August/September 2007 | Orange County/Long Beach Chapter Bulletin

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Summer Happenings

By Wendy Richards, CPA,
OCLB Chapter President

Greetings members and friends. I hope this finds you enjoying another beautiful summer here in Southern California and taking advantage of the various activities available.

Your chapter is hard at work preparing for our upcoming summer mixer at Chimayo at the Huntington Beach Pier. ADP and Wealth Management are the generous sponsors of this event. We’ll gather on the patio from 5–8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 23, for drinks, great food and to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. The waves should be, like, gnarly, so get totally stoked and join us for a lazy summer evening!

In September, we’ll host the inaugural CFO of the Year awards banquet, and CalCPA’s Celebrating Women CPAs event follows in October. You can find more information about these and other events on our website. Please browse the many choices and register for those you find interesting.

All these great events don’t happen by themselves. The woman conducting and coordinating all the details is our own program associate, Nancy Wilson, who makes our chapter run smoothly by supporting leaders, members and sponsors in a professional and personal manner.

We are so fortunate to have Nancy on our team, as she brings a diverse background in politics, radio, television and journalism to our chapter. Please be sure to say “thank you” when you see Nancy busily managing your next event.

So enjoy the rest of your summer and I hope to see you at Chimayos on Aug. 23.
–Wendy Richards, CPA, CITP
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CHAPTER NEWS

CFO of the Year

Ed Jordan, OCLB past president

Nominees are being interviewed, backgrounds are being checked, bios are being prepared and photos are being taken in anticipation of the chapter’s first CFO of the Year event. Our inaugural awards dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Irvine Marriott. Please visit our website for more details.

With five different categories: Publicly Held Company, Privately Help Company, Not For Profit Entity, Outstanding Community Service and Lifetime Achievement, we will acknowledge those individuals who stand out for their work in their respective areas.

Please mark your calendars and join us. We hope that you nominated one of your mentor, clients or friends for at least one of the above categories.

We thank the following sponsors who are helping underwrite the event: Rutan and Tucker; Comerica Bank; Deloitte & Touche; Grant Thornton; KPMG; Scwab; Wealth Management Network; the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and others. Net proceeds from this event will benefit the chapter’s scholarship fund, which has contributed more than $200,000 to accounting students from various universities and community colleges in the Orange County and Long Beach areas.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact me or event co-chair Stephen Masterson.
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CalCPA NEWS

Celebrating Women CPAs

Join us for a day of leadership development, professional growth and recognition as we celebrate California’s women CPAs and their tremendous contributions to the profession.

Attend Celebrating Women CPAs and leave with:

• A clear vision of the ascent of women within the CPA profession;
• Social and professional connections to last a lifetime;
• Action steps to effect social change;
• Keys to excelling as a mentor; and
• Strategies and tactics for managing and resolving conflict.

Confirmed notable speakers include California Assemblymember and CPA Fiona Ma and Judy Olian, dean of UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

Don’t miss this phenomenal event, Friday, Oct. 19, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City.

Register online today or call (800) 922-5272.
 

Free Internship Postings on CalCPA.org

Internships are a great way to expose the profession to accounting students—and a valuable recruiting tool for businesses looking for the best and brightest employees.

Now, with the launch of the new CalCPA.org classifieds, CalCPA members may post internship listings for free!

Post your internship openings.
 

New Members

On behalf of the Orange County/Long Beach Chapter’s officers, directors and members, we extend our warmest of welcomes to our new members, Lori Brooks-Mayes, David Des Roches, Ahmed Hamdy... [see all new members]
 

Quote

“New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.”—Kurt Vonnegut
 

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