2010 Board of Directors
Chair
Dale L. Gettelfinger
Monroe Shine
Vice Chair
Steven W. Knebel
Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP
Immediate Past Chair
David A. Deeter
Frazier & Deeter, LLC
Directors
David G. Bluemling
Malin, Bergquist & Company, LLP
Kathy J. Klang
Cummings, Keegan & Co., P.L.L.P.
Thomas P. McNabola
Hunter Group CPA LLC
David J. Nissen
Mueller & Co., LLP
Stuart C. Rosenberg
Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP
CPAmerica Lead Team
CPAmerica's Lead Team is responsible for directing the creation, development and implementation of all CPAmerica services, programs and products.
Alan Deichler
President
Alan Deichler is the president of CPAmerica and oversees the association's growth and development. Prior to being named CPAmerica president, Deichler was most recently chief marketing officer at talent management software provider HRsmart in Richardson, Texas, where he headed worldwide sales and marketing efforts.
Deichler has more than 35 years of corporate experience, having held previous management and executive positions with Capital Formation Counselors, Inc., IBM and Ernst & Young, LLP. He holds a bachelor's degree in management from Jacksonville University.
Douglas H. Thompson, Jr.
Immediate Past President
In 1982, Douglas Thompson, Jr., CPA, was named president and CEO of the accounting association that would become CPAmerica International. Under his leadership, CPAmerica has grown from a small group of CPA firms looking for direction to one of the largest associations of independent CPA firms in the world.
Thompson's current duties include consulting with association firms on practice management, succession planning and compensation matters.
Kathy McDonald
Executive Vice President
Executive vice president Kathy McDonald is responsible for planning and supervising daily operations at CPAmerica. She provides oversight for conferences, committees, training, member development, member services, review programs and all other CPAmerica programs and services. She also assists the president with entrepreneurial association matters.
McDonald holds a master's degree in communication and graduated with highest honors from Michigan State University. Prior to joining CPAmerica in 1986, she served as curriculum developer and instructor with the University of Illinois Police Training Institute and as director for victimless crime research with the State of Michigan Governor's Office. She also taught high school English, communication and debate.
Bill Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Bill Thompson is the chief financial officer of CPAmerica. He supervises the accounting staff and office support staff.
A graduate of the University of Florida with a B.S. degree in accounting, Thompson has been a CPA since 1982. He holds a Series 7 securities license and is a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU). Thompson has been with CPAmerica since 1993. Previously, he was a manager level CPA for Bella Hermida Gillman & Co. before assuming the CFO position for a hotel/restaurant management company.
Judy Moore
Publications Director
As publications director, Judy Moore heads CPAmerica's creative team of editors and graphic designers who produce more than 60 national print and online newsletters each quarter. The department also has created nearly 70 client brochures, national advertising campaigns, seminars, online publications and a variety of directories, catalogs and other business publications for the members and clients of CPAmerica and CPAConnect.
Before joining CPAmerica in 1993, Moore worked for several years as a newspaper reporter and business editor, magazine feature writer, college journalism professor and publications manager. She has won several regional and national awards for her writing. A former tennis professional, she was also a longtime tennis writer for newspapers and magazines. She holds a bachelor's degree in business from Florida State University and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Florida.
Suzanne M. Csik
Marketing Consultant
Suzanne Csik has been CPAmerica's marketing consultant since 1994. Based in Montreal, Canada, she travels between CPAmerica's Florida headquarters and member firms around the country. She provides firms with strategic marketing consultations on a remote and on-site basis. A frequent writer and lecturer on marketing topics, she also gives marketing assistance to CPAConnect firms.
Csik is a graduate of Montreal's Concordia University, is bilingual and holds a bachelor's degree in urban planning as well as a certificate in accounting. Prior to joining CPAmerica, she worked for a Montreal accounting firm, providing marketing direction to 30 partners. She later served for six years as director of marketing and public relations with Ernst & Young in Montreal.
Ernie Moyer
Director of Member Services
Ernie Moyer is responsible for the organization’s REACH program, which helps improve communication across the association and provide opportunities for member sharing. He also leads the affiliated CPAConnect program, which is an association of smaller CPA firms. CPAConnect has more than 215 member firms across the country.
Moyer has been involved in 15 technology start-up companies and has taken eight companies public through acquisition. He spent six years as vice president of commercial lending with Atlantic First National Bank of Gainesville. Prior to that, he was president of such companies as SysMed, a medical software company; environmental services and engineering firm Quadrex/HPS; and material science company Geltec.
Moyer holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Florida State University and attended Louisiana State University’s Graduate School of Banking.
Committees
Executive committees are comprised of CPAmerica members and are appointed to focus on the member-driven goals of the association and to ensure quality and relevance of all programs and materials.
Committees provide leadership in the following areas: A&A, CPE, International Practice, Long-range Planning, Management of an Accounting Practice, Marketing, MCS, Tax and Technology.