SHARE: Theodore Long, Jr., Tyrone Dickerson, and Kent Absec were recently honored for their leadership and contributions to NASBA, state boards and the accounting profession during NASBA’s 116th Annual Meeting. Theodore Long, Jr., of Shaker Heights, OH, received the 2023 William H. Van Rensselaer Public Service Award. A retired partner of Ernst & Young, LLP, Long is a former chair, treasurer, vice chair, director-at-large and Great Lakes regional director of NASBA, and former member and two-term chair of the Accountancy Board of Ohio. Long currently serves on NASBA’s Bylaws Committee and Past Chair Advisory Council. During his tenure as NASBA chair, he proved instrumental in discussions surrounding the Reorganization Impact Task Force, anti-regulatory legislation and the creation of the CPA Evolution Working Group. Tyrone Dickerson, of Richmond, VA, received the 2023 NASBA Distinguished Service Award. In recent years, he served on NASBA’s Board of Directors as director-at-large, treasurer and Middle Atlantic regional director. He is a former chair of NASBA’s CPE Standards Working Group and Administration and Finance, CBT Administration, CPE, and Diversity committees. Dickerson served eight years on the Virginia Board of Accountancy, with two terms as chair. Currently, he practices as a sole practitioner specializing in auditing small businesses and not-for-profit organizations. Kent Absec, of Boise, ID, received the 2023 Lorraine P. Sachs Standard of Excellence Award. As executive officer of the Idaho State Board of Accountancy, he is also the executive officer for five additional regulatory boards and 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 served on the NASBA/AICPA CPA Pipeline Working Group and NASBA’s CBT Administration and Executive Directors (ED) committees, including two terms as ED Committee chair and liaison to the NASBA Board of Directors. |