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TRAILBLAZER


MEREDITH MURPHY CPA


While few people would say there is a clear-cut direction to becoming a CPA, many take a well- known route. Meredith Murphy, CPA, the senior vice


president and operational risk officer for Vision Bank in Ada, would say her road to becoming a CPA was far from traditional. “We all have different paths, and I have tried to use my story to encourage others who may think you have to follow someone else’s timeline, that if it doesn’t happen for you right away that it won’t ever,” Murphy said. Tough she sat for the CPA exam immediately after graduation, she found—like many—that passing the CPA exam would be like nothing she ever tried. “I was spoiled into thinking things would just fall into my lap,” Murphy explained. “I had the work ethic but not the maturity to focus it into a textbook.” “Honestly, I had no idea how to really study at that point,” Murphy said. “My test scores reflected that. After a few attempts, I gave it up.” Concentrating on her blossoming career at


Vision Bank, Murphy was determined to learn as much as she could, which she did for the next 10 years. “Along the way, I found that desire within me to try for my CPA again,” she said. “Tis time, I got through it.” Despite her later start as a CPA, Murphy


didn’t hesitate to get involved. Te East Central University graduate


participated in OSCPA Banking & Other Financial Institutions Committee meetings with her mentor (and then-supervisor), Vicky Petete, CPA, as well as attended OSCPA continuing professional education events. Murphy also


GETTING TO KNOW


MEREDITH 24 CPAFOCUS


What hobbies are your favorite? I love to read, though I haven’t completed a book in four years. My daughter is a bit demanding of my attention!


What was your favorite toy when you were growing up? When I was younger, Barbies. As I got older, I liked this chalkboard easel where I pretended to be a teacher.


2020 Path Finders & Trailblazers


serves on the board of directors for Unity Point Counseling and Resource Center. Additionally, she is pursuing her Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Enterprise Risk Professional certifications. Murphy, however, said her most significant business accomplishments go beyond these successes. “Education, titles and certifications are


certainly achievements of which to be proud and are sometimes necessary milestones to attain in order to be in a position to be heard,” she explained. “However, for me, it is not the certificates on my wall or the title on my business cards that reflect my true business achievements. Instead, it is having the opportunity to be in a meeting and having the confidence to ask that question or pose that idea. It’s showing my daughter that women before me fought it out in the board room so that I would have a chair, and it is my obligation and privilege to continue to be heard and to do what is right.” Petete, the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Vision Bank, has worked closely with Murphy for many years and is thankful for her dedication and compassion. “Yes, like many CPAs, Meredith is highly intelligent, but she is much more than that,” Petete said. “She is very creative, proactive and has the initiative to dive into any project to not only find a solution but an efficient and effective solution. She definitely is a CPA who knows how to think outside of the box.”


If tomorrow you were going to do something to conquer a fear, what would you do? Give a public speech; my heart is racing at the very thought.


What food are you a gourmet chef at making? Is burned anything a delicacy anywhere?


What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Vanilla — like good, homemade vanilla


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