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American Accounting Association2010 Northeast Region MeetingOctober 14-16, 2010Hilton Burlington Hotel60 Battery Street | Burlington, Vermont |
CPE Information
Thursday, October 14
2010 12:45pm– 3:15pm
CPE 1You may have seen their catalog, ordered their products or even visited one of the two Gardener's Supply Company retail stores in the Burlington area. For more information about the company, please visit their website at www.gardeners.com. Join the Company's COO and members of its external audit and tax team to learn more about this successful employee-owned company that evolved from a C corporation, to an C Corporation partially owned by an ESOP, to an S corporations wholly owned by an ESOP. Tour the distribution facility and visit one of the two retail stores as you learn about the business, its accounting, auditing and tax practices.
Presenters are:
From Gardener's Supply Company
Cindy Turcot, Chief Operations OfficerFrom Gallagher, Flynn and Company, LLP
Gregory G. Bourgea, CPA, Partner
Joseph F. Burnett, CPA, Tax Manager
Sarah E. Richards, CPA, Audit Manager
Thursday, October 14
2010 3:30pm – 5:30pm
CPE 2National Life Group, a Fortune 1000 company, serves more than 870,000 customers. With 2009 revenue of $1.6 billion and net income of $72.3 million, members of National Life Group employ roughly 900 employees, with most located at its home office in Montpelier, Vermont. The Group is made up of its flagship company, National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vermont in 1848; Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas, and Sentinel Investments, Equity Services, Inc. and National Retirement Plan Advisors, all based in Montpelier. National Life celebrates its Vermont roots. It believes National Life has prospered over the past 160 years because of - not in spite of - our location. At our core we retain the drive, the sense of purpose and sense of responsibility that prompted our founders in 1848 to create not only one of the first mutual life insurance companies in the United States, but the first with a national vision. Please go to www.nationllife.com to learn about National Life's commitment to its employees, the environment, and the community.
Join four officers of National Life Group for an interactive discussion of how they make money and how they analyze their financial results. Learn about significant differences between statutory and GAAP reporting and how these differences are handled, current developments in the financial services tax arena, and how the Group's Equity Indexed Annuity product is valued in accordance with FAS 133 and FAS 157.
Speakers include:
Brad Wright, CPA 2nd VP - Accounting Policy
Jeff Kemp, JD Corporate Tax Counsel
Thomas Burgos, CIA, CISA, FLMI Manager - Financial and Operations Risk Management
David P. Sanguinetti, CPA, CMA, FLMI 2nd VP - Business Analysis
Thursday, October 14, 2010
1:00pm – 5:00pm
CPE 3Faculty/PhD Students/Practitioner Teaching Success Workshop presented by the CTLA
The Workshop not only provides many best practices and teaching tips from nationally recognized master teachers but also provides career path specifics and insights about becoming successful faculty members.
1:00pm - 1:15pm
Introductions and Welcome by VP Sections and Regions, Gail Hoover King1:15pm - 1:50pm
Gail Hoover King welcomes participants to the academy by explaining the life of an academic and the different career paths available.1:50pm - 2:05pm
Julie Smith David involves the participants in the first of three segments on what technology a successful academic uses to teach.2:05pm - 3:00pm
Susan Crosson covers teaching fundamentals including VARK learning modalities, learning levels, and the teach/learn/assess process.3:00pm - 3:15pm
Julie Smith David involves participants in the second technology segment.3:15pm - 3:30pm
Break3:30pm - 4:20pm
Cassy Budd covers preparing for class and shares some words of wisdom handed down from other faculty.4:20pm - 4:35pm
Julie Smith David involves participants in the third technology segment.4:35pm - 5:00pm
Q&A