NACVA’s Mission is to provide resources to members and to enhance their
status, credentials, and esteem in the field of performing valuations,
financial forensics, and other related advisory services. To further this
purpose, NACVA will advance these services as an art and science, establish
standards for membership in the Association, provide professional education
and research, foster practice development, advance ethical and professional
practices, enhance public awareness of the Association and its members, and
promote working relationships with other professional organizations.
To achieve these purposes, NACVA carries out numerous activities, including
but not limited to the following:
- Advancement, communication, and enforcement of standards of ethical
and professional practice;
- Development and presentation of quality educational and training
programs;
- Certification of practitioners on the basis of professional
competence, ethics, independence, and objectivity.
This includes the establishment of criteria for certification as a
Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), and
Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA);
- Fostering public awareness that a credentialed member has met and
continues to abide by standards of ethical conduct, objectivity, and
independence and performs his or her services at the highest level of
professional competence;
- Promoting and enhancing collegial and professional relationships among
members of the Association and other professional organizations.
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