TXCPA Dallas
February 2021 Newsletter
In This Issue…
- Chairman's Message
- CPE
- Convergence 2021
- Events
- Announcements
- Membership
- Classifieds
- A Word From Our Sponsors...
- TXCPA
Chairman’s Message
By Jason Freeman, CPA
February…the last month of winter, has begun, and it’s a busy one! Did you know that this, the shortest month of the year, has the greatest number of holidays? Between celebrating the year of the Ox, planning Super Bowl parties and choosing Valentine goodies for your sweatheart, February can be exhausting! Hopefully, sometime amid your preparations for World Nutella Day (February 5) and National Pokemon Day (February 27), you’ll find time for the excellent activities TXCPA Dallas has to offer this month.
If you’re needing CPE, we have some great opportunities for you. On February 11, Madhu Ahuja and Jada Yarbrough with Ahuja & Clark will present Business Interruption – Calculations and Considerations. On February 18, Robert Smith of Saville Dodgen will present a double feature with two courses related to International and Nonresident Tax Issues. Allison McLeod will lead our February Accounting Ethics course on the morning of February 26, to be followed at noon on the same day with another event in our Brown Bag Lunch Series, Communicating with Clarity, presented by Adam Tarnow of Tarnow & Co.
If you can spare the time in this busy month, take a break and join your fellow members for Thirsty Thursday on February 18. We’ve nearly mastered the art of online networking, and our monthly virtual events have proven to be a hit with members old and new. I hope you’ll find the time to join us.
Our Annual Meeting of Members was held online on January 13, and provided a great kick-off to the calendar year. Our keynote speaker, Jeff Cheney, CPA, the current Mayor of Frisco and head of The Cheney Group, enlightened us all with a wealth of interesting information about this vibrant and growing city in our area—it was great to hear from a fellow CPA leading the way for the fastest-growing city in the nation. A new slate of Chapter officers was elected for the 2021-22 year, and we recognized several members with awards for their outstanding contributions to the association. You can read more about the new leadership and award winners elsewhere in this edition.
Have a delightfully busy and productive month, everyone!
Jason B. Freeman, JD, CPA
2020-21 Chair
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CONVERGENCE 2021
Register Now!
Convergence 2021
Friday, May 28, 2021
!!! REGISTER NOW !!!
TXCPA Dallas is pleased to present its
hallmark event of the year
CONVERGENCE 2021
Friday, May 28, 2021
Omni Frisco Hotel at
The Star
Register now for the premier
accounting CPE event
in North Texas!
Take advantage of special
Early Bird Pricing through March 15.
To register, click here.
Thank You to Our
Convergence 2021 Sponsors
EVENTS
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ACAP 2021 Application is Launched!
ACAP (Accounting Career Awareness Program, sponsored by the DFW Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc., “NABA”) is a one-week residency program for high school students interested in a career in accounting or business. The program introduces students to accounting, finance, economics, and management through a focused, undergraduate-level program taught by college faculty and guest lecturers in business and government. During the week, students attend classes on careers in accounting and business, personal development and college preparation and tour college campuses, local companies, and CPA firms. The program concludes with the students inviting their parent(s) or guardian(s) to a closing luncheon or banquet in commemoration of their completion of the program at the end of the week. For more information, click here.
MEMBERSHIP
TXCPA Dallas Announces
2021-22 Leadership
TXCPA Dallas Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the association’s officers for the 2021-22 year. These individuals were voted into office at the Annual Meeting of Members on January 13, 2021.
Chairman-elect
Kenny Broom
Treasurer-elect
Donovan Miller
TXCPA Dallas Directors
Neely Duncan
Isreal Miller
TXCPA Directors
Angela Banks
Aaron Borden
Max Duplant
Lori Eads
Lisa Ong
Lucy Turek
Nancy Waggoner
Kyle Wakeland
Nominations Committee
Terri Hornberger
Diane Pappas
Mitch Perry
Jeff Weyandt
Congratulations to the 2021-2022 leadership of TXCPA Dallas!
TXCPA Dallas Presents
2021 Awards
The following TXCPA Dallas awards were presented at the Annual Meeting of Members on January 13, 2021:
Committee Chair of the Year
Terri Hornberger
Committee Member of the Year
Crystal Shin
Stanley J. Scott CPE Award
Tim Pike
Young CPA of the Year
Angela Banks
CPA of the Year
Bill Sims
Special Chairman’s Award
Meg Campbell
Janae Chamblee
Max Duplant
Willie Hornberger
Laura McFadden
Lisa Ong
Tom Walker
Paul Willey
Congratulations to these outstanding members!
TXCPA Dallas
Scholarship Winner Spotlight
Join us this month in getting to know the last of our 2020-21 TXCPA Dallas Scholarship winners, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) graduate accounting student Michelle Pham.
Michelle Pham wants to be a CPA for several reasons, one of them being her desire for challenge. If her plan holds true, she should never be lacking for motivation, as she intends to focus much of her efforts on working with accounting automation tools, and exploring the changing environment of the profession with the introduction of small and larger automation, and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At UTD, Michelle is a member of the prestigious Professional Program in Accounting. She received the Academic Excellence, International Education Fund, Jindal School of Management Study Abroad, and Dean’s Excellence Undergraduate Scholarships. She served as a Global Comet Ambassador and with the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. She is also a Youth Leader for the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement.
Michelle served as a corporate tax intern for PwC last spring and has received a full-time employment offer from the organization upon completion of her Master’s degree in May.
TXCPA Dallas welcomes and congratulates Michelle Pham.
Welcome, New Members!
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CLASSIFIEDS
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A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS
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