Thank you to all the volunteers who contributed their time and energy this academic semester to visit classrooms, attend career fairs, and participate in panel discussions with high school and college level students, all over the state. These CPA and accounting professionals discussed a variety of topics with these students, including careers in accounting, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and the profession as a whole. If you are interested in joining the Student Outreach Speakers Bureau, to learn about future speaking opportunities, please contact Ali Sturchio.

Below is a list of volunteers and the school communities they helped this 2009-2010 Academic Year:

SEPTEMBER:

School: Minnechaug Regional High School (Wilbraham)

Speaker: Valerie Messina, CPA, Kostin Ruffkess & Co

Speaker: Kamyar Karamshahi, Kostin Ruffkess & Co

 

School: Dedham High School (Dedham)

Speaker: David A. Humphrey Jr, CPA, Beacon Equity Advisors

 

OCTOBER:

School: Norton High School - (Norton)

Speaker: Barbara A. Gonsalves, CPA, QRGA LLP

 

School: Clark University - (Worcester)

Speaker: Josh Goldfine, Braver PC

Speaker: Joseph J. Mecagni, CPA , Braver PC

 

School: Apponequet High School - (Lakeville)

Speaker: Neelu Johar, CPA, Ernst & Young LLP

 

School: Grafton High School - (Grafton)

Speaker: Ernst & Young LLP

 

School: Agawam High School -(Agawam)

Speaker: James T. Krupienski, CPA, Meyers Brothers Kalicka PC

 

School: Palmer High School - (Palmer)

Speaker: Ronald P. Christensen, CPA , Livingston & Haynes PC

 

School: Northeastern University - (Boston)

Speaker: Dorothy F. DiPesa, CPA

 

School: MIT/Wellesley Upward Bound Program - (Cambridge)

Speaker: David K. Janvier, CPA, DuCharme McMillen & Associate

 

School: Chicopee Comprehensive High School -(Chicopee)

Speaker: Keith H. Purcell, CPA, Downey Sweeney Fitzgerald & Co PC

 

School: Shawsheen Valley Regional Technical High School - (Billerica)

Speaker: Judy A. Meier, CPA, DiCicco Gulman & Company LLP

 

School: Norfolk County Agricultural High School - (Walpole)

Speaker: Shannon M. Beattie, CPA , Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

School: Westfield State College - (Westfield)

Speaker: Ruslan Kuzmenko, Kostin Ruffkess & Co LLC

Speaker: Sandra Doloff, Kostin Ruffkess & Co LLC

 

School: Western New England College - (Springfield)

Speaker: Sandra Doloff, Kostin Ruffkess & Co LLC

Speaker: Martin M. Caine, CPA, Wolf & Company PC

 

NOVEMBER:

School: Chicopee High School - (Chicopee)

Speaker: Joseph O'Malley, CPA, Abrams Little-Gill Loberfeld PC

 

School: Millbury High School - (Millbury)

Speaker: Matthew P. Krumsiek, Shepherd & Goldstein LLP

 

School: American International College - (Springfield)

Speaker: Daniel F. Morrill, CPA, Wolf & Company PC

Speaker: Robb D. Morton, CPA, CITP, Boisselle, Morton & Associates

 

School: Norfolk County Agricultural High School - (Walpole)

Speaker: Charles R. Kennedy, CPA, Kennedy & Associates PC

 

School: Gateway Regional High School - (Huntington)

Speaker: Daniel W. Polachek, CPA

 

School: Bay Path College - (Longmeadow)

Speaker: Nicole M. Braskie, CPA, American Saw & Mfg Company Inc

Speaker: William F. Schlosstein, CPA

 

School: Springfield Technical Community College - (Springfield)

Speaker: Valerie Messina, CPA, Kostin Ruffkess & Co

Speaker: Kamyar Karamshahi, Kostin Ruffkess & Co

Speaker: James T. Krupienski, CPA, Meyers Brothers Kalicka PC

 

School: MSCPA's "Is Accounting for Me? From College to Career" High School Student Conference at Babson College - (Wellesley)

Speaker: Stephen E. Burke, CPA , Caritas Christi Healthcare System

Speaker: Stella J. Karavas, CPA, Voltree Power

Speaker: Ann-Marie Joseph, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

DECEMBER:

School: Suffolk University - (Boston)

Speaker: Dorothy F. DiPesa, CPA, DiPesa & Company LLC

 

School: Billerica Memorial High School - (Billerica)

Speaker: William "Bill" F. Casey Jr., CPA

 

School: Whitman Hanson Regional High School - (Whitman)

Speaker: Eric A. Kinsherf, CPA School: Athol High School - (Athol)

Speaker: Scot A. Barrett, CPA, BDO Seidman LLP

 

School: Chelsea High School - (Chelsea)

Speaker: Ann-Marie Joseph, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

School: MSCPA's "Is Accounting for Me? From College to Career" High School Student Conference at Bentley University - (Waltham)

Speaker: Kristen P. Connell, CPA, Kahn Litwin Renza & Co

Speaker: Gary R. Greenstein, CPA, Toolmex Corporation

Speaker: Shannon M. Beattie, CPA, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Speaker: Ann-Marie Joseph, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

School: Blackstone-Millvile Regional High School - (Blackstone)

Speaker: Kimberly Champagne, Herbert F. Hunter II P.C.

 

 

JANUARY:

School: Norfolk County Agricultural High School - (Walpole)

Speaker: Darlene D. Jarvis, CPA, MST, Braver P.C.

 

School: Shawsheen Valley Technical High School - (Billerica)

Speaker: Karl H. Schramek, CPA , Schramek & Associates PC

Speaker: Katelyn Giacoppo , MSCPA Student Member, Assumption College

 

 

MARCH:

School: UMass Dartmouth

Speaker: Donald A. May, CPA

 

School: Clark University

Speaker: David H. Smith, CPA

 

Organization: Future Business Leaders of America

Speaker: Diana L. Frascella, CPA

 

APRIL

School: Lasell College

Speaker: Gary M. Sullivan, CPA

 

School: MSCPA'S "Is Accounting for Me? From College to Career" High School Stuednt Conference at Northeastern University (Boston)

Speaker: Eric S. Berman, CPA - Massachusetts Office of the State Comptrollers Office

Speaker: Megan E. Blixt, CPA - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Speaker: Eric Buchholz, CPA - Ecological Fibers Inc

Speaker: Ronald J. Keating, CPA - Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo

Speaker: Joshua Goldfine - Schneider Schneider & Assoc PC

 

May

School: MSCPA'S "Is Accounting for Me? From College to Career" High School Stuednt Conference at UMass Amherst

Speaker: Andrew Azer, CPA - Edelstein & Company

Speaker: Jon Davenport, CPA - White Mountain Capital Inc.

Speaker: Carolyn Warger, Grant Thornton LLP

Speaker: Diana L. Frascella, CPA - VistaPrint USA Inc

 

 

 

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