Associations

Angela Avant has resigned from her post as president and CEO of the National Association of Black Accountants Inc. NABA’s chairman, Kenneth Cooke, will serve as interim president and CEO while the a search is conducted to replace Avant.

Members of the Institute of Financial Accountants in the United Kingdom have voted to amalgamate with Australia’s Institute of Public Accountants to form one of the largest international organizations of accountants who focus on small and midsize enterprises and accounting practices.

The American Institute of CPAs is looking for advice on ways to revamp its peer review program for the future to leverage technology to do continuous monitoring of how CPA firms perform audit and accounting work.

The Institute of Management Accountants has been named a full voting member of the International Integrated Reporting Council.

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs said Tuesday that their president and CEO, Eileen McAnneny, will step down at the end of next month and a search for a new president is starting immediately.

The Information Technology Alliance, a not-for-profit professional association of CPA firms, consulting firms and technology vendors, has created a new CIO Academy to educate chief information officers at the biggest CPA firms in North America.

The AICPA releases new diversity tools.

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A roundup of recent assurance news.

The American Institute of CPAs has broadened its relationship with Instituto Nacional de Contadores Públicos, Colombia’s largest member organization representing public accountants.

The International Federation of Accountants and the donor signatories of MOSAIC (Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Accountancy and Improve Collaboration) launched the MOSAIC website last week at the World Congress of Accountants in Rome to support the global accounting profession worldwide.

An official from the American Institute of CPAs testified at a Senate hearing Tuesday on the need for Congress to pass legislation giving victims of natural disasters automatic access to permanent and timely tax relief.

The California Society of CPAs plans to move its headquarters from San Mateo to Burlingame.

Accounting organization leaders are meeting at the World Congress of Accountants in Rome this week to discuss issues such as the future of accounting, problems with government accounting and outsourced workforces, and the state of accounting research.

Sageworks has struck a marketing partnership with the American Institute of CPAs, which will offer members of the AICPA’s Forensic & Valuation Services Section a discount on Sageworks Valuation Solution.

The American Institute of CPAs said Monday that it is working to secure a new .cpa domain extension on the Internet that could be used by CPAs as “a globally recognized calling card for CPAs in the digital world.”

Olivia Kirtley has been elected president of the International Federation of Accountants, becoming the first woman and the first representative from business and industry to serve in the position.

Two new members have joined the CPA Consultants’ Alliance: Gary Adamson and Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk.

The International Federation of Accountants has launched its annual survey of small and midsized accounting practices around the world to gain insights into the issues facing the global profession.

CPAs are expanding the range of specialties and advisory services they are offering clients, according to Carl Peterson, vice president of small firm interests at the American Institute of CPAs.