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Volunteer
The Austin Chapter has a number of opportunities for Members to become more involved in the Chapter, the profession and the community.
Accounting Career Exploration
This Chapter committee administers the Accounting Career Awareness Program, in which CPAs visit area schools to tell students about the variety of career opportunities available with an accounting degree. This is how we help preserve the future of the profession, recruiting the best and the brightest. Contact Linda Messing if you'd like to get involved.
Advertising & Public Relations
The Image Enhancement Task Force is responsible for the Chapter's advertising and public relations initiatives. For more information about these opportunities, contact Janet Hagy.
Community Involvement
Nothing is more rewarding than giving back to the great community in which we live. The Community Involvement task force meets a few times throughout the year to think up great ways to support charitable organizations. Our projects range from building houses to toy drives to raising money by walking 5Ks. Sheri DeSpain leads this worthwhile task force.
Continuing Professional Education
CPAs must earn a certain amount of continuing education hours per year in order to maintain their license. The CPE committee is in charge of our annual course catalog and tax conference. If you are interested in the latest accounting topics, know great speakers or just want more information regarding the committee, please contact Michele Heyman .
Financial Literacy
The Austin Chapter plays an important role in TSCPA's statewide Financial Literacy campaign. With its focus on senior citizens, military families and nonprofit organizations, the Austin Chapter's Financial Literacy task force is always looking for new members. Contact Gail Neely for more info.
Membership
The Austin Chapter gets new Members all the time, and we make sure new and existing Members have the latest information about benefits, volunteer opportunities, and all the other resources available to them as Chapter Members. To learn more about these important efforts, contact Jan Keeling .
New CPAs
This committee consists of CPAs that meet at least one the following criteria – under 40 years of age, received their license in the past five(5) years and/or are new to the Austin area. This group will plan networking events, group outings, volunteer activities and social functions with a goal of at least one event per month. Most planning will take place via email communication with occasional, perhaps quarterly, face-to-face meetings. Contact Kaira Tanwar for details.
Public Affairs
The Chapter's robust Public Affairs committee researches candidates for legislative office in the Chapter area, deciding where your PAC donations go and making recommendations to the statewide PAC. To get involved in this important process, contact Penny Dear.
Scholarships
The Chapter began a robust scholarship program in 2005, awarding three $1,000 scholarships to outstanding local accounting majors. The scholarship task force also named one $1,500 scholarship after Bette Williams, in honor of her years of dedicated service to the Austin Chapter and the accounting profession. The Chapter has awarded $10,000 in scholarships to area students in recent years. If you'd like to join this fun, rewarding effort, contact Diane Joiner.
Student/College Activities
This group will work throughout the year to develop programs and activities conducive to preparing students for the CPA profession. Activities could include participation in panel discussions at campuses; networking events specifically geared toward students; providing mentor/student program; encouraging students to become TSCPA/Austin CPA Chapter members and apply for the Chapter’s scholarships. Contact Diane Joiner for more information.