Eve Rose Borenstein, JD has practiced law since 1985, operating for 15 years the Tax Exempt Law Office of Eve Rose Borenstein, LLC until that firm merged in 2004 into the then-created Borenstein and McVeigh Law Office ( www.BAMlawoffice.com).  Her practice in both firms has been dedicated to the unique tax and regulatory rules applied by the IRS and state agencies to “tax-exempt” organizations.  Officed in Minneapolis, Eve consults with both CPAs and individual non-profits nation-wide; through 2009 she had represented approximately 850 tax-exempt organizations before the IRS.  A substantial portion of her clientele are organizations with gross revenues of less than $1,000,000 per year, but Eve also represents many medium and large organizations, typically on planning or IRS audits and correspondence. Since the early 1990’s Eve has been an active member of the American Bar Association’s Tax Section Committee on Exempt Organizations, working from that platform, as well as with various other professional groups and committees (including those of the AICPA) to provide feedback to the IRS on exempt organization forms and procedures.  Since 1990, Eve has been the author/instructor of four exempt organization CPE courses offered by State CPA societies.  Informed by her clients’ experience in IRS examinations, and by her work with the CPA community on the Form 990’s preparation, she is widely recognized as the authoritative instructor on that Form.  In addition to teaching to the professional community serving non-profits, she participates in many training programs serving non-profits directly.  Her speaking and teaching have always comprised a significant portion of her work in service to her commitment to see the sector “do it right the first time”.

Will Fleenor, CPA, CITP, PH.D. is currently the CFO of K2 Enterprises. He has conducted seminars for more than 40 State CPA Societies and has spoken at numerous accounting technology conferences, including speaking at the AICPA Information Technology Conference for the past 14 years as well as doing training for other organizations such as the FBI. Will is a past Chairman of the AICPA Information Technology Conference in addition to being past chairman of other conferences and professional committees. Will is a co-author of the Practitioners Publishing Company’s Guide to Installing Microcomputer Accounting Systems and has had numerous articles published in professional journals including the Journal of Accountancy, the CPA Journal, and others.

Robert R. Harris is Chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for 2009-10. Harris has served the AICPA in many capacities.  He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the AICPA and has been a member of the governing Council for 15 years. From 2003 – 2008, he was chairman of the AICPA’s National Accreditation Commission, which oversees the Institute’s four specialized credentials.  He chaired the 150-Hour Task Force in 1999-2001 and has served on the PCPS Executive Committee, Work/Life and Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee, Quality Review Executive Committee, Life and Disability Executive Committee, State Legislation Committee and Finance Committee. He is managing director of Harris, Cotherman, Jones, Price & Associates, CPAs, in Vero Beach, Fla.  In his role as a consulting and testifying expert, he speaks to attorneys and CPAs throughout the country on professional standards and malpractice issues. He was president of the Florida Institute of CPAs from 1990-1991 and a member of the Board of Governors from 1985-2001. Harris graduated from Stetson University with a B.B.A. in Accounting.

E. Lynn Nichols, a practicing CPA for thirty-eight years, is a tax consultant and the founder of Nichols CPE, Inc., a developer of continuing education programs for CPAs. He is a regular contributor to Bisk Education’s CPE Network, co-moderator of the Taxation Discussion Groups for accountantsworld.com, a volunteer member of the Tax Division of the AICPA, and past Chair of the Board of Visitors of the School of Accounting in the College of Business of the University of Oklahoma.

Bill Rancic
Not slowing down since being crowned the original Apprentice, Bill Rancic is an award-winning TV personality, financial correspondent on the “Rachael Ray” Show and best-selling author. This fall Bill can be seen on the A&E Television Network where he will be hosting a new series titled “We Mean Business.” In addition to regularly appearing in The Board Room on Donald Trump’s popular NBC prime-time show “The Apprentice”, Bill has been a premier guest on NBC’s “Today” Show, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and CNBC. Most recently, Bill completed his second book, titled "Beyond the Lemonade Stand," which was written to help educate and motivate young people around the world about the value of money and how to leverage skills, talents and abilities at an early age. "Beyond the Lemonade Stand" is the follow up to the New York Times best-selling book in 2003, titled "You're Hired: How To Succeed in Business and Life," which chronicled “The Apprentice” winner’s successful life, experience and proven advice. Bill Rancic founded the successful company, cigarsaroundtheworld.com twelve years ago in a 400 sq. ft. studio apartment. Today, it is a thriving multi-million dollar national operation. As the son of educators, and a true entrepreneur, he originally earned his way through college by starting a boat wash and wax business in the Chicago area. In his spare time, Bill enjoys skydiving, scuba diving and traveling around the world speaking to corporations and universities, inspiring and motivating groups from 100 to 10,000 people.

 

Bill Reeb, CPA has been consulting for three decades to all sizes of businesses, from Mom and Pop operations to Fortune 100 companies, primarily in the areas of organization, automation, and revenue generation.  He decided to add the credentials of CPA behind his advisory work and became a CPA in 1986. Prior to his life as a CPA, he worked for IBM in sales back in the late 70’s. As an entrepreneur, Bill has founded eight small businesses in the retail, software development, and services sectors, including his recently launched consulting firm - Succession Institute, LLC. Bill is internationally published, with around 200 columns and articles on a variety of management topics to his credit.  Besides being published by various magazines, journals and newspapers, his newest book, published in July of 2005 by PCPS/AICPA, is titled Securing the Future: Building a Succession Plan for Your Firm.  Bill has also written three editions of his first book, called Start Consulting; How to Walk the Talk, published by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) in the US and by the Certified General Accountants ( CGA) in Canada. Bill is an active volunteer within his profession, having served in many leadership roles in the AICPA such as being a current commissioner of the National Accreditation Commission (NAC).  He has also served in numerous other roles including being a member of AICPA Council several times, a member of Strategic Planning and Chair of the Consulting Services Committees.  Accounting Today has recognized his efforts by listing him as one of the Top 100 Most Influential CPAs, CPA Magazine has named him as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners, and Inside Public Accounting has listed him as one of the accounting profession’s most recommended consultants by CPA Firms.

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James E. Woy, CPA
Jim is an audit partner with Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co., P.C. and has over 29 years of public accounting experience. His expertise areas include nonprofit tax and auditing, pension plan audits and construction. He is Past President of the Montana Society of CPAs, serves as a technical reviewer for the MSCPA Peer Review Committee. He has served as a member of the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee. James is an adjunct instructor at Montana Tech of the University of Montana. He also performs several Peer Reviews annually and is a technical reviewer for the Montana Society Peer Review Committee.