A mission for success.

• Author: Hollein, Marie
• Position: President's page - Column

One of the greatest opportunities I have as FEI's president and CEO is to meet so many of our members personally--whether at local chapter meetings, area leadership board meetings, national committee meetings or national conferences. No matter where, I always appreciate your honest and practical feedback on how FEI has benefitted you in your professional and personal lives, and how we might do more for you in the future.

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FEI's updated mission statement, the result of member input and a year-long strategic planning process--describes our mission as: "FEI's mission is to advance the success of senior-level financial executives, their organizations and the profession."

In accomplishing this goal, we value and appreciate the diversity of our members, as individuals, as companies and as professional experts. We believe this mission statement is a formula for our members and the association's continued success.

Value of the Individual Member

Our cover story this month featuring leading women in finance exemplifies one of FEI's important initiatives: Enhancing the diversity of membership.

We value our members and believe that enhancing the diversity of the organization through actively recruiting from a diverse pool of senior financial executives and by joining programs with like-minded organizations can benefit FEI by broadening our membership base to better reflect society at-large and the organizations in which our members work.

Across the board, in every demographic, we want outstanding senior financial executives to feel comfortable joining FEI and participating actively in our programs. We encourage you to reach out to prospective members, and we stand ready to provide any supporting information you need to inform colleagues about the value of joining FEI.

Different Types of Companies, Different Interests

The types of companies and organizations that FEI members work for are diverse as well, ranging from public companies to private companies, not-for-profit, governmental and nongovernmental entities.

The future of private company financial reporting is coming to the forefront, with the inaugural meeting of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Private Company Accounting set to take place this month. Approximately half of FEI's members work for private companies and FEI's Committee on Private Companies--Standards has been discussing ways to provide thought leadership on the subject of private company accounting, for the...