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November 2009 |  Article

Henry Keizer is the global head of audit for KPMG International and U.S. vice chair of audit for KPMG LLP. He also is a member of the AICPA board of directors. He spoke with JofA Publisher and EditorinChief Joanne Fiore following the AICPA’s board of directors meeting in August and in a followup email interview.

November 2009 |  Article

Broomball, a curious game similar to ice hockey except players wear tennis shoes and use a broom to chase the ball around the ice rink, has nothing and everything to do with my career as a CPA. Obviously, broomball has nothing to do with accounting. But it was a broomball game that got me into accounting.

October 2009 |  Article

I thought I was prepared I had passed a medical review to make sure I was physically fit. And I had read the materials they had sent me in advance to learn what to expect and how to react. When they strapped me into the cockpit of that jet, however, I discovered that no amount of reading and thinking can get you ready for the reality of flying with the Blue Angels in an FA18 Hornet.

September 2009 |  BY Linda Segall |  Article

Stock and bond certificates, to most people, represent a measure of financial investment in a company. The kinds of stocks and bonds I deal with represent insight into financial history. People like me who buy them are scripophilists, collectors of historical stock and bond certificates. I remember the day in 1990 when I caught the scripophily bug.

August 2009 |  BY LINDA SEGALL |  Article

Accounting is a profession in which qualified people who really know their field can advance, regardless of race. But accounting is hard work it takes discipline. Some people think they can make a lot of money as a CPA. That could be, but it takes a lot of time and strength and knowledge.

July 2009 |  Article

At the AICPA’s national CFO Conference in May, Tom Ridge, former Pennsylvania governor and secretary of Homeland Security, spoke to CPA financial executives about risk management in the current economic environment. Ridge is CEO of Ridge Global, a Washingtonbased consulting firm that specializes in risk and crisis management.

July 2009 |  BY LINDA SEGALL |  Article

Being a successful financial adviser requires a good understanding of people. After I became a personal financial specialist (PFS), I noticed that although people would ask for advice about finances, often they wouldn’t change how they managed their money. I was curious to know why. A friend introduced me to the Enneagram, a system of understanding personalities.

June 2009 |  BY LINDA SEGALL |  Article

You don’t become wealthy as a teacher, but you can become rich in other ways. One of those ways is being able to devote my summers to what I love most—acting. Although I’ve been interested in acting since high school, in college I was in only one production.

May 2009 |  BY Linda Segall |  Article

Everybody needs a stressreliever. Mine is driving my 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra 140 mph. Of course, I can’t—and wouldn’t—do that on the street. But everyone who has a Mustang, a Corvette, a Porsche or a BMW wants to take it out and “open it up.” Many of us do that safely on the racetrack.

April 2009 |  BY scott blassingame |  Article

“The Last Word” (Jan. 09, page 96) was great, inspiring me to keep growing and to not forget those who helped me along the way. Kudos to Ms. Evans and to the writer. Well done. Scott Blassingame, CPA, CPETupelo, Miss