The Maryland Affiliation of CPAs introduced that CEO Jackie Brown — a 42-year member of the group who has served as its president and CEO since February 2021 — has introduced her retirement, efficient June 30, 2022.
After becoming a member of MACPA in 1981, Brown was initially a member of the affiliation’s public relations workforce earlier than rising to the function of chief working officer in January 1997. Brown was promoted to CEO in February 2021 upon the departure of long-time CEO Tom Hood to turn into government vice chairman of enterprise progress and engagement on the Affiliation of Worldwide Licensed Skilled Accountants.
All through her profession, Brown additionally volunteered her time with initiatives together with the AICPA’s Monetary Literacy Committee, the Way forward for Studying Activity Pressure, the Ladies’s Initiative Government Committee and because the Interchange Convention chair.
“I’m so very grateful for the chance to work for this extraordinary occupation, in numerous roles, for almost 42 years,” Brown stated in a press release. “So many priceless relationships have made that potential — members I name associates, colleagues from everywhere in the nation and, proper right here in Maryland, the completely incredible MACPA workforce.”
“Jackie has provided exemplary assist for the CPA occupation over her 42-year profession,” Hood stated in a press release. “Her distinctive means is her energy at constructing relationships, which she has utilized in each place she has held on the affiliation — particularly her final two positions as chief operations officer with me and as CEO. That energy was the glue that held collectively our management workforce, our volunteer leaders, and so many crucial exterior relationships. I’m proud to name her a good friend, colleague and a mentor, and I thank her for her service and dedication to the MACPA and our occupation.”
A committee led by former MACPA Board of Administrators chair Ken Kelly has already launched a seek for Brown’s everlasting successor. candidates can learn extra details about the function on MACPA’s web site right here and might ship their resumes and letter of pursuits by April 1, 2022, to ceosearch@macpa.org.