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NASHVILLE NOTES
August 2014
Volume 38, Number 1
Michelle Earhart
Nashville Chapter President
2014-2015
Inside this edition…
Luncheon speaker spotlight
Committee News
Member News
Training Opportunities
Upcoming Events…Upcoming Events…Upcoming Events…
9/8/14 — Luncheon Meeting
9/20/14 — Hands On Nashville,
Community Service
10/23/14 — Fall Breakfast
Seminar, Hard Rock Cafe
October 2014 — Hats, Coats,
Gloves and Socks Drive
1/13-14/15 — Winter Seminar
3/25-27/15 — SE Regional PDT,
Gatlinburg, TN
July 12-15, 2015 — National PDT,
Nashville, TN
And now the fun begins! It’s time to roll
up our sleeves and start a new program
year which, I must add, is in the midst of
closing season for us folks that operate
on a June 30 fiscal year. I walked into the
elevator at work the other day and some-
one said, “Shouldn’t you be somewhere
closing stuff.” Everyone knows the pains-
taking tasks at hand during this time of
year whether we are auditors, fiscal offic-
ers or budget managers. But, I am re-
lieved to say that many of my initial fears
of taking on the task as chapter president
have subsided because we have got
some really enthusiastic individuals on
our committees this year. They came to
the table with ideas and agendas beyond
my expectations. They have already
completed their annual plans that in-
clude their strategies and goals including
tasks assigned by committee members
and timelines to project completion
dates of various projects. This is also
going to be a year where our chapter will
shine as we will be hosting the 2015 AGA
National Professional Development
Training event in July at the Gaylord Opr-
yland Hotel and Conference Center.
Pamela Marks and her team have added
some very exciting community service
projects. One of which I am especially
excited about and that is the Hands-On
Nashville project slated for September 20
where AGA volunteers will assist in
painting a local public school.
Cindy Hobbs and Margaret Walker al-
ready have specific speakers tentatively
planned for all of our luncheons and are
planning two social events this year.
Rachelle Cabading and Michael Winston
hit the ground running with the Educa-
tion’s committee’s upcoming planned
events including a CPE breakfast at the
Hard Rock café and they have already
booked the venue for the Winter Semi-
nar in January. I won’t steal their thun-
der but rather leave it up to them to
make those announcements.
Alicia Reynolds has recruited a young
group of Early Career members to serve
on the Early Careers committee and they
have some great ideas planned to recruit
Early Career members and activities
geared specifically toward that member-
ship category.
I could go on and on giving you a glimpse
of all of the committees’ efforts but I’d
like to invite and encourage you to read
all of the committees annual plans on our
website and see what they have in store
for you this year. Also, keep an eye out
for our save the dates in the newsletter
for upcoming education and community
service events. I look forward to serving
as President and it is truly an honor to
serve in such a capacity which is preced-
ed by so many outstanding individuals
that have served in this role.
Michelle
Luncheon Meeting Dates
September 8, 2014
October 14, 2014
November 3, 2014
December 1, 2014
January 5, 2015
February 2, 2015
March 9, 2015
April 6, 2015
May 4, 2015
CEC Meeting Dates
August 28, 2014
September 25, 2014
October 30, 2014
November 20, 2014
December 18, 2014
January 29, 2015
February 26, 2015
March 26, 2015
April 30, 2015
AGA’s National Professional De-velopment Training Event (PDT)
July 12—15, 2015
Gaylord Opryland
Nashville, TN
AGA’s annual premier education event offers up to 24 CPE hours and brings together the top offi-cials in federal, state and local government as well as academia and the private sector for three and a half days of intensive train-ing and networking. AGA’s PDT has been the go-to event for the government accountability com-munity for over 60 years.
Pictured above is the Nashville Chapter booth promoting the 2015 National PDT at this year’s event.
Hands On Nashville Project — September 20, 2014
Fall Breakfast Seminar — October 23, 2014, Hard Rock Cafe
Second Harvest Food Drive — Oc-tober 2014
Hats, Coats, Gloves and Socks Drive — October 2014
Winter Seminar — January 13-14, 2015, Nashville State Community College
Southeast Regional Professional Development Training (PDT) — March 25-27, 2015, Edgewater Hotel Gatlinburg, TN
Save the Date
Transform Dollar General’s im-age to a socially responsible growth company as Director of Leadership Development and Community Initiatives; creating the company’s first CSR depart-ment and strategy.
Reshape and repair Cracker Bar-rel’s national position as a restau-rant of choice for all guests as the company’s first head of diversity; supporting sales increases in 97% of metro markets.
Solidify Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City depository bank management programs as an in-ternal auditor and economic re-search analyst at the onset of the US bank merger trend; seeing 100% of his recommendations implemented by executive man-agement.
Elevate March of Dimes--Tennessee performance as the first statewide board chairman; leading the successful merger of six chapters and achieving 85% of the goals set forth in the 5-year plan.
Expand INROADS/Nashville’s reach as a Career Development Manager; leading the Southeast with a 93% graduate placement rate and an 86% sponsor reten-tion rate.
Derek Young is the voice of clarity for improving corporate culture in today’s multi-cultural / multi-generational global marketplace.
His unique business relationship strategies have helped companies produce growth by revolutionizing the way thousands of employees interface with millions of diverse consumers. AT&T, Best Buy, CAT Financial, Eli Lily, Johnson & John-son, MARS, Nissan, and Prudential, are among the Fortune 500 compa-nies he consults to transform their performance results by reframing their view of diversity, leadership, and team-building.
His riveting keynotes keep audienc-es on the edge of their seats, as he combines 30 years of leadership expertise into messages that sizzle. In addition to delivering more than 3,000 keynotes, workshops, coach-ing sessions, and stand-up comedy performances, Young’s corporate expertise prepares him to quickly assess and address culture issues. During his career he has helped:
His civic leadership roles reflect his love for Nashville. He has served or been recognized as the first statewide Board Chairman, Nashville Board Chairman, and Volunteer of the Year for March of Dimes; Big Brother and Big Brother of the Year for Big Brothers Big Sisters; Board Member and Young Leader of the Year for Young Leaders Council; Board Member, Community Engage-ment Chairman and Community Leader of the Year for the Nashville Symphony; Board Member, Executive Director and Member of the Year for 100 Black Men; Board Member, Di-versity Chairman and Diversity Volun-teer of the Year for the Nashville Chamber of Commerce; People Ser-vices Committee Member, Youth De-velopment Task Force Member, and Northwest YMCA Top Achiever for the YMCA; AKA Community Legend; INROADS Business Coordinator of the Year; Delta Sigma Theta Man of Achievement; Black College Fund Drum Major of the Year, and Gradu-ate (1999) and Facilitator for Leader-ship Nashville.
A native of St. Louis, MO, and lifelong Cardinals baseball fan, the great loves of his life are his wife Allyson and their four children. His personal motto is "God first, others second, and dreams third.” To learn more about Derek visit www.derekyoungspeaks.com.
September Luncheon speaker September Luncheon speaker September Luncheon speaker ——— derek youngderek youngderek young
The CGFM Committee
would also like to an-
nounce that Marianna Mitchell
Edinger of the Coffee County Gov-
ernment recently earned the CGFM
designation. She has been the
Coffee County director of Accounts
and Budgets since 2006 . She grad-
uated from Middle Tennessee State
University with a Bachelor of Sci-
ence degree in Business Manage-
ment and graduated with an Associ-
ate of Applied Science degree in
Accounting from Motlow State
Community College.
Marianna’s Personal Comments
I was thrilled to receive the desig-
nation of CGFM in February of this
year.! However, it was not an easy
task. Having both a family and a
more than full-time job made it
very difficult to find time to study.
But, it was a personal goal of mine;
so, I complete the AGA application ,
ordered the study guides and start-
ed studying. I made myself a “study
schedule” and stuck to it. It took me
all of the three years to pass all
three tests. When I passed the final
examination I just wanted to stand
up and cheer! This particular sec-
tion was very difficult for me, and
this would be my third attempt!
When I did pass, I felt such a sense
of accomplishment. The CGFM pro-
gram offered through AGA was well
worth the time and expense.
The CGFM Committee
is pleased to announce
that Dieudonne Ndinda, Nashville
Chapter early career member, re-
cently passed all three CGFM exami-
nations and is now awaiting verifica-
tion of the work requirement and
receipt of the official certificate.
Dieudonne was born in the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo and came
to America in 2000 and became a
U.S. citizen in 2005. He has a Bache-
lor’s degree in Financial Manage-
ment from the University of Kinsha-
sa and a Master’s of Business Ad-
ministration/Accounting degree
from Jones International University.
He worked as a manager and CFO of
various companies in Africa and cur-
rently works for the State of Ten-
nessee Bureau of TennCare . He is a
certified Internal Controls Auditor
and speaks five languages.
He is married and has five biological
and three adopted children. Please
join us in congratulating Dieu-
donne for his latest achievement!
The CGFM Committee is
also happy to make
known that Jeff Hughes was recog-
nized as a CGFM in recent months.
Jeff began working for the State as an
auditor in the Comptroller’s Office in
2006. In 2010, he became the re-
gional accountant for the Depart-
ment of Health. He became the fiscal
director at the Turney Center Prison
for the Department of Correction in
2012. He has a double bachelor’s de-
gree and MBA from UNA in Florence,
Alabama and has received the desig-
nations of Certified Fraud Examiner
(CFE) and Certified Internal Controls
Auditor (CICA) . He has been very ac-
tive in AGA and was recently present-
ed the AGA National Emerging Leader
Award of Excellence. Jeff is also very
involved in various clubs and organi-
zations in his local community and
was recently elected as his county
commissioner.
Jeff is married to Jenifer Hughes and
has three children — Cayden (10),
Jayse (7) and Laia (3).
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CGFM CGFM CGFM
September 20--- Nashville’s Chapter
AGA Community Service Partners
with Hands On Nashville!
Who says there’s no such thing as a
free lunch?
In a continuing effort to volunteer our services at projects that demon-strate our commitment to serve the community, Emily Gray is leading our Community Service team in the Hands On Nashville Day event on September 20, 2014. We are asking the AGA volunteers to form a team to assist with landscaping and painting projects in Metro Nashville Schools. In return for all registered volunteers’ sweat equity, all volun-teers are invited to attend the Hands On Nashville Day after-party for a complimentary lunch and cele-bration. To sign up for this event please contact Emily Gray at emi-ly.gray@tn.gov. If you would like to make a monetary donation, you may do it online here.
For other volunteer opportunities
throughout the year, please contin-
ue to check out our page.
Thanks in advance for all of your
much needed efforts.
The Nashville AGA Chapter is col-
lecting school supplies for Alex Green
Elementary School. Please help start
our PENCIL Partner School Year off
with a bang by joining in to help. Sup-
plies can be dropped off at the Sep-
tember and October meetings. Also,
for your added convenience there are
four additional drop-off-sites:
1. Michelle Earhart - 21st Floor Ten-
nessee Tower
2. Tammy Fruscione – 16th Floor –
J.K. Polk Building
3. Melvin Jones, Jr – 11th Floor –
Andrew Jackson State Office
Building
4. Angela McElrath-Prosser –
Metro’s Howard Office Building
The Nashville AGA Chapter has part-
nered with the Alex Green Elemen-
tary in Bordeaux and there will be
even more opportunities throughout
the 2014-15 school year. For more
information on this and other upcom-
ing events with Alex Green School
please contact Melvin Jones at mel-
vin.jones@tn.gov.
Committee News
Why are you a member at AGA?
Continuing Professional Education
credits
Networking with professionals
Professional credentialing
Opportunities to do Community
Service
Making friends
Good food, fellowship and fun
Being a part of something bigger
than yourself
If any of these is your reason, AGA
is for you. In addition to these, the
award-winning Nashville AGA Chap-
ter has prizes and surprises waiting
for motivated members whose
friends enjoy a free lunch! Inviting
your friends is easy, and it benefits
you, too. A guest gets a free lunch
on their first visit, and you get $5.00
for each new guest attending a
luncheon. At the end of the year,
$100 will be the award for the
member sponsoring the most new
members, and every sponsor has a
chance at winning $50. Add to that,
regular attendance can help you
win 50% off your annual member-
ship fee -- you have a win-win situa-
tion!
This year our membership goal is
400 members by January 1, 2015;
so, encourage your friends and take
advantage of our incentives. See
you in September!!
Membership Committee Community Service Community Service
Congratulations to the 2013-2014 National Award Winners!
Jan Sylvis, CPA, CGFM — William R. Snodgrass Distinguished Leadership Award
Michael Winston, CGFM — Young Professionals’ PDT Scholarship
Jeff Hughes, MBA, CFE, CGFM — Emerging Leader Award of Excellence
Jerry Durham, CGFM and CGFM Committee — CGFM Award
Chas Taplin and Education Committee — Education Award
Karen B. Hale, MAOM, CGFM — Newsletter Honorable Mention
Rusty Lacy — Platinum Chapter Award
Richard Norment, CIA, CGFM—Retired — Einhorn-Gary Award
Karen B. Hale, MAOM, CGFM — Regional Coordinator for Chapter Development and Assistance
Melinda Parton, CGFM — President’s Award
Thank you for Participating at the Regional or National Level!
Spotlight on the 2013-2014 National Award Winners
We would like to recognize members of the Nashville Chapter who participated at the national and re-
gional levels in AGA in 2013-2014 and thank them for their service to this organization.
Members Participating at the National Level
Gerry Boaz, CGFM, Chair of the Professional Certification Board
Michelle Earhart, By-Laws and Procedures Committee
Talia Lomax-O’dneal, CGFM, Awards Committee
Melinda Parton, CGFM, Chair of the By-Laws and Procedures Committee
Kathy Stickel, CGFM, Finance and Budget Committee
Members Participating at the Regional Level
Karen B. Hale, MAOM, CGFM, Immediate Past Regional Vice President and Chapter
Development and Assistance Regional Coordinator
Eugene S. Hampton, II, CGFM, Membership and Early Careers Regional Coordinator
Ron Queen, CGFM, CPA, Certification Regional Coordinator
Highlights from the 2014 National PDT
Chapter President Rusty Lacy accepted the National
Platinum Chapter Award.
President Rusty Lacy accepted the National
Chapter CGFM Award.
President Rusty Lacy accepted the National
Chapter Education Award.
President Rusty Lacy accepted the National
Chapter Newsletter Honorable Mention
Award .
Nashville attendees displayed the national
awards for the chapter.
Members from the Nashville
Chapter were on hand at the 2014
National PDT to promote and gain
interest in next year’s PDT to be
held in our great city.
Nashville Chapter Booth at 2014 National PDTNashville Chapter Booth at 2014 National PDTNashville Chapter Booth at 2014 National PDT
Officers
President Michelle Earhart (615) 253-6057 Michelle.Earhart@tn.gov President-Elect Penny Austin, CGFM, CPA, CISA (615) 401-7838 Penny.Austin@cot.tn.gov Immediate Past President Rusty Lacy (615) 401-7764 Rusty.Lacy@cot.tn.gov Secretary Janet Stewart (615) 741-9821 Janet.Stewart@tn.gov Treasurer Sandra Brown (615) 741-2638 Sandra.K.Brown@tn.gov
One-Year Directors John Dunne Meetings and Attendance Co-Chair (615) 747-5286 John.Dunne@cot.tn.gov Michael Edwards, CGFM Education Co-Chair (615) 747-5277 Michael.Edwards@cot.tn.gov Andrew Furlong Finance Co-Chair (615) 253-2018 Andy.Furlong@tn.gov Kandi Thomas, CGFM (615) 747-5274 Kandi.Thomas@cot.tn.gov Margaret Walker, CPA, CGFM Program Co-Chair (615) 507-6688 Margaret.Walker@tn.gov
Two-Year Directors Rachelle Cabading, CFE Education Co-Chair (615) 401-7841 Rachelle.Cabading@cot.tn.gov Charlotte Gentry Membership Co-Chair (615) 253-8515 Charlotte.Gentry@tn.gov Cindy Hobbs Program Co-Chair (615) 741-6199 Cindy.Hobbs@tn.gov Pamela Marks Community Service Co-Chair (615) 862-6212 Pamela.Marks@nashville.gov Alicia Reynolds, CPA Early Career Chair (615) 741-9442 Alicia.Reynolds@tn.gov Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs
Nathan Abbott, CISA, CFE Webmaster Co-Chair (615) 401-7842 Nathan.Abbott@cot.tn.gov Gerry Boaz, CGFM, CPA Accountability Outreach Chair (615) 747-5262 Gerry.Boaz@cot.tn.gov Bridget Carver, CFE Membership Co-Chair (615) 401-7959 Bridget.Carver@cot.tn.gov Karen B. Hale, MAOM, CGFM Communications Chair (615) 401-7742 Karen.B.Hale@cot.tn.gov Jeff Hughes, MBA, CGFM, CFE Awards Chair (931) 729-5161 Jeff.Hughes@tn.gov
Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs Angela McElrath-Prosser Community Service Co-Chair (615) 862-6189 Angela.Mcelrath@nashville.gov William Sadler, CGFM CGFM Chair (615) 747-5268 Drew.Sadler@cot.tn.gov Scarlet Sneed, CGFM, CPA, CFE Meetings and Attendance Co-Chair (615) 747-5243 Scarlet.Sneed@cot.tn.gov Alexander Warns Finance Co-Chair (615) 741-0578 Alexander.Warns@tn.gov Dan Willis, CGFM, CPA, CISA Webmaster Co-Chair (615) 747-5247 Daniel.Willis@cot.tn.gov Michael Winston, CGFM Education Co-Chair (615) 741-8348 J.Michael.Wintson@gmail.com Chapter Address: AGA Nashville Chapter PO Box 198025 Nashville, TN 37219 Visit the Nashville Chapter website at www.nashvilleaga.org
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