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Pittsburgh-Area Residents Receive Service Awards

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh-area residents were honored for their service to Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), the CPA profession, and the community.

Charles K. Clark, Debra A. Ries, and Thomas J. Ryan, all certified public accountants and PICPA members, each received a Distinguished Service Award from PICPA’s Pittsburgh Chapter. Clark, of Clark and Chamberlin, is a Pittsburgh resident who is a past vice president of PICPA and a past president of the Pittsburgh Chapter. Ries, a tax manager at Carmeuse NA, is also a Pittsburgh resident and a past chair of her chapter’s Image Enhancement and Local Taxation and Government committees. Ryan, a partner with Horovitz, Rudoy & Roteman, resides in North Versailles, Pa., and also is a past president of the Pittsburgh Chapter.

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.