Ethics Committee
Committee Structure & Function
Membership on this committee shall be in accordance with provisions of the Bylaws. There shall be ten members serving three year staggered terms and representing each chapter. No member of this committee shall be a member of the State Board of CPAs in Louisiana. The Society’s Executive Director will provide the committee with proper staff assistance and coordination as it carries out its responsibilities.
The objectives of the Ethics Committee are:
Administrative - To express an opinion as to whether or not a proposed action of a member would be in accordance with the Code of Professional Ethics.
Investigative - To upon receipt of a complaint, to conduct a thorough, discreet investigation to determine whether there was a violation of the Code of Professional Ethics, and report its findings to the appropriate body in accordance with the Bylaws.
Advisory - To determine whether revisions to the Code are needed and to recommend such revisions to the Bylaws committee, and to make such other recommendations concerning the Code and its implementation as the committee may consider appropriate.
Educational - To review and update an ethics questionnaire periodically for the Secretary to submit to applicants for membership in the Society to encourage each chapter to devote one meeting each year to a discussion of the Code.
2011-2012 Committee Officers & Members
Ms. Kimberly B. Gardner, CPA - Chairman
Arsement, Redd & Morella • Lafayette, LA
Mr. David M. Bassemier, CPA - Member
LeGlue & Company, CPAs • New Orleans, LA
Ms. Anne Collette, CPA, BS - Member
Anne Collette, CPA • Lake Charles, LA
Ms. Laura J. East, CPA - Member
Laura J. East, CPA, CFE, CFF, LLC • Mandeville, LA
Mr. J. M. Inzina, CPA - Member
J. Michael Inzina, CPA, CGFM • Monroe, LA
Mr. Alfred D. Johnson Jr., CPA - Member
Heard, McElroy & Vestal, LLP • Shreveport, LA
Mr. Coan I. Knight Jr., CPA - Member
Knight-Masden • Alexandria, LA
Mrs. Tamela P. Shearer, CPA - Member
Duval & Shearer, CPAs, LLC • Houma, LA
Mr. Brent A. Silva, CPA - Member
Silva Gurtner & Abney • Mandeville, LA
Ms. Dionne E. Viator, CPA - Member
General Health System • Baton Rouge, LA
Mr. Robert S. Angelico, CPA - Board Coordinator
Liskow & Lewis • New Orleans, LA
Mr. Ron Gitz, CPA, CGMA - Staff Liaison
Society of Louisiana CPAs • Kenner, LA
