This past year has been very busy and productive at NACVA. As president, I have the opportunity to sit on numerous NACVA boards, primarily as an advisor, and occasionally I am allowed to vote on one or two. Here are some of the matters I have come across during this past year with my board involvement:

1. The Executive Advisory Board has formed the Education Quality Assurance Board (EQAB). This is the brainchild of Lari Masten, the chair of the EAB. The EAB and HQ are clearly aware that NACVA provides numerous courses in a variety of disciplines. With this in mind, the EAB and HQ have been more and more concerned that these courses require continual evaluation for quality assurance purposes. Basically, a more in-depth peer review process has been put in place at the board level to oversee the committee level and to assure that all courses NACVA offers are of the utmost quality.

2. At the Ethics Oversight Board, activity has increased some over the years as our organization’s membership has increased. Although, I am pleased to say that based on my eight years of experience on a state certified public accountancy regulatory board, our organization does not experience the significant issues that CPAs over all are experiencing. Based on our knowledge in the business valuation and litigation consulting area, these matters do not derive as much litigation and/or complaints as other areas of accounting and/or taxation.

3. The Ambassadors Club has been working diligently on programs to assist our new members. I am very proud of this group, as it is comprised of past Executive Advisory Board members and the industry’s leaders who take time out of their busy schedules to come up with potential new and innovative ideas. These new ideas are so challenging that even at conception they seem impractical, but the group attempts to work on them for the betterment of the membership. This is truly a dedicated group of professionals.

4. The Thomas R. Porter Lifetime Achievement Award Council actually works throughout the year on procedures and other items to assure that applications are reviewed and the interview process occurs, and it is done without any conflict, apprehension, or concern. This year’s winner, our second annual winner, will be announced at the NACVA/IBA Annual Consultants’ Conference in Miami, June 2–5, 2010. I congratulate the Council on its hard work throughout the year and up to the conference, as I know its work is not done yet.

On each of these boards/groups, and all the other NACVA boards, we have hard working, dedicated individuals who really want to make our valuation, litigation consulting, financial forensics, and forensic accounting industry better for the professionals, attorneys, courts, and the end users. All the NACVA boards are well-organized and run efficiently. This is not always the case with most professional organizations; however, we are very fortunate to have such dedicated individuals involved from the boards to NACVA HQ.

Thank you all for your assistance in making NACVA the best membership organization, and for making our profession better.

 

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