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For Immediate Release Contact: Kentucky Society of CPAs Lorri Malone, Communications Director 502.736.1358 [email protected]

CPA Society welcomes new members to its board of directors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 26, 2014) - The Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants (KyCPA) recently welcomed new members to its board of directors.

The incoming board members, along with new members of the executive committee and other members of the 2014-2015 board of directors, were recognized at KyCPA's Leadership Luncheon and Annual Members Meeting at The Olmsted in Louisville on June 6. They officially begin their duties July 1.

New members of the 2014-15 KyCPA board of directors are:  Jaclyn Badeau of Tempur Sealy International Inc., Lexington

 Lori Dearfield of Kelley Galloway Smith Goolsby, Ashland

 William Stout of the University of Louisville, Louisville

 Rebecca Phillips, executive committee member, of Mountjoy Chilton Medley, Louisville

Other members of the KyCPA board of directors include:  Kevin Schwartz, president, of Myriad CPA Group, Owensboro

 Bob Patterson, president-elect, of Patterson & Company, Louisville

 Harry Freibert, immediate past president, of Freibert Bigg, Louisville

 Jennifer Hughes, executive committee member, of Deming Malone Livesay & Ostroff, Louisville

 William Jesse, secretary-treasurer, of Henderman Jessee & Company, Louisville

 Steve Allen of Ray Foley Hensley & Company, Lexington

 Melissa Buddeke of the Buddeke Company, Louisville  Myron Fisher of Baldwin CPAs, Richmond

 Kevin Joynt of Deloitte & Touche, Louisville

 Jennifer Sanders of BKD, Louisville

 David Tate of BKD, Louisville

The following members' terms on the board end July 1:  William G. Meyer III of Strothman & Company, Louisville  Allen Norvell of Blue & Company, Lexington  Harold Little of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green  Colleen Lyons of Ernst & Young, Louisville

Board members serve volunteer positions and are elected by the Society's general membership.

About KyCPA: The Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants (KyCPA) is a statewide, non- profit professional organization serving CPAs in public accounting firms, business, industry, government and education. www. kycpa.org. ###