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Pittsburgh Resident to Serve on PICPA Council

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Debra A. Ries, a certified public accountant from Pittsburgh, was elected to a two-year term on Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (PICPA) Council at its annual meeting in State College. Her term on the governing body of PICPA will expire in 2009.

Ries is a tax manager at Carmeuse NA in Pittsburgh. She is chair of the Local Taxation Committee of PICPA’s Pittsburgh Chapter and has served on the Pennsylvania CPA Journal Editorial Board.

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.