Kent A. Absec serves as NASBA vice president, state board relations. Absec, a native of Kellogg, ID, previously served as the executive officer for the Idaho State Board of Accountancy, a role he held since March 2012. His involvement with NASBA includes six years on the Computer Based Testing (CBT) Administration Committee and five terms as a member of the Executive Directors Committee. Absec served as the Executive Directors Committee chair and liaison to the NASBA Board of Directors for two consecutive years.
NASBA’s vice president, state board relations serves as an advocate for the 55 U.S. State Boards of Accountancy and explore opportunities to provide additional support and services to the state boards as an extension of NASBA’s mission.
Absec has been a participant in working groups such as NASBA’s 2020-2021 Strategic Planning Task Force, the 2021-2022 CPA Examination Transition Task Force, the 2022-2023 NASBA CPA Pipeline Task Force and the Executive Directors ALD Task Force. Additionally, he had a three-year term on the AICPA’s State Board Committee and the NASBA/AICPA CPA Pipeline Working Group.
In October 2021, Absec began serving as the executive officer for five additional regulatory boards as well as the licensing program manager for the 16 boards and commissions under the Occupations Section of the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL).
Absec has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a management emphasis from Boise State University. Prior to joining the Idaho Accountancy Board, he spent 22 years in the financial services industry. Absec has also been involved with Idaho high school students throughout his career, which has included serving as the Idaho state chair of both the Idaho Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation and Idaho Business Week. He is currently a member of the Idaho State Driver Education Advisory Committee.