PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS & APPOINTMENTS:
• Chosen in 1991, 1993 and 1995 by CPA Digest for the "Digest 50 Award" representing one of the top 50 CPA firms in the nation.  (CPA Digest is published by Harcourt Brace) 
• Appointed to serve on the Advisory Council to the Missouri Director of Revenue. 
• President of the Missouri Association of Tax Practitioners (1995-1996). 
• Elected to Nat'l Board of Directors for Nat'l Association of Small Business Accountants. (2001) 
• Appointed to the Missouri Society of CPAs Management of Accounting Practice  Committee which runs the oldest management of an accounting practice seminar in the United States. 
• Hold memberships in the American Institute of CPAs, Mo Society of CPAs, National Association of Tax Practitioners, and Mo Association of Tax Practitioners. 
• Past Chairman of the Missouri Division of Employment Security Job Service Employer Committee for the Jefferson City area. 
• Appointed to the Independent Management Review Team investigating the Office of the Missouri Secretary of State in 1994. 
• President of State Board of Directors for Missouri Association of Rural Education. (2001-2002) 
• Appointed by Mid Continent Research and Education Labaratory in Denver CO to seven state Rural Education Symposium Committee. (2000) 
• Quoted and featured in various national accounting publications. 
• Speaker at national and state level conferences on various business management topics.
 
EDUCATION:
Graduated from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg MO in 1976 with a B.S. in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Accounting
 
EXPERIENCE:
Prior to starting my own firm I formerly worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co CPAs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (one of the worldwide accounting firms now known as KPMG)