AICPA Names Robert J. Becton Vice President - Media Relations.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2003 The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants With over 330,525 CPA members (in August 2006), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the largest professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States of America. today announced the appointment of Robert J. Becton as Vice President - Media Relations. He will report to James O'Malley, Senior Vice President - Public Affairs. Becton will serve as the AICPA's chief external communications strategist, developing and executing programs that deliver the Institute's messages to local, national and international news media. His responsibilities will include proactive and reactive media relations, financial communications, crisis communications, and issues management. He will oversee the AICPA's Public Relations operations in New York and Washington, D.C. He will be based at AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). headquarters in New York. "The AICPA and the accounting profession as a whole are contending with enormous communications challenges," said O'Malley. "Bob has an extraordinary background that encompasses virtually every communications discipline. He has been global communications strategist for some of the most prominent financial institutions in the United States. We are pleased to have someone of his caliber and talent, and we look forward to his contributions." For the majority of his career, Becton has worked for financial-services companies, including Moody's Investors Service Moody's Investors Service A leading global credit rating, research and risk analysis firm. Moody's Investors Service A leading firm engaged in credit rating, risk analysis, and research of fixed-income securities and their issuers. , HSBC Group and J.P. Morgan & Co., as well as public relations firms such as Burson-Marsteller. His responsibilities included media relations, crisis communications, investor relations, employee communications, conferences, speech writing, advertising and design. Becton is a 1974 graduate of Loretto Heights College in Denver. He is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute The National Investor Relations Institute, known as "NIRI", is the professional association for investor relations professionals in the United States. NIRI was founded in 1969 and has more than 4,500 members, both from the United States and other countries. , Public Relations Society of America The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), based in New York City, is the world's largest organization for public relations professionals. The organization has more than 30,000 professional and student members, and is organized into 112 chapters nationwide. and International Association of Business Communicators The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a leading association for public relations professionals. IABC has about 14,000 members in more than 100 chapters in 70 countries. Its headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, United States. . The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional organization of CPAs, with more than 330,000 members in business and industry, public practice, government, and education. It sets ethical standards for the profession and U.S. private auditing standards. It also develops and grades the Uniform CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. Examination, which will convert to a computerized format in 2004. |
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