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UT Tyler Senior Lecturer Elected Chair of State Accounting Organization

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July 7, 2016

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Kathy Kapka has been elected the 2016-17 chair of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Dr. James Lumpkin, The University of Texas at Tyler College of Business and Technology dean, announced.

A UT Tyler double alumna, Kapka will serve a one-year term as the society's volunteer leader. In this role, she will chair the organization's board of directors, which sets policy, manages programs and oversees activities designed to serve Texas CPAs.

She currently serves as a senior lecturer of accounting in the UT Tyler Department of Accounting, Finance and Business Law. Kapka joined the UT Tyler faculty in August 2010 with more than 25 years of accounting and auditing experience. She previously served as UT Tyler's chief audit executive 1999 – 2010.

"It is an honor and privilege to represent the university and East Texas CPAs as I serve in this position," Kapka said.

Kapka has been a TSCPA member for more than 30 years, and she has served on the board of directors of the East Texas Chapter in several positions, including 2009-10 president. She currently serves on the TSCPA Executive Board, TSCPA Board of Directors, TSCPA Ethics Committee and TSCPA Professional Standards Committee, where she served as 2010-12 chair. Kapka has served on several TSCPA committees, including serving as chair of the Professional Standards Committee.  She has also served as the Accounting Principles Committee chair for the Association of College and University Auditors and on the Accounting Principles Council for the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

In 2012, she received the Outstanding Service Award from ACUA and the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award – Small Institution from TSCPA. Kapka was also recognized with the Outstanding Board Member Award and the Outstanding Service to the Profession Award from the East Texas Chapter.
She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from UT Tyler.

The Texas Society of CPAs is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional organization representing Texas CPAs. The society has 20 local chapters statewide and has nearly 28,000 members, one of the largest in-state memberships of any state CPA society in the United States. TSCPA is committed to serving the public interest with programs that advance the highest standards of ethics and practice within the CPA profession.

One of the 14 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,500 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.