Associations target minority accountants. (Business Briefs).Like most professions, accounting has smaller associations that cater to minorities. Two prominent ones are the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA NABA North American Butterfly Association NABA National Association of Black Accountants NABA National Adult Baseball Association NABA North American Bullriding Association NABA North American Broadcasters Association NABA Namibian Biotechnology Alliance ) and the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA ALPFA Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting ). NABA (www.nabainc.org), founded in 1969 and headquartered in Greenbelt, Md., has chapters in most states -- and several chapters in many. The group claims to represent the "largest pool of African-Americans in accounting and finance in the nation" and has established a number of programs to "nurture the relationship between the business community and the association at large." Just over half of the members are from corporations, with the public accounting and government accounting for most of the rest. ALPFA, founded in 1972, changed its name last year from the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. . The group has some 3,000 members in professional and student chapters around the country and is headquartered in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . It publishes a quarterly newsletter, La Cuenta, and offers career-building networking services, job postings and career fairs, and professional and business development resources. ALPFA (www.alpfa.org) also devotes considerable effort to student needs: scholarships, mentoring and internships. |
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