Beta Alpha Psi's annual Spring Banquet will be held at the

Atlantis Casino Resort on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 6:00pm

The speaker for this year's event is:

Kim Wallin, CMA, CFM, CPA

Kim Wallin is a native Nevadan and is the first CPA to be elected to the office of State Controller in 50 years. She is the first CMA (Certified Management Accountant) to hold this office. Kim graduated from UNLV with a degree in Business Administration with a major in accounting. She is currently a member of the XBRL International Public Sector Work Group, a member of the AGA Partnership for Intergovernmental Management and Accountability Steering Committee and is a Director on the NASC Executive Committee. In addition she is a member of the AICPA, NSCPA, NASACT and AGA.

Kim is the former Chair of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), the world?s leading organization dedicated to empowering management accounting and finance professionals to drive business performance. Kim was nominated from the floor and elected by popular vote as IMA?s president-elect for the 2002-03 term. This was the only time in the then 83-year history of IMA that a president-elect was chosen in this manner. Wallin served as Chair of IMA for the 2003-2004 tenure.

In September 2003, Accounting Today recognized Wallin as one of the 100 most influential people in accounting in the country. In September 2006 she was named ?Woman CPA of the Year? of the entire country by the American Women?s Society of CPA?s.