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Greetings Fellow AGA Members and Prospective Members:

I hope you were able to attend the March chapter meeting where we heard from Andy Valentine, CFP, Senior Vice President with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Mr. Valentine gave us a historical perspective on Volatility and the Long-term Investor. Since March is CGFM month, we were also honored to recognize all of the CGFMs who were in attendance. In the newsletter, we have included a list of our 166 chapter members who have the CGFM certification.

I encourage each of you to attend the chapter meetings as often as you can. The meetings provide a great opportunity to network with colleagues and hear from professionals in various fields. We only have two more meetings for this program year, one of which will be our awards luncheon in May, but the chapter meetings will resume in September.

The Community Service Committee has provided great opportunities for each chapter member to serve those in need with your time, your talents, and your resources. We had a great response to our fundraiser for the Elephant Sanctuary as member donations exceeded the chapter’s $500 match. On March 8, we assisted Nashville’s Public Television Station, Channel 8, with their fundraising efforts, and members were given the opportunity to donate during the station’s pledge drive.

Watch for announcements from the Education Committee of additional audio conferences.

You still have March and April in which to sponsor new members and be entered into the Membership Committee’s sponsorship

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competition, with the possibility of winning $100 or $50. You will also receive a free lunch certificate for each two new members that you sponsor.

For our April chapter meeting, we look forward to hearing from a representative of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Please watch for the reservation announcement and invite friends and colleagues that you think might be interested in joining AGA to come to the April meeting. I look forward to greeting you and your guests at the meeting.

If I can assist you in any way with your AGA membership or your interest in becoming an AGA member, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Your Chapter Leadership Team is shown on the last page of the newsletter. Please feel free to contact any of us with questions or concerns. If there is anything we can do to improve your membership experience or to encourage you to become a member, please let us know.

Shirley Henry, CGFM, CPA, President AGA Nashville Chapter (615) 747-5253 Shirley.Henry@cot.tn.gov

Shirley Henry, CGFM, CPA 2011 - 2012 AGA Nashville

Chapter President

UPCOMING EVENTS

CEC Meeting 4/2/12 Chapter Meeting 4/5/12

Spring Social 4/14/12

2012 Regional PDC - Atlanta

4/26/12- 4/27/12

Volunteer Opportunities at Country Music Marathon

4/25/12- 4/28/12

CELEBRATE

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Please join us April 5 at the Nashville City Club for our monthly luncheon. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Ralph Schultz, President of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information about the Chamber, visit their website.

Volunteers Needed at the National Level

AGA is seeking candidates interested in filling vacancies on national boards and committees. Serving as a board or committee member might just be the most important contribution you will make to your own career and the profession. Take advantage of this exceptional opportunity to:

• Contribute to the growth and success of your professional association. • Network with a dynamic group of accountability professionals. • Develop your leadership skills. • Develop solutions to meet present and future challenges. • Stay apprised of hot topics in financial management.

Commitment—All board and committee terms begin July 1. Board terms run for one, two, or three years, depending on the board, and committee terms run for three years.

Qualifications—If you are an AGA member in good standing, able to serve a full term of office, and can participate in board and committee conference calls, you are qualified to serve. Specific qualifications for each committee Please contact Gerry Boaz, CGFM, at Gerry.Boaz@cot.tn.gov for more information.

April Luncheon

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We truly enjoy reading articles submitted from our membership. Please share your thoughts and ideas or interesting news with us by submitting your article to me at Penny.Austin@tn.gov no later than November 4 for the next edition of our newsletter. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks and start writing!

March Luncheon

Attention: We Need Your Current Email Address

To ensure that you are kept up to date on all the exciting happenings of the chapter, please take a few moments to sign-up for our Google group. If you are already a subscriber but have recently changed your address, please join using your current address. Long time subscribers may also need to rejoin if they were receiving forwards from the old state.tn.us account as those emails will no longer be forwarded. Comptroller employees need to sign-up with the new @cot.tn.gov address.

To join go to http://nashvilleaga.org/membership/listserv.html and enter your current email address. You will receive an email message from Google asking you to verify the new address. Please click the Join Group link in this email to complete your subscription.

Andy Valentine, Speaker Gerry Boaz

Member Networking Activities Member Networking Activities

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Maureen D. Abbey, CGFM Ayodele B. Adewuyi, CGFM Dean Agouridis, CGFM Patricia D. Amorello, CGFM James R. Arnette, Jr., CGFM Penny T. Austin, CGFM Jill A. Bachus, CGFM Jeffery B. Bailey, CGFM Larry G. Bailey, CGFM Robert M. Ball, CGFM Dan D. Barger, CGFM Bryan G. Bean, CGFM Wilbur M. Berry, Jr., CGFM-Retired Becky B. Black, CGFM Carrie L. Blair, CGFM Debra Bloomingburg, CGFM-Retired Gerry Boaz, CGFM Ronald E. Boniol, CGFM Robert Briggs Boydston, CGFM Nolan R. Bradford, CGFM James L. Brickhouse, CGFM Charles K. Bridges, CGFM-Retired Charles Richard Brown, CGFM Edward Burr, CGFM Cynthia Gail Camp, CGFM Philip D. Carr, CGFM Beth R. Chapman, CGFM-Retired Thomas W. Chester, CGFM Michael K. Cheung, CGFM Larry W. Cole, CGFM Ann Collett, CGFM James Ralph Cross, CGFM Aneita B. Curtis, CGFM Nichole Curtiss, CGFM Amy Czerwinski, CGFM Bertha M. DeWeese, CGFM-Retired Jerry E. Durham, CGFM Dennis F. Dycus, CGFM Thomas W. Eck, CGFM Connie W. Edde, CGFM Sandra K. Eddlemon, CGFM Michael S. Edwards, CGFM Faye T. Elam, CGFM

*March Is CGFM Month*

March is designated as Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) Month. The CGFM is the premier certification for government accountability professionals, and the Nashville Chapter is proud to have 167 members who are CGFMs. We want to congratulate all of those members on their achievement, and we are hoping to have even more members included on the list next year.

Ronald L. Erickson, CGFM Rodney A. Farmer, CGFM Stephanie T. Faulkner, CGFM Theodore R. Fellman, CGFM John David Frakes, Sr., CGFM-Retired Tammy Fruscione, CGFM Lola Fuqua-Haney, CGFM Jennifer Garoutte, CGFM Tammy D. Gourley, CGFM Karen B. Hale, CGFM Eugene S. Hampton, II, CGFM G. Coleman Hanna, CGFM Charles L. Harrison, CGFM-Retired Robert E. Hart, CGFM Arthur Hayes, Jr., CGFM Jim A. Hayes, CGFM William R. Hedge, CGFM Arthur J. Henderson, CGFM Herman G. Henry, CGFM-Retired Shirley Ann Henry, CGFM Teresa L. Hensley, CGFM Anne R. Henson, CGFM Erinne J. Hester, CGFM Felenceo M. Hill, CGFM Charles Holland, CGFM Leslie C. Holman, CGFM Marcia G. Holman, CGFM Joseph M. Holzmer, CGFM Linda R. Howard, CGFM Sharal B. Huegele, CGFM Kevin B. Huffman, CGFM Floyd Hughes, CGFM Patricia O. Hughes, CGFM Michael C. Hulme, CGFM Rebecca R. Hunter, CGFM Robbie A. Hunter, CGFM Barbara E. Jernigan, CGFM Aaron Jewell, CGFM Dana M. Johnson, CGFM-Retired Jerry Don Johnson, CGFM Teresa M. Jolly, CGFM Diana L. Jones, CGFM

Melvin Jones, Jr., CGFM Dr. Dana B. Kendall, CGFM Joe F. Kimery, CGFM Kenneth D. King, CGFM Randall L. Kinnersley, CGFM Herbert M. Kraycirik, CGFM William A. Lacey, CGFM Robert Allen Lackey, CGFM Jane A. Lacy, CGFM David P. Lannom, Jr., CGFM Dr. Harriett S. Littlepage, CGFM Talia R. Lomax-O'dneal, CGFM E. Paul Long, CGFM Deborah Loveless, CGFM Alan E. Major, CGFM Janice J. Marston, CGFM-Retired Derek D. Martin, CGFM Georganne R. Martin, CGFM Antonia R. Martin-Lalor, CGFM Terry Lynn Mason, CGFM Sharon Ruth Matheny, CGFM John R. Mattingly, CGFM Robert Alan McCloud, CGFM Kimberly N. McDoniel, CGFM Kelley J McNeal, CGFM Sandra J. McSeveney, CGFM-Retired Kent D. Miller, Jr., CGFM Sarah Morgan, CGFM Marie C. Moss, CGFM Lisa A. Nolen, CGFM Richard V. Norment, CGFM Lucius C. Othman, CGFM Prabhakar Pallapothu, CGFM Melinda K. Parton, CGFM Elizabeth W. Pendergrass, CGFM C. Richard Phebus, CGFM Charles R. Powell, CGFM Ferman L. Pride, CGFM Robyn Renee Probus, CGFM Mary Anne J. Queen, CGFM Ronald H. Queen, CGFM Byron Keith Rice, CGFM

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Job Opportunities From the Editor Luncheon/CEC Minutes

From time to time departments forward job opportunities to the Website Committee which are posted for members’ convenience. If you are interested in new job offerings or know someone who is, go to this link for detailed information:

http://nashvilleaga.org/jobs.html

We truly enjoy reading articles submitted by our members. Please share your thoughts and ideas or interesting news with us by submitting your article to me at Penny.Austin@cot.tn.gov no later than April 6 for the next edition of our newsletter. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks and start writing!

To read the minutes from the most recent CEC meeting and from the March Chapter Luncheon, please visit the chapter website. The luncheon minutes will be presented for approval at the next business meeting scheduled for April 5, 2012.

http://nashvilleaga.org/monthlymeetings.html

Come join us on Facebook! Early Careers now has a Facebook group. The group name is Nashville AGA - Early Careers. All members, including members who are not Early Careers members, are encouraged to join the group.

Renewal Season is Here Don’t forget to renew your annual membership and CGFM!

How to Renew Online: Access the AGA website and click AGA Login on the right top corner of the screen. Log in using your membership ID number and password (your first initial followed by your last name, no spaces) and click on the gray billing button above your name. All you have to do is input your credit card information and hit submit. The transaction will automatically process via a secure server, and the renewal information will be automatically updated in AGA’s in-house membership system. While you are logged into the Members Only section, be sure to look at your contact information and make any updates (especially your e-mail address). If you have any questions, contact AGA at 703.684.6931 or 800.AGA.7211.

Chuck Richardson, CGFM-Retired Vickie J. Robbins, CGFM Larry W. Robertson, CGFM Hershel A. Rodgers, CGFM Sandra G. Seymour, CGFM-Retired Amy D. Sharp, CGFM Elaine S. Short, CGFM Cynthia S. Singleton, CGFM Dr. G. Robert Smith, Jr., CGFM Scarlet Z. Sneed, CGFM James Allen Staley, CGFM Katherine J. Stickel, CGFM Roy H. Stone, Jr., CGFM

Sheila P. Street, CGFM-Retired David E. Sturtevant, CGFM Jan I. Sylvis, CGFM Dawn Welker Thomack, CGFM Kandi Thomas, CGFM Richard L. Tidwell, CGFM-Retired Donna F. Tipps, CGFM Nebert Ray Trobaugh, CGFM Clare Tucker, CGFM Lisa Marie Wade, CGFM Patricia L. Wakefield, CGFM Darryl L. Walker, CGFM-Retired Margaret Wallace Walker, CGFM

James L. Warner, CGFM James H. Westbrook, Jr., CGFM Scott A. White, CGFM Lisa L. Williams, CGFM Daniel V. Willis, CGFM Dena Winningham, CGFM Horace B. Wiseman, CGFM George Womack, CGFM Britt Wood, CGFM James M. Woods, II, CGFM Gregory D. Worley, CGFM Tammy R. Worley, CGFM Suzanne Marie Yates, CGFM

CGFMs (Cont.)

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Save the Date!!! Spring Social – Nashville Sounds Game

Saturday, April 14, 2012

More Information to Come

Upcoming Training Opportunities

2012 AGA Southeastern Regional Professional Development Conference

Auditing and Financial Management in the New Economy: A review of best practices and new opportunities

April 26-27, 2012

240 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia

More Information

Tennessee 31st Annual Government Auditing Training Seminars

Sponsored by the National Association of State Auditors,

Comptrollers and Treasurers and

Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury

April 24-25, Chattanooga, Tennessee April 26-27, Nashville, Tennessee May 7-8, Morristown, Tennessee May 10-11, Jackson, Tennessee

More Information

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Dennis Dycus, Nashville Chapter Nominee, Wins National AGA Award

The Nashville Chapter nominated Dennis Dycus, CGFM, CPA, CFE, for the William R. Snodgrass Distinguished Leadership Award, which was established by AGA to formally recognize state government professionals who exemplify and promote excellence in government financial management and who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in enhancing sound financial management legislation, regulations, practices, policies, and systems. The award was presented to Dennis at AGA’s National Leadership Conference, which was held in Washington, DC in February.

Dennis, the Director of the Division of Municipal Audit and a career employee with Tennessee’s Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, worked under the leadership of William R. Snodgrass, Comptroller, for many years. Dennis is a charter member and past president of the Nashville Chapter.

A portion of the chapter’s nomination form stated, “Dennis has made numerous contributions toward improvement of the accounting, auditing, and financial reporting for all forms of local governments in the State of Tennessee.” The nomination form also cited, “For over thirty years, Dennis has been very active in training local government officials as well as auditors of local governments. AGA has twice recognized his efforts with the presentation of their National Education Award in 1989 and 1997.”

In response to being congratulated on his selection for this award, Dennis said, “I have been fortunate to have received several awards during my 39 years with the Comptroller’s Office. However, this one has a very special significance for me in that I had the privilege of working for Mr. Snodgrass for 27 years. Being acknowledged that I have demonstrated leadership characteristics even remotely similar to those of Mr. Snodgrass is truly an honor.”

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Help Transform Careers and Lives by Sponsoring A Member Today You depend on AGA, and we count on you, too! Sharing the benefits of AGA helps grow careers and AGA’s network of financial management professionals. Nominate your colleagues for AGA membership. The “Ready, Set, Grow” Member-Get-A-Member Campaign is the new AGA membership recruitment and rewards program running from May 1, 2011 until April 30, 2012. The campaign challenges AGA members to encourage their colleagues, friends and other interested individuals to join AGA during the program year. Current members are the best source for new members who could benefit from all AGA has to offer. Each member who sponsors a new member is eligible for special recognition and rewards. Here’s your chance to get someone new involved in the personal and professional benefits of your Association. How the campaign works:

Download a membership application. You can also order applications by calling the Customer Satisfaction Center at 800.AGA.7211 and/or e-mailing agamembers@agacgfm.org. Tell your peers and co-workers about AGA. Simply encourage them to fill out AGA’s membership application or complete the application online. Be sure to include your name as the sponsor on the application.

You will be eligible to receive a sponsor pin when your first referral joins AGA. After six of your referrals join AGA (prior to Dec. 31, 2011) you earn free dues during the 2012–2013 membership year. The “Ready, Set, Grow” Member-Get-A-Member Campaign ends April 30, 2012. The grand prize recipient will be announced shortly thereafter.

Campaign Incentives Everyone Wins!

• Recruit ONE or more members, receive a Sponsors Only lapel pin.

Sponsor a Member Before April 30

• Recruit a member before April 30, 2012 and be entered into a fishbowl drawing to win an iPAD.

Sponsoring Six or More

• Recruit SIX members by Dec. 31, 2011 and receive next year’s membership dues renewal FREE.

Sponsoring 10 or More

• Recruit 10 or more members by March 31, 2012 and be placed into a drawing for a $200 American Express Gift Card. After 10, each new member sponsored gives you another chance at the drawing. Recruit 10 members, get one chance at the drawing, recruit 16 members, get seven chances, and so on. The more members recruited, the more chances to win.

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Spotlight on Early Career/Tomorrow’s Professionals New Members

• An AGA national meeting registration will be awarded to the AGA member who recruits the most new Early Career members during the campaign.

Spotlight on Chapters • A recruitment stimulus in the form of a $100

American Express Gift Card will be raffled to chapters that have at least five members who have actively sponsored new members into AGA during the program year. There will be two drawings for members sponsored from May 1–Dec. 31 and Jan. 1–April 30. The gift cards must be used toward chapter recruitment and retention programming.

Sponsor Achievement Awards and Recognition

• Recruiter of the Year (one winner)—The member who recruits the most new members from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 will be presented with the Recruiter of the Year distinction and receive a complimentary registration to the 61st Annual Professional Development Conference & Exposition in San Diego and two tickets to Sea World San Diego.

• Top Sponsor (two winners)—The next two members who recruit the most new members from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 will each be presented with the Top Sponsor distinction along with a complimentary registration to the 61st Annual Professional Development Conference & Exposition in San Diego.

• Chapter Overall Growth (six winning chapters)—The six chapters achieving the highest overall growth percentage in their chapter size grouping for the membership year will each win a complimentary AGA national meeting registration. Chapters decide who receives the registration. Each chapter president and membership chair will be presented with an achievement plaque as well.

Only you can best communicate to your colleagues what AGA does for you, your professional development and your career. Help AGA Grow and Thrive. Start Recruiting Today.

Rules/Eligibility All AGA members in good standing are eligible to participate in the “Ready, Set, Grow” Member-Get-A-Member Campaign. The campaign period includes all new members joining AGA from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012—AGA’s membership year. The new member being sponsored must include the name of their sponsor on the membership application to participate. All federal, state and local laws apply. Void where prohibited.

Please feel free to contact the Membership Committee Co-Chairs with any questions: Valerie Oliver (Valerie.Oliver@tn.gov) Eugene Hampton, II, CGFM, (Eugene.Hampton@cot.tn.gov)

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Committee News

The Membership Committee is pleased to announce a great lineup of retention and recruitment incentives for existing members, new members, and guests for the 2011-2012 AGA year!

Local Prizes!!!!

Existing Members

• Earn a point for every guest you bring to the chapter meeting (3-point maximum)

• Recruit two new members and receive a lunch voucher for a free lunch ($11 value)

• Earn 3 points for every new member that you sponsor (unlimited points)

• Earn 30 points throughout the 2011-2012 AGA year from such things as meeting attendance, educational events, community service participation, and sponsorship of new members AND pay your dues by March 31, 2012, and the Nashville Chapter will pay $45 towards a full (not a student or early career) membership for the next year. That means you get half of your dues back, so start earning points early!

Recruitment Incentives

The current campaign will run from December 2011 - April 2012. The top recruiter will take home $100, and any member that recruits at least one member will be entered into a drawing for $50.

New Members • Receive a lunch voucher for a

free lunch ($11 value) with paid membership.

• Start earning incentives and points by bringing guests to the luncheons and recruiting new members.

Guests • Receive a free lunch for being a

first time guest at a chapter meeting.

• Join and start receiving all other AGA membership benefits.

Please feel free to contact the Membership Committee Co-Chairs with any questions:

Valerie Oliver (Valerie.Oliver@tn.gov) Eugene Hampton, II, CGFM, (Eugene.Hampton@cot.tn.gov)

Membership

Awards

Cornelius E. Tierney/Ernst & Young Research Award

Chapter Education Award

Chapter Service Award

Community Service Award

International Achievement Award

Chapter CGFM Award

Emerging Leader Award of Excellence

Regional Coordinator Award

These awards will be presented during AGA’s 61st Annual Professional Development Conference & Exposition in San Diego, CA, from July 29-August 1, 2012. In many cases, individuals do not have to be members of AGA to be eligible. Award nominations need to be submitted to Jeff.Hughes@tn.gov no later than March 30th.

Apply for 2012 National Academic Scholarships

Are you or a family member pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies in disciplines such as accounting, auditing, budgeting, economics, finance, information technology, public administration, etc.? If so, consider applying for an AGA National Academic Scholarship today!

National Award Nominations

AGA is now accepting nominations for 13 National Awards that recognize the leaders advancing our profession and setting the standards of excellence:

Robert W. King Memorial Award

Einhorn-Gary Award

Frank Greathouse Distinguished Leadership Award

Achievement of the Year Award

Educator Award

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Community Service

Awards (Cont.)

Each year, AGA National awards:

*Up to four $3,000 full-time merit scholarships to AGA members and their family members *Up to two $1,000 part-time merit scholarships to AGA members and their family members *One $3,000 community service scholarship

For more information about the National Awards or National Scholarships you can visit http://agacgfm.org/membership/awards/

Local Scholarship Opportunities

The Nashville Chapter’s scholarship application is posted on our website. Remember that this year high school seniors can apply (this goes for both scholarships) and applications are to be submitted electronically. For more information on our scholarships you can visit http://nashvilleaga.org/scholarships.html

ELEPHANT SANCTUARY

The Community Service Committee would like to thank everyone who donated to the Elephant Sanctuary this year. Our goal was to hit the $500 match level, and we surpassed it!! We raised over $600 in individual member donations! In total, the AGA Nashville Chapter donated $1,105. Thanks again for all your support on this project.

This year we had five AGA members and six guests of the members that helped serve food at the Nashville Rescue Mission on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. We served over 400 meals. Thanks for your support on this, and we look forward to helping out again next year!

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Volunteers Needed for the Country Music Marathon & ½

Marathon

The 2012 St. Jude Country Music Marathon and 1/2 Marathon Presented by Nissan will be held Saturday, April 28th! There will be over 30,000 runners and walkers in Music City, and volunteers are needed to help make sure they have a great experience while in town.

AGA members can participate in this event by either serving as a volunteer or actually walking or running in the event. If you would like to be a part of this fun and exciting event, please sign up via http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/nashville/volunteer. Once you have signed up, please contact Tammy Fruscione at 615-747-5221 or tammy.fruscione@cot.tn.gov to get your community service points.

Volunteers are needed at the Health and Fitness Expo presented by Power Balance at the Nashville Convention Center Wednesday, April 25 - Friday, April 27; at the ING Kids Rock Race Friday, April 27; and on Race Day, Saturday, April 28, at the Start & Finish Line!

All volunteers will receive a Race Crew t-shirt and a ticket to the post-race concert. This year’s post-race concert will feature Rodney Adkins with opening act Gloriana!

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If someone were to have asked me 25 years ago if I thought I would still be living in the state of Tennessee, I would not have hesitated in saying, “There is no way.” I would never even have expected to have reached the 30-year mark as an employee of the Comptroller of the Treasury. This just goes to show that you never know what life may bring, but I am grateful.

My story began in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, in the Keystone State of Pennsylvania, where I was born, raised, and educated. I am the oldest of three children born to my parents, who are now in their 70’s and are still blessed to be alive and still blessed to have been married for over 50 years. I, along with my brother and sister, am grateful to them for the values they instilled in us and the great sacrifices they made in order to send all of us to college. It was because of this sacrifice that I was able to graduate from Temple University in May 1981 and receive the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.

My professional career began with the Comptroller of the Treasury, Department of Audit, Division of State Audit, in January 1982, where I started

as a Legislative Auditor I, and I am now a Legislative Audit Manager with the New Performance Audit Group. I am blessed to have earned several professional certifications and to be a member of several professional organizations, including this chapter, where I have also served as the Chapter Secretary and Chapter Treasurer. In 2011, I was honored to receive the President’s Award from our Immediate Past President, Melvin Jones, Jr. I also serve on the Board of Directors of the Southeast Financial Credit Union, where I currently chair the Audit Committee.

I acknowledge and profess God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit as the head of my life. I am a part of a strong prayer group made up of other employees of the Division of State Audit, as well as other state employees, who are well aware of the power of prayer. Having my spiritual foundation in the Church of God In Christ, I am an active member of The Temple Church, under the leadership of Pastor Darrell A. Drumwright. One of my favorite hymns of the church is “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” especially the portion of the verse that says, “All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!”

While never having any children of my own, I am blessed to be the godmother of three wonderful young adults who have all graduated from college. I am also the proud aunt of one handsome nephew, who is in middle school; and two beautiful nieces, one who is in high school and the other who has taken her rest in the Lord.

CEC Member Spotlight – Scarlet Sneed Two-Year Director, Meetings and Attendance Co-Chair

It was on December 30, 2008, that our faith in the Lord was tested when my first niece was savagely murdered at 20 years old. The trial judge stated that in her 17 years of sitting on the bench, she had never seen “a more brutal crime.” My niece suffered more than 30 slashing and stab wounds at the hand of her ex-boyfriend. While I am not able to tell the whole story here, I included this detail so that others know that domestic violence is real. I also want to convey the message that it was our strong family faith and trust in the Lord that helped us in this extremely painful loss. And through all of this we still love and trust the Lord.

I have always been one that loved to take pictures, but this tragedy has motivated me to increase my interest and knowledge in photography and help others realize the story from generation to generation that pictures can tell. We all know the saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

With all of that said, I would like to close by saying: always trust in the Lord; let your family and friends know that you love them while you can; and cherish, as well as keep alive, the memory of those who now take their rest in the Lord!

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2011 - 2012 AGA Nashville Chapter Leadership Directory

Officers President Shirley Henry, CGFM, CPA (615) 747-5253 Shirley.Henry@cot.tn.gov President-elect Ray Register (615) 532-0216 Ray.T.Register@tn.gov Immediate Past President Melvin Jones, Jr., CGFM (615) 532-6165 Melvin.Jones@tn.gov Secretary Mary Anne Queen, CGFM, CFE (615) 401-7756 Mary.Anne.Queen@cot.tn.gov Treasurer Kayla Shewcraft, CPA (615) 747-5371 Kayla.Shewcraft@cot.tn.gov

One-Year Directors Keevia Battle, CPA Finance Chair (615) 253-6783 Keevia.Battle@tn.gov Hank Clay (615) 532-1634 Hank.Clay@tn.gov Cynthia Setters Meetings and Attendance Co-Chair (615) 353-9011 chsetters@gmail.com Corey Tester Education Co-Chair (615) 401-7772 Corey.Tester@cot.tn.gov Rhonda Williams Education Co-Chair (615) 532-2608 Rhonda.D.Williams@tn.gov

Two-Year Directors Jerry Durham, CGFM, CPA, CFE CGFM Chair (615) 401-7951 Jerry.Durham@cot.tn.gov David Lannom, Jr., CGFM (615) 862-6122 David.Lannom@nashville.gov Valerie Oliver, CPA Membership Co-Chair (615) 532-7121 Valerie.Oliver@tn.gov Scarlet Sneed, CGFM, CPA, CFE Meetings and Attendance Co-Chair (615) 747-5243 Scarlet.Sneed@cot.tn.gov

Britt Wood, CGFM, CPA, CFE, CISA, ACDA Program Co-Chair (615) 974-8814 Britt_Wood@ACL.com Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs

Nathan Abbott, CISA, CFE Webmaster Co-Chair (615) 401-7842 Nathan.Abbott@cot.tn.gov Penny Austin, CGFM, CPA, CISA Newsletter Editor (615) 401-7841 Penny.Austin@cot.tn.gov Gerry Boaz, CGFM, CPA Corporate Sponsorship Chair (615) 747-5262 Gerry.Boaz@cot.tn.gov Ellen Dunkin Early Careers Chair (615) 401-7897 Ellen.Dunkin@cot.tn.gov

Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs Tammy Fruscione, CGFM Community Service Chair (615) 747-5221 Tammy.Fruscione@cot.tn.gov Karen Hale, MAOM, CGFM Accountability Outreach Coordinator Public Relations Chair (615) 401-7742 Karen.B.Hale@cot.tn.gov Eugene Hampton, II, CGFM, CPA Membership Co-Chair (615) 401-7956 Eugene.Hampton@cot.tn.gov Jeff Hughes, MBA, CFE Awards Chair (931) 490-8348 Jeff.Hughes@tn.gov Hellens Cruz-Sanchez, CPA, CFE Program Co-Chair (615) 401-7897 Hellens.Cruz-Sanchez@cot.tn.gov Dan Willis, CGFM, CPA, CISA Webmaster Co-Chair (615) 747-5247 Daniel.Willis@cot.tn.gov Chapter Address: AGA Nashville Chapter PO Box 198025 Nashville, TN 37219

Visit the Nashville Chapter website at

www.nashvilleaga.org