• Excellence in teaching and mentoring, as evidenced by receiving various awards or citations;
• Educational innovation, including developing curriculum, case studies and new programs;
• Published articles in professional or academic journals or written textbooks for use in accounting classes; and
• Significant involvement in professional or academic societies and related activities.

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• International tax enforcement and expanded reporting obligations.

• California sales and use tax basics (including taxation of internet sales).

• A Circular 230 primer

• Tax opportunities and pitfalls involving cancellation of debt.

• 2012 income tax update.

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Date: Friday, May 11.

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Co-hosted by Ascend and presented at eBay’s North San Jose campus, this event will bring you the latest insights, plus a great networking opportunity.

Topics include Asian investment in the United States, intellectual property issues in China, banking and finance in China and Hong Kong, and a comparison of the business environment in India and China.

Date: Saturday, May 19

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Spring is here, bringing forth a new beginning. And so we start again with a new year at CalCPA and a new beginning for me as your chapter president. It is a great pleasure to accept the role and step in to assume the responsibilities of this office. I turn to you, our members, the board and our committee leaders for your support in helping make this year “your year.” Each of you plays a key role in our ever-dynamic profession and helps to create what we know as CalCPA. As such, I would like to invite you to take part, listen, suggest and have CalCPA work for you.

Before I became involved in CalCPA, I didn’t realize the depth and breadth of the work that was being accomplished. I certainly knew about and participated in the legislative outreach trips to Sacramento, and I had engaged in a number of discussion groups and committees. But what I have come to find is that our organization is the active home of many specific initiatives.

My goal for the coming year is to encourage you to join with others who are equally committed to developing these initiatives, including young and emerging professionals, chapter scholarship, financial literacy, Leadership Institute, mentoring program and discussion and technical committee. I also encourage support of the women’s initiative, legislative outreach efforts, meet the firms, interaction with schools, networking events, business and industry outreach, financial literacy objective and our community service outreach. There are ample opportunities for anyone who wants to expand their participation in CalCPA and our chapter. I encourage you to participate in at least one new initiative to give you a taste of the great work that is being done on your behalf.

One of my goals is to re-connect with members, especially in private industry, who have dropped out for one reason or the other. With their wealth of knowledge, we welcome them to come back to CalCPA. They could also be good additions in our mentoring initiatives. In addition, with growing interest from attorneys and finance professionals about our knowledge base and skill sets, one of my goals is to continue collaboration with respect to membership, networking and co-hosting events.

I encourage your participation in our May 19 Asia Business Forum, which will cover opportunities in 2012 and beyond, brought to you in collaboration with the CalCPA Silicon Valley San Jose Chapter and co-hosted by eBay and Ascend.

On behalf of the chapter’s board of directors and staff, I want to thank you for your continued support and participation. As your new president, it is my honor to thank everyone who has committed time and resources to participate. Finally, I would like to thank Parisa Nesva Derani for her outstanding leadership as president and wish her the very best.

It is a great honor and privilege to have served as your chapter president over the past year. I had the pleasure of meeting so many of you during our  events, particularly the ABC Mixer and Student Night. Your attendance and participation was phenomenal.

I would like to thank each chapter board member and committee chair, as well as our CalCPA program associate and director for your spirit of genuine dedication, participation, talent and teamwork to lead our chapter forward. I am very thankful we spent the past year together.

• Sharon Selleck, Scholarship Committee
• Dennis Young and Rich McDonnell, ABC Mixer
• Michael Thompson, Business & Industry and Technology Committee Chair
• Bruce Maule, Accounting Education Committee Chair
• Elizabeth Sevilla, Estate and Trust Committee
• Laarni von Ruden, Financial Literacy Chair
• Leonard Williams, Government Relations Chair
• Alla Koltun, Nonprofit Committee Chair
• Timothy McCrone, MAP Committee Chair
• Stephen Carey, Personal Financial Planning Committee Chair
• Alison Proctor and Anthony Rozenvasser, YEP Committee Chairs
• Mitra Ehsanipour, Tax Committee Chair
• Marianne Kristofferson, Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee Chair
• Jane Dunbar, CalCPA Program Associate
• Geoff Wilson, CalCPA Program Director
• Loretta Doon, CalCPA CEO

Moreover, to complete thanks to our past presidents, many thanks to: John P. Ying (2006-07), Sharon Selleck (2007-08), Karen R. Goodfriend (2008-09), Michael A. Thompson (2009-10) and Laura C. Olson (2010-11), for your vision and leadership.

Indeed the people of CalCPA, from you the members to the board and committees and the staff, make up the incredible organization we all have come to know.

I now hand the baton to your able and seasoned incoming chapter president, Kenneth Lee of Amiral Advisors.

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President: Kenneth K. Lee, managing director, Amiral Advisors, LLC
Vice President: Ana Melita Diaz, internal audit manager, Electric Power Research Institute
Secretary: Jasmine D. Berjikly, senior tax manager, Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP
Treasurer: Richard K. McDonnell Jr., tax partner, Burr Pilger Mayer Inc.
Past President: Parisa Nesva Derani, owner, Nesva Derani & Co.

Directors (first year of two-year term)
Michael J. Baird, director, Fred A. Marcussen, CPA
Robert L. Borelli, CPA
Anthony Rozenvasser, senior manager, Seiler LLP
Audrey Szutu, CPA

Directors (second year of two-year term)
Alison D. Proctor, senior manager, Seiler LLP
Alla Koltun, controller, Chaiken Clothing
Marc Leardini, manager, Young Craig + Co. LLP, CPAs
Bruce A. Maule, chair, Accounting Department, College of San Mateo

CalCPA Council Representatives
Kenneth K. Lee (second of two-year term)
Ana Melita Diaz (first of two-year term)
Jasmine D. Berjikly (first of two-year term)