NEWS & INFORMATION
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For immediate release
December 7, 2009

For Information, Contact:
Allyson Baumeister of Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, PLLC
817-877-5000 allyson.baumeister@sbf-cpa.com,
Susan Flyzik or Paige Hendricks, PHPR Inc.
817-924-2300
sflyzik@phprinc.com, pkhendricks@phprinc.com

Allyson Baumeister Elected to Board of Directors,
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

  (Fort Worth, Texas)— Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, PLLC partner Allyson Baumeister has been elected to the 23-member Board of Directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) for a three year term.

     The AICPA Board of Directors acts as the executive committee, directing Institute activities between Council meetings. The Board meets five times a year and reports to the Council at least semiannually.

    An active participant with the AICPA since 1987, Ms. Baumeister serves on Council and recently served on the Private Companies Practice Section Executive Committee. She is also a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, currently serving as Strategic Planning Committee chair, and is a former treasurer for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Ms. Baumeister served as president of the Fort Worth Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants from 1999 to 2000.

Ms. Baumeister is a frequent and respected lecturer, having spoken at AICPA-sponsored continuing education seminars across the country. In her practice, Ms. Baumeister consults with businesses of all sizes across many industries, focusing primarily on specialized personal, business, and tax advisory, providing clients with creative resolutions for complex issues. She also offers crucial financial guidance and solutions to local professional groups in the North Texas area.

    Ms. Baumeister was selected by the The Fort Worth Business Press as one of the 2009 Great Women of Texas, received the Texas Society of CPA’s LoneStar Pathfinder Award in 2002 and was Young CPA of the Year in 1996. She was also the Fort Worth Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants Young CPA of the Year for 1994-1995 and was one of the Fort Worth Business Press 40 Under 40 recipients in 1996. Ms. Baumeister was honored by the Young Women’s Christian Association of Fort Worth and Tarrant County as a part of the 2003 Tribute to Women in Business.
Her firm, SB&F, has received accolades including being named as one of Accounting Today’s 2009 Best Accounting Firms to Work for and Texas Monthly’s 20th Best Small Company to Work for in 2009 by Best Companies Group.

    Other SB&F partners are Richard T. (Rick) Baumeister, Jr., CPA; Brian Jenke, CPA; and Susan S. Roberts, CPA.


    Founded in 1949, SB&F is a full service accounting firm that performs audits, tax planning and compliance, business assurance services, pension administration and consulting, and merger and acquisition consulting for entities in real estate, oil and gas, financial institutions, dealerships, trusts and estates, technology, healthcare and retail. SB&F headquarters are in the historic Sinclair Building in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Web site is www.sbf-cpa.com.

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