Awards.

• Position: Awards given to certified public accountants - Brief Article

Joan Alleckson, president of San Diego-based PCS Audit, has won the Second Annual Balance Award for an accounting firm with one to 100 employees. The award, given by the American Society of Women Accountants, recognizes Alleckson's commitment to work/life balance and her sensitivity to the concerns of women in the accounting profession ... Charles P. Rettig of Beverly Hills has received the 2003 V. Judson Klein Award for Outstanding Achievement in Taxation from the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California ... Ken Macias, founder and managing partner at Sacramento-based Macias, Gini & Co. was named Businessman of the Year by the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The firm is one of the 500 largest Latino-owned companies in the United States ... Redlands-based Jessie Powell has won the Inland Empire Chapter's 2003 Community Service Award. Powell is president and past treasurer of the YMCA of the East Valley...