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Board of Directors

The Missouri Society of CPAs is governed by the Board of Directors, a group which consists of the executive committee officers, the immediate past chair, one Board-appointed director, and 12 elected directors, of which one can be a non-member who is not a CPA. 

Meet the members of the 2023-2024 MOCPA Board of Directors!

Executive Committee

CHAIR
Jeff Parkison, CPA, CGMA
City Utilities of Springfield
Director – Treasury and Financial Planning and Analysis
Springfield

CHAIR-ELECT
Jennifer Reynolds-Moehrle, CPA, CGMA, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - St. Louis 
Accounting Professor
St. Louis

VICE CHAIR
Brett Lewis, CPA
Grant Thornton LLP
Managing Partner 
Kansas City

TREASURER
Jen Vacha, CPA, CGMA
Armanino LLP
Partner 
St. Louis

SECRETARY
John Mather, CPA
FORVIS, LLP 
Managing Partner 
St. Louis

PRESIDENT & CEO
Jim O'Hallaron, CAE
Missouri Society of CPAs
President & CEO
St. Louis

Board Members

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Markus Ahrens, CPA, CGMA
St. Louis Community College 
District Chair, Accounting, Business & Economics Dept.; Accounting Professor
St. Louis

Andrea Barry, CPA
Deloitte 
Audit Partner 
St. Louis
Term expires 6/30/25

Kimberly Church, Ph.D.
Missouri State University
School of Accountancy Director and BKD Leadership Professor
Springfield
Term expires 6/30/24

Chuck Hutchins, CPA
Leggett & Platt, Inc.
Vice President, Chief Tax Officer 
Carthage
Term expires 6/30/25

Jamie Jabouri CPA, CITP, CISA
Schowalter & Jabouri, P.C. 
President 
St. Louis
Term expires 6/30/25

Steve Lenivy, CPA
BDO USA, LLP
Tax Senior Manager
St. Louis
Term expires 6/30/26

Tammie Schaefer, CPA, CGMA, Ph.D.
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Associate Professor
Kansas City
Term expires 6/30/26

Michelle Schwerin, CPA, J.D.
Capes Sokol
Shareholder
St. Louis
Term expires 6/30/24

Fan Tielking, CPA
EY
Tax Partner, Diversity and Inclusiveness Partner Champion
St. Louis
Term expires 6/30/24

Adam Ward, CPA
KPMG LLP
Audit Senior Manager, Data Analytics
St. Louis
Term expires 6/30/24

Mark Winiarski, CPA
Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
Shareholder, Regional Attest Practice Leader
Kansas City
Term expires 6/30/26

Ellen Zimmer, CPA
Grimco, Inc.
Director of Finance
St. Louis
Term expires 6/30/26