartoon Book for Accountants in the Chapter Merchandise section of the Chapter web site.
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