Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Licensed Professional Profile: Daniel Hobson, CPA, CIA

Dan is the Manager of Minority Initiatives for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is responsible for directing the Institute’s diversity efforts as well as developing and executing various programs established by the Minority Initiatives Committee (MIC). The mission of the committee is to actively integrate minorities into the accounting profession to become CPAs, and enhance their upward mobility. Key programs include: Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarships, Doctoral Fellowships, Leadership Workshops, Grants for Accounting Awareness Programs, Advertising / Promotion, Outreach and Faculty Development Programs. Additionally, Dan works with state accounting societies, various accounting organizations, and other organizations focused on diversity. He sits on a number of advisory boards and frequently speaks on behalf of the profession. Dan joined the Institute in August 2000.

Additionally, he is an adjunct faculty member lecturing in accounting at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

Previous business experience includes over ten years of auditing (internal and external) and accounting work with increasing levels of responsibilities. Dan gained extensive experience managing day to day accounting operations and navigating through transitional / dynamic environments. Previous employers include: Price Waterhouse, Times Mirror, Cytec Industries and Automatic Data Processing.

In 1989, Dan received his BS in Accounting from Norfolk State University in Virginia. He is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor in the State of New York.

Affiliations:
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
• National Association of Black Accountants
• National Council of Philippine American Canadian Accountants

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