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.
Currently we have no seats available on our Board. We invite you to serve by applying
through the Governor's Office of State Boards & Commissions. |
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Mark L. Landy, CPA
President
Term expires July 3, 2013
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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. |
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Karen
K. McCloskey, CPA
Treasurer
Term expires July 3, 2014
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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. |
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John C. Sizer, Jr.
Secretary
Term expires July 3, 2015 |
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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. |
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Alan R. Augenstein, CPA
Term expires July 3, 2016
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Alan R. Augenstein is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and holds CPA certificates
in Arizona and Pennsylvania, and has practice rights in California. He began his career in
Pittsburgh and from there he has served the community as a CPA in Cincinnati, New York City,
Kansas City and eventually his career led him to Phoenix, Arizona in 2003. Mr. Augenstein is
currently an assurance partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (pwc) and he has more than 36
years of professional CPA experience mostly in client service roles. He manages pwc’s assurance
practice in Phoenix and has served as a technical partner in the firm's SEC Services group in
the national office. Mr. Augenstein has been the lead audit engagement partner for many publicly
traded and private companies and he is currently an audit engagement partner and an audit
Quality Review partner for public and private companies based in Arizona and California. He has
also performed audit services at US subsidiaries for many international audit clients. In
addition to his professional activities, Mr. Augenstein is active in community service. He
currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Junior Achievement of
Arizona. |
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Layne R. Simmons, CPA
Term expires July 3, 2017 |
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Layne Simmons is the manager and co-owner of Jaffa Simmons, PLLC, located in Mesa,
Arizona. Layne has over 27 years of experience working for both public accounting
firms and for large international publically traded corporations. Prior to joining
Jaffa Simmons, PLLC, Layne was the Vice President of Tax at Waste Services, Inc.
He also served as the Executive Director of Tax at Viad Corp., and prior to his
association with Viad, Layne was with the Phoenix office of Deloitte & Touche. Layne
has served in leadership positions in several organizations including serving as
Chairman of the Board of the Arizona Society of CPAs, as a council member of the
American Institute of CPAs, and as President of the Arizona Chapter of Tax Executives
Institute. He also chaired the Arizona Society of CPA’s Tax Legislation Committee,
where as committee chairman, he spoke before the Arizona Senate Finance Committee, the
Arizona House Ways and Means Committee and Arizona House Commerce Committee explaining
proposed tax legislation. Layne also served 3 years on the tax advisory committee of
the Arizona State Board of Accountancy. Layne holds a Master of Science in Accounting,
specializing in Taxation. |
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Anne Lynch, Public Member
Term expires July 3, 2014
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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. |
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Douglas Kimball, Public Member
Term expires July 3, 2017 |
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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