NACVA is a most dynamic organization, and this year we have a most dynamic Executive Advisory Board. Over recent months our EAB has fostered the implementation of our updated professional standards, provided a huge amount of support in the creation of the Thomas R. Porter Lifetime Achievement Award Council, and explored and implemented timely updates to the CFFA curriculum and credentialing process.

The Thomas R. Porter Lifetime Achievement Award Council has been given the mandate of annually selecting the NACVA member whose professional, personal and community accomplishments are most exemplary. To achieve this end the members of the council are in the process of establishing the criteria for nomination and evaluation of candidates, and selection of the award recipient. It is anticipated that the first lifetime achievement award will be presented at NACVA’s 2009 annual conference.

This year, the updates to the offerings of our forensic educational programs and credentialing criteria, will enable more members with specialized interests to pursue the CFFA credential. In addition to the traditional offerings of litigation education and training, we will have a series of workshops specifically designed to meet the specific requirements of our fraud, matrimonial, forensic accounting and economic damages specialty track participants. The workshops will focus upon the legal and strategic environments in which our specialty track participants practice, as well as the skills required to effectively communicate in both the “courtroom” and in the “boardroom.”

It is a tribute to our membership, including our board members and those who support them, that NACVA continues its leadership role in the business valuation and financial forensics community.