The Natural State of Accounting
The Natural State of Accounting Issue 9/September 2020 Governor Appoints Christina Ellis to Serve On State Board of Accountancy Christina B. Ellis, CPA, has been appointed by Governor Asa Hutchinson to serve a five-year term on the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy. Ellis will join the board to replace outgoing member Sherry Chesser, CPA. Sherry is a partner with Landmark, PLC, CPAs in Little Rock. Her term expires in August of 2020. Christina Ellis is a partner at JWCK, CPAs, a firm located in Hot Springs. Ellis received her undergraduate degree from Henderson State University in 2001, and an MBA in 2004. She joined JWCK in 2004, and obtained her CPA license in 2008, while expecting her third child. Ellis holds the Advanced Single Audit certification from the American Institute of CPAs. Her areas of concentration at JWCK, CPAs, include: taxation, audits, compilations and reviews, QuickBooks consulting, payroll, minister taxation, sales and use taxation, and indirect cost rate audits. Ellis is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), Arkansas Society of CPAs (ARCPA), and DeGray Chapter of ARCPA. She has served as Secretary on the ARCPA Board of Directors, Chair of the Accounting & Auditing Committee, and hasparticipated on various other ARCPA general and administrative committees. She has been a very active member of DeGray Chapter of CPAs, and has served as President. Ellis currently serves on a few boards, including: as Treasurer, Oaklawn Rotary; Director, All Children’s Academy, Inc.; and Director, Camp Tanako. Ellis attends New Life Church in Hot Springs, and participated in her first mission trip last summer to Cuba.
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