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Nazareth Resident Becomes Vice President of PICPA

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Susan D. Jarvis, a certified public accountant from Nazareth, Pa., was elected 2007-2008 vice president of Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) at the Institute’s annual meeting and conference.

Jarvis, a sole practitioner, provides services to a variety of small businesses inside and outside Pennsylvania, as well as individual tax clients. She is chair of the Nazareth YMCA membership committee and a member of the board of directors of the Nazareth Area Chamber of Commerce. Jarvis is also a past president of PICPA’s Lehigh Valley Chapter.

Jarvis earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina. She is also a certified valuation analyst.

The other officers elected were Denise L. Devine, president (Moylan); Eric P. Wallace, president-elect (Pittsburgh); 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.