The Educational Foundation of the Kansas Society of CPAs held its annual meeting on Nov. 15 at the Embassy Suites Kansas City/Olathe Hotel and Conference Center.

Charles Gnizak, CPA, Fort Hays State University, was elected as president of the Educational Foundation Board of Trustees for 2017-2018. Other elected officers of the 2017-2018 Educational Foundation Board of Trustees are: Vice-President, Laura M. Zellers, CPA, Wichita State University, Wichita; and Secretary/Treasurer Rebecca Shaw, CPA, Berberich Trahan & Co., P.A., Topeka.

Elected to four-year terms on the Educational Foundation Board of Trustees are: Emily N. Keesling, CPA, Allen Gibbs & Houlik, L.C., Wichita; Kimberly D. Charland, M.Acc., CPA, Kansas State University, Manhattan; and Rachel A. Green, CPA, The University of Kansas, Lawrence.

The 2017-2018 KSCPA Chair, Chad M. Allen, CPA.CITP, Hutchins & Haake, LLC, Overland Park, will also serve a one-year term on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

The Educational Foundation of The Kansas Society of CPAs was incorporated on October 23, 1963 as a non-profit organization to fund educational programs that advance the accounting profession. The Foundation is primarily funded by members of the Kansas Society of CPAs and contributions from the general public.