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Schnecksville Resident to Lead Local Chapter of PICPA

Other Area CPAs to Serve as Officers of Chapter

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Joseph A. Mastriani, a certified public accountant, was elected president of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

Mastriani is a shareholder with Buckno Lisicky & Company in Allentown. He is treasurer of the Allentown Liberty Bell Rotary Club and a member of the board of directors of the Program for Women and Families Inc. and the Estate Planning Council of Lehigh Valley. Mastriani is a graduate of Moravian College.

Other 2007-2008 officers elected at PICPA’s Lehigh Valley Chapter annual meeting include the following:
President-Elect – Dawn C. Anderson, CPA, is a manager with Campbell, Rappold & Yurasits LLP in Allentown. She is a member of the regional council of Volunteers of America Children’s Center in Allentown and the church council at Asbury United Methodist Church. Anderson, who resides in Whitehall, Pa., earned a bachelor’s degree from Kutztown University.
Secretary – Evelyn A. Williams, CPA, is a manager with Buckno Lisicky & Company in Allentown. She is chair of PICPA’s annual Thanksgiving benefit, which raises money for LifePath Inc. Williams resides in Allentown and is a graduate of Rutgers University.
Treasurer – Jeffrey S. Berdahl, CPA, is founder and president of Berdahl & Company PC in Centre Valley. He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of the Lehigh Valley as well as a public policy committee member and tax chair of the Greater Lehigh County Chamber of Commerce. Berdahl is also a member of the Allentown West Rotary Club and the Muhlenberg College Board of Associates. Berdahl resides in Allentown and is a graduate of Muhlenberg College.

Founded in 1897, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is a professional association of more than 19,000 CPAs who work in public accounting, industry, government, and education. PICPA is the second-oldest state CPA organization in the United States. To find a member CPA in your area, visit our Web site at www.picpa.org and click on CPA Locator. Students and educators can visit PICPA's specially designed site www.CPAzone.org to get the latest information about careers in accounting and the CPA profession.