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Release: IMMEDIATEDate: 02/23/2010

Contact: Robert N. Brooks, Executive DirectorPhone: (919) 733-4222

E-Mail: rbrooks@nccpaboard.gov

55 APPROVED AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Raleigh-On February 22, 2010, the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant

Examiners approved 55 applicants for licensure as Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the State of

North Carolina.

Applicants for licensure are required to pass the Uniform CPA Examination and satisfy the education,

work experience, and moral character requirements of the Board. A CPA certified to practice in North

Carolina must annually renew his or her license and complete at least 40 hours of Continuing

Professional Education (CPE), including an ethics course. North Carolina has about 18,250 actively

licensed CPAs.

Established by Chapter 93 of the North Carolina General Statutes, the State Board of CPA Examinersis an occupational licensing board that grants certificates of qualification as CPAs to those individualswho meet the legal requirements. The Board also adopts and enforces the rules of professional ethicsand conduct to be observed by CPAs in North Carolina. The Board, which is considered anindependent State agency, is composed of seven members appointed by the Governor for three-yearterms. Five members must be holders of valid and unrevoked NC CPA certificates as issued by theBoard in accordance with the NC General Statutes. The remaining two members, who cannot beCPAs, represent the interests of the public-at-Iarge.

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North Carolina State Board of CPA ExaminersCPA Licenses Issued 2/2212010Sorted by State/City/Last Name

02/22/10 Bradley William Cox 35127 Encinitas CA

02/22/10 Katherine Leigh Anthony 35131 Jacksonville FL02/22/10 William Stephen Hart 35157 Merritt Island FL

02/22/10 Cara McCauley Applegate 35124 Black Mountain NC

02/22/10 Benjamin Cramer Tennant 35123 Cary NC

02/22/10 Oyin (Celeste) Omotayo Charles 35163 Chapel Hill NC

02/22/10 Karin Langbehn-Pecaut 35112 Chapel Hill NC

02/22/10 Susan Jane McAndrew 35160 Chapel Hill NC

02/22/10 Eric R. Cheek 35139 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Joseph James Esposito Jr. 35161 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Charlotte Chandler Jacobs 35120 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Robert Prial James 35136 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Ana Laura Marquez 35135 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Elizabeth Joanne Minson 35145 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 John Dashiell Nelson 35114 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Richard Peter Pawliczek Jr. 35117 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Daniel Jesus Ruocco 35132 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Kaumil Kiritkumar Shah 35140 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Joseph Louis Swope 35138 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Dana Walker Weaver 35152 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Brent Whitney Young 35142 Charlotte NC

02/22/10 Heather Marie Hewitt 35162 Cornelius NC

02/22/10 Anna Passantino Grofic 35154 Durham NC

02/22/10 John Paul Jones II 35144 Granite Falls NC

02/22/10 Roger Franklin Scott 35111 Greenville NC

02/22/10 Angelyn Kay McKeel 35122 Harrells NC

02/22/10 Sarah Elise Boodman 35121 Holly Springs NC

02/22/10 William Lee Rogers 35148 Hubert NC

02/22/10 Alexandra Lozovaya Gatti 35109 Indian Trail NC

02/22/10 Daniel Scott Gray 35110 LaGrange NC

02/22/10 Rhonda Kay Devan 35158 Montreat NC

02/22/10 Stuart Neal Mull 35119 Morganton NC

02/22/10 Chase Hardy Hale 35130 Morrisville NC

02/22/10 Angela Parsons Sedberry 35146 Mt. Gilead NC

02/22/10 Heather Elisa Bush 35143 Raleigh NC

02/22/10 Leah E. Coveleski 35116 Raleigh NC

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North Carolina State Board of CPA ExaminersCPA Licenses Issued 2/22/2010Sorted by State/City/Last Name

02/22/10 Jared Prescott Edens 35153 Raleigh NC

02/22/10 Kelly Carroll Hamilton 35129 Raleigh NC

02/22/10 Elizabeth Briggs Holt 35156 Raleigh NC

02/22/10 Terri Ashley McQueen 35134 Raleigh NC

02/22/10 David Scott Showalter 35159 Raleigh NC

02/22/10 Dustin Hardy Traylor 35137 Raleigh NC

02/22/10 Meridith Carson Peele 35151 Sanford NC

02/22/10 Sheryl Lynn Reese 35150 Siler City NC

02/22/10 Michelle Nicole Nowlin 35147 Statesville NC

02/22/10 Andrew James Eaker 35118 Stokesdale NC

02/22/10 Robert Ryan Shellenbarger 35113 Wake Forest NC

02/22/10 Veronica Ann Beichner 35115 Wilson NC

02/22/10 Laura Brooke Farren 35141 Winston-Salem NC

02/22/10 Nicholas Vincent Troia 35128 Youngsville NC

02/22/10 Jacob Randall Nunn 35149 Fort Mill SC

02/22/10 Gregory Robert Surratt 35126 Rock Hill SC

02/22/10 Timothy David Gacsy 35125 Tega Cay SC

02/22/10 Amy Yuen 35155 Cedar Park TX

02/22/10 Kim Uteson Tyndall 35133 Corpus Christi TX

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