Okorie L. Ramsey Elected as Chair of the American Institute of CPAs and the Affiliation of
Worldwide Licensed Skilled Accountants
WASHINGTON, Could 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Okorie L. Ramsey, CPA, CGMA, PMP, NACD.DC, Vice President, Sarbanes/Oxley for Kaiser Basis Well being Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Basis Hospitals, is the brand new chair of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). He additionally will function chair of the Affiliation of Worldwide Licensed Skilled Accountants, which mixes the strengths of the AICPA and the Chartered Institute of Administration Accountants (CIMA).
Ramsey, a CPA who additionally holds the Chartered World Administration Accountant (CGMA) designation, was elected to the one-year AICPA volunteer put up by the group’s governing Council, which concludes its Spring Council session tomorrow. Carla McCall, CPA, CGMA, managing associate of Alexander Aronson Finning CPAs, was voted in because the AICPA’s vice chair.
“We’re a occupation of leaders,” Ramsey mentioned in his acceptance speech. “And it’s our obligation to information folks, corporations, companies and economies. Collectively, we will seize the second and form our future.”
Ramsey listed three areas of focus for his time period:
Innovation to advance the occupation. Ramsey hopes to capitalize on the developments made by the occupation over the previous few years by embracing and leveraging know-how to streamline processes, enhance effectivity and drive higher worth. He additionally urges the occupation to evolve by lifelong studying, enterprise mannequin transformation, and the CPA Examination itself. “By CPA Evolution, we’re on monitor for the January 2024 launch of the brand new CPA examination,” he mentioned. “There shall be an elevated deal with knowledge and know-how ideas in all examination sections.”
Instill integrity and belief into sustainability. Ramsey believes environmental, social and governance (ESG) is an space the place skilled accountants can drive significant change. He’ll encourage the AICPA and the Affiliation to work with stakeholders to combine accountable and sustainable practices into their companies and working fashions. “Our occupation is extra ready than some other to drive strategic conversations on sustainability alternatives and dangers,” he mentioned. “I imagine it is a house the place we will transfer from having a seat on the desk to being on the head of the desk.”
Assist the following technology and provides them enhanced alternatives to succeed. Ramsey helps working along with different skilled organizations, state CPA societies, faculties, excessive faculties in addition to corporations and employers to create a extra inclusive accounting and finance occupation. He cites collaboration as a key to enhancing variety throughout the occupation and getting college students within the accounting discipline. He famous that whereas progress has been made, there may be way more work to do. “The occupation wants you. And we’d like our younger professionals to see you to know the artwork of the doable,” Ramsey mentioned.
Ramsey served for the previous 12 months because the AICPA’s vice chair and has held a number of different volunteer posts, together with these on the AICPA Board of Administrators, the Affiliation Board of Administrators, the AICPA and Affiliation Audit and Finance Committee Chair, the AICPA Investments Committee and AICPA Council. He’s a Lifetime member of the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Accountants (NABA) and received NABA’s Inaugural Core Values award in 2022. He additionally beforehand held roles as Previous President of the California Society of CPAs Schooling Basis Board of Trustees and Previous Chairman of the Accounting Profession Consciousness Program, San Francisco Bay Space and can also be a former adjunct professor for San Francisco State College’s Grasp of Enterprise Administration program.
Ramsey has a Bachelor of Science diploma in Enterprise Administration with a focus in Accounting from San Francisco State College, and a Kaiser Permanente Government Management Program Certificates from Harvard Enterprise Faculty. He’s married and has two youngsters. His pursuits embody household time, music, investing, and mentoring younger folks to assist them attain their full potential.
In regards to the Affiliation of Worldwide Licensed Skilled Accountants, and AICPA & CIMA
AICPA & CIMA, collectively because the Affiliation of Worldwide Licensed Skilled Accountants (the Affiliation), advance the worldwide accounting and finance occupation by our work on behalf of 689,000 AICPA and CIMA members, candidates and engaged professionals in 196 international locations and territories. Collectively, we’re the worldwide chief on public and administration accounting points by advocacy, help for the CPA license, the CGMA designation and specialised credentials, skilled schooling and thought management. We construct belief by empowering our members and engaged professionals with the information and alternatives to be leaders in broadening prosperity for a extra inclusive, sustainable and resilient future
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