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The Texas Society of CPAs has chosen Jodi Ann LaFreniere Ray, a former executive at Meeting Professionals International, as its incoming executive director and CEO, starting next January.

Maureen Schwartz, executive director of the accounting association BKR International, and some of her colleagues describe 10 ways that firms can turn even the newest accountant into a better consultant.

The Institute of Management Accountants is launching an advertising campaign on television, radio and online to promote the Certified Management Accountant credential, including commercials on late-night talk shows and Saturday Night Live.

The International Federation of Accountants wants accountant organizations to partner together more widely and share their success stories and best practices.

Leaders of the National Society of Accountants have sent a letter to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives opposing any resolution to impeach or censure IRS Commissioner Koskinen.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants have released a new report on how companies can deal with enterprise risk management to minimize business disruptions.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s National Registry of CPE Sponsors has opened a newly redesigned website where organizations, continuing professional education providers, state accountancy boards and CPAs can find information about providing and taking CPE courses across the country.

Anticipatory Organization nano learning program among the first to comply with new accounting CPE standards.

The CPA Consultants’ Alliance has appointed Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk of bbr marketing as the group’s new Marketing Chair and Carrie Steffen of the Whetstone Group as the new Deliverables Chair.

The American Institute of CPAs is proposing to change the current peer review report so it clearly indicates if a Single Audit was chosen.

IMA president and CEO Jeff Thomson explains in this video the goals for his group's proposed framework for management accounting competency.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson talks in this video about how he views the plans by the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants to form a new international association.

The Institute of Internal Auditors and the International Federation of Accountants have renewed an agreement to collaborate on advancing auditing and accounting practices around the world.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson talks about his predictions for growth in the management accounting profession in this video.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson discusses in this video how the IMA reached the 50,000 mark in Certified Management Accountant credential holders.

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The Georgia Society of CPAs has named Barbara Evans, the former CFO of Thomas Concrete Inc., as the new chair of the GSCPA’s board of directors, for fiscal year 2016-2017.

New Jersey Society of CPAs CEO and executive director Ralph Albert Thomas is encouraging CPA firms and other businesses to expand their diversity and inclusion efforts.