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SCPA member Amanda Halverson, CPA, was selected to attend this year’s American
Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Leadership Academy. Only 30 CPA honorees will join the program’s 13th graduating class, which will gather October 25-28. Te AICPA Leadership Academy was designed to strengthen and expand the leadership skills of promising young professionals while they network with a peer group of talented and motivated CPAs. Participants were selected from public accounting firms of all sizes, business and industry, government and consulting firms. Halverson’s exceptional leadership skills and professional experience were both major factors in her selection for the program. Attendees are recommended by their employers, state CPA societies and volunteer organizations. “Amanda is not only a dedicated tax accountant, but also one of the most passionate people I have had the pleasure of meeting,” colleague Greg Jones, CPA, said in Halverson’s 2019 Trailblazer nomination. “She cares for her clients as if they were her own family…She is truly an example of what we all strive to become as CPAs.”
A senior tax manager for Eide Bailly in Oklahoma City,
Halverson has worked for the Firm more than six years. She started her career in public accounting in 2012 and graduated from Dickinson State University in North Dakota in 2014.
AMANDA HALVERSON, CPA
Halverson’s leadership experience extends across the OSCPA. In her four years of membership, she has been honored as a Trailblazer (2019) and remains active on the OSCPA’s Young Accounting Professionals (YAP) Committee; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee; and Advocacy Council. “Te OSCPA is excited Amanda will be representing our Oklahoma Young Accounting Professionals in this year’s AICPA Leadership Academy class,” OSCPA President and CEO Blaine Peterson, CPA, JD, said. “Her leadership and contributions
have been a great addition to many important aspects of the Society, and we are elated her leadership is being acknowledged on the national level.” She was also named Eide Bailly’s 2019 Rising Star for the
Oklahoma City-Norman office and was nominated for the 2018 Oklahoma City Young Professionals Horizon Award. To date, more than 415 CPAs have participated in the AICPA Leadership Academy, many of whom have gone on to take on leadership positions in their firms, businesses and volunteer organizations. For more information about the AICPA Leadership Academy, visit
AICPA.org/Leadership.
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