Thank you!

Well, the last twelve months as Chair of CPA Firm Management Association certainly have flown by.

I want to start thanking a number of people, including my fellow Board of Directors for their dedication and support and their significant time commitment.  More than fellow Board members, I consider them friends.  Those include:

• Jim Fahey, PAFM – Past Chair
• Jane Johnson, PAFM – Vice Chair
• Ginny Fedrich, PAFM – Secretary
• Ann White, PAFM – Treasurer
• Sharon Trabbic, PAFM – Director of Chapter Development
• Jeanie Price, PAFM – Director of Membership and Growth
• Alan Alexander, PAFM – Director of Professional Awareness
• Joyce Arthur, PAFM – Director of Information and Communication
• Larry Sheftel, PAFM – Director of Education
• Board of Director Advisors – Bill Reeb and Roman Kepczyk, PAFM

Thank you to a terrific leadership team. I would also be remiss if I did not thank my Firm and my partners for their support during my tenure on the Board over the last seven years. The Chapters and their Presidents are an integral part of the Association and I appreciate everything they do for the Association. The Past Chairs of this organization have contributed much and during the past year, it was no different. I cannot say enough about Kim Fantaci and her staff.   They are what keeps the Association together and they are great at what they do. I want to thank Jane Johnson, our incoming Chair, for her counsel.   She will be a great leader for our organization beginning the first of July.

Thank you to our members for without you, we do not exist.  We know we can count on your support going forward.  We want to make this organization better than it already is and we can only do with your assistance and input.

Finally, thank you for the great honor of having been your Chair for the last year.