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Delaware County Resident Elected President of PICPA

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Denise L. Devine, a certified public accountant from Moylan, Pa., was elected 2007-2008 president of Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) at the Institute’s annual meeting and conference.

Devine is founder and CEO of Nutripharm Inc., a Media, Pa., company that develops food and beverages that incorporate both health and convenience.  She is a co-founder of the Women Investment Network, and has served on several organizations’ boards of directors, including the American Red Cross, Children’s Aid Society of Pennsylvania, and Villanova University of Trustees.

Devine has served on Gov. Ed Rendell’s Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon Business Tax Reform Commission, and is past chair of the Pennsylvania State Board of Accountancy and PICPA’s Budget and Finance Committee. Devine earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in taxation from Villanova University, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania. 

The other officers elected were Eric P. Wallace, president-elect (Pittsburgh); Susan D. Jarvis, vice president (Nazareth); Kevin M. Mitchell, vice president (Harrisburg); and Rudolph J. Bilich Jr., treasurer (Pittsburgh).

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.