New chairman takes reins at Oct. Council Meeting; first from government.

Ernest Almonte of Rhode Island is the new chairman of the Board of Directors. His term, which became effective at the fall governing Council meeting, will expire in Oct. 2009.

He has served as the chair of the Institute's Finance Committee and Audit Committee and also chaired the Members in Government Committee (now called the Government Performance and Accountability Committee). As the Auditor General of the State of Rhode Island, Almonte is the first AICPA Chairman from the government sector.

Almonte also has experience as a small practitioner. From 1982 until 1994 he had his own CPA firm in Smithfield, R.I., serving clients from New England and several other states.

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