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The Arizona State Board of Accountancy is established by A.R.S. § 32-702 and consists of seven board members who are residents of Arizona and who are appointed by the Governor for five-year terms. Five members are Certified Public Accountants and two are public members.

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Ms. Fitzgerald  Debbi Fitzgerald, CPA
 President
 Term expires July 3, 2011
Debbi Fitzgerald, CPA is a partner with Ernst & Young, specifically as the Pacific Southwest Advisory Leader and the North America Risk Services Leader for Health Sciences. Ms. Fitzgerald has over 23 years of accounting and auditing experience assisting companies with process and business system improvements, the deliveries of internal audits, IT advisory and project management. Ms. Fitzgerald designed and implemented corporate compliance and internal audit functions for several Fortune 500 companies, as well as, implemented an enterprise risk management function for a Fortune 100 company. Ms. Fitzgerald is a guest speaker on topics regarding internal audit, SOX 404, Enterprise Risk Management and Process Improvements. Ms. Fitzgerald is also a member of several professional and civic organizations.
 
   
Mr. Fleming  Gary W. Fleming, CPA
 Treasurer
 Term expires July 3, 2012
Gary W. Fleming, CPA is the firm wide Director of Taxation and a Partner with Henry & Horne, LLP. Mr. Fleming has over 28 years of experience serving the tax, business planning and consulting needs of a wide variety of closely held businesses, business owners and high net worth individuals. Prior to his appointment to the board he served as a past board member of the Arizona Forum for Improvement of Taxes and as a past chair of the ASCPA’s IRS and Arizona Department of Revenue Tax Liaison Committees. Mr. Fleming is also involved with a number of community organizations.
 
   
Mr. Landy  Mark L. Landy, CPA
 Secretary
 Term expires July 3, 2013
Mark Landy has been a principal with Miller, Allen & Co., P.C. for more than 20 years. He was appointed to and served three year terms on both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Governmental Technical Standards Subcommittee and the Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee. Mark is currently serving his third three year term on the AICPA Technical Standards Subcommittee. Mark served eight years on the Arizona State Board of Accountancy’s Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee and five years on the Certification Advisory Committee. He has served on the ASCPA Governmental Accounting Conference Committee since its inception and has also served on the AICPA Annual National Governmental Accounting Auditing Update Conference Steering Committee. Mark served, for more than fifteen years, as a reviewer for the Government Finance Officers Association’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program. Mark also served as a member of the Native American Finance Officers Association’s GASB 34 Implementation Guide Task Force. Mark was Chair of the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants for 2005-2006. Mark was honored as a life member of the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mark has been a certified public accountant for over thirty years and is licensed in Arizona, Nevada, California and New Mexico. In addition to his professional activities, Mark is also active in community service where he has served on the Board of Directors of numerous nonprofit organizations including serving in the positions of treasurer and vice president of Family Service Agency. Mark also currently serves on the Advisory Board for Republic Bank AZ, N.A. Mark is a native of Phoenix and graduated from the University of Arizona.
 
   
Ms. McCloskey  Karen McCloskey, CPA
 Term expires July 3, 2014
Ms. McCloskey is a shareholder of BeachFleischman PC in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to being a CPA she holds a Master of Science in Taxation. She has worked in public practice since 1981, and has extensive experience providing tax consulting and compliance services to nonprofit organizations, individuals and small to medium-sized businesses through various stages of their development.
 
   
Mr. Sizer  John Sizer, CPA
 Term expires July 3, 2015
John is a 1984 graduate of Arizona State University. He has over 25 years of public accounting experience, all with Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”). He is the Partner-in-Charge of Deloitte’s Assurance and Advisory Services Practice in Arizona. In this role, he is responsible for all operations and resources deployed to Deloitte’s audit clients in Arizona. John has served on Deloitte’s Finance and Audit Committee and Deloitte’s Strategic Investments Committee. He now currently is on the Board of The Deloitte Foundation. John has a broad range of experience and serves as the audit partner for various large Arizona based public companies. He has a deep knowledge of SEC rules and reporting requirements. His expertise includes public offerings, business combinations, SEC reporting and compliance, and other business-advisory services. Throughout his career John has remained active in the community, including currently serving on the Arizona State University (ASU) School of Accountancy Advisory Committee, ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business Dean’s Council of 100 Board of Directors, Corporate Advisor to the Phoenix Board of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting, and member of the Audit Committee of Greater Phoenix Economic Council. In 2008, John was one of the recipients of the inaugural “Centers of Influence” Awards presented by Arizona Business Magazine to honor the state’s top 10 most influential accountants. The recipients of this award were acknowledged for demonstrating an extraordinary influence within their companies, their industry, their business clients and the community they serve.
 
   
Mr. Ramirez  Anne Lynch, Public Member
 Term expires July 3, 2014
Anne Lynch moved to Arizona in 1972 and continued her career in the telephone industry. Following retirement in 1990, she worked in State government for Gov. Jane Hull for eight years, including serving as Deputy Secretary of State. She now continues her interest in politics, government and the community as a volunteer. She is member and past chair of the Maricopa County Parks & Recreation Commission, member of the board of directors and Treasurer of Arizona Women’s Education & Employment, member of Valley Leadership Class V, member and past Regent of Camelback Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and member of Phoenix Rotary 100.
 
   
Mr. Ramirez  Douglas Kimball, Public Member
 Term expires July 3, 2014
Douglas Kimball has over 30 years of executive experience in finance, accounting, operations, administration and mergers/acquisitions in both public and private companies. He is a former CPA and began his career in the accounting profession. He spent eight years in the audit department at Touche Ross & Co. in Boston, now Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Kimball has for the last six years served as Vice President of Kleven Construction, a Tempe based civil contractor licensed in Arizona, Nevada and California. He graduated from Dartmouth College and received his Masters of Science in Accounting and received his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Northeastern University. Mr. Kimball serves on the city of Chandler’s Industrial Development Board and is active in various local civic, charitable and community associations.
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