Lodden, Burkes and Johnson Honored

SHARE:

Telford Lodden, Jimmy Burkes and Doreen Johnson were awarded the 2024 NASBA awards at the Annual Business Meeting on October 29 in Orlando.

Telford Lodden of West Des Moines, IA, received the 2024 William H. Van Rensselaer Public Service Award, which recognizes individuals who have contributed to the development of a new program, improvement of a current program for State Boards of Accountancy, or who have influenced passage of rules or statutes to strengthen accountancy regulation. Lodden, a former chair of NASBA (2016-2017), is a member of the NASBA Uniform Accountancy Act Committee and Past Chair Advisory Council. As chair of the Continuing Professional Education Committee, Lodden is regarded for establishing a joint task force composed of NASBA, AICPA, providers and educators to review the CPE Standards.

Jimmy Burkes of Clinton, MS, received the 2024 NASBA Distinguished Service Award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated an unswerving commitment and dedication to enhancing the mission of NASBA. Burkes is the former Compliance/Assurance partner with Haddox Reid Eubank Betts PLLC and currently serves as a member of NASBA’s Administration and Finance Committee. He previously served as the organization’s director-at-large, Southeast regional director, chair of the Administration and Finance, Audit, Bylaws and Enforcement Resources committees, and was a member of the Compliance Assurance, Regulatory Response and Awards committees.

Doreen Johnson of White Bear Lake, MN, received the 2024 Lorraine P. Sachs Standard of Excellence Award, which recognizes a state board executive or administrator that has shown outstanding service to improving the effectiveness of accounting regulation-on local and national fronts. Johnson served as the executive director of the Minnesota State Board of Accountancy for two decades until her retirement in August 2024. During her tenure, she oversaw the adoption and implementation of significant administrative rule changes that eased the burden of the licensure process for licensees and applicants through mobility, modification to the licensure framework and a rigorous review of administrative rules.