2020 was a challenging year for most of us, but there were some highlights to celebrate. The profession honoured its best when the 2020 CPA Alberta Achievement Award recipients were announced in the spring. Unfortunately, we were unable to recognize these individuals in person this year, but they certainly deserve a final round of recognition. You can watch a video celebrating this year’s recipients here, and hear from each of the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients in their own videos by clicking on their name below.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to those CPAs whose continual commitment to the betterment of their profession, their communities, and the organizations they have served is unparalleled. In 2020, three individuals received this honour:
- Daryl Ritchie FCPA, FCA. Daryl is the former Chief Executive Officer and Chair of MNP LLP. Among a multitude of accomplishments, Daryl’s leadership role in building MNP into a major national accounting firm is evidence of the impact of his expertise and vision.
- Howie Shikaze FCPA, FCA. Howie is now retired from a successful career in public practice His unwavering service and commitment to the accounting profession and his community are just two examples of how Howie’s activities have brought honour to the profession and make him a role model for all CPAs.
- Betty Thompson FCPA, FCGA. Betty is the President and Board Chair of IntegralOrg. Passionate about giving back and contributing to the community, Betty has made a tremendous, positive impact to numerous not-for-profit organizations over the past 30 years.
CPA Education Foundation Impact Award
The CPA Education Foundation’s 2020 Impact Award was presented posthumously to Robert (Bob) Young FCPA, FCA, who passed away in 2019. The award recognized Bob’s legacy of service to the Foundation and to accounting education in Alberta. You can learn more about Bob’s contributions here.
Fellows of the Chartered Professional Accountants
The Fellow of Chartered Professional Accountants (FCPA) is granted to those members who have rendered exceptional service to the profession or whose achievements in their careers, the community, or in the profession have earned them distinction and brought honour to the profession. The following individuals became Fellows in 2020:
- Daniel Adams FCPA, FCA
- Darwin Bozek FCPA, FCGA
- Jason Ding FCPA, FCA
- Theresa Jang FCPA, FCA
- Edward Lam FCPA, FCA
- Christine Lee FCPA, FCA
- Lisa Majeau Gordon FCPA, FCA
- Warren Pashkowich FCPA, FCA
- Bruce Picton FCPA, FCA
- Dale Somerville FCPA, FCA
- Patti Walsh FCPA, FCA
Distinguished Service Awards
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes members or supporters of the profession who have demonstrated a significant achievement within the last five years and have therefore brought honour to the profession. The 2020 Distinguished Service Award recipients were:
- Sally Banek CPA, CMA
- Norm Ferguson CPA, CMA
- Nicole Finnigan CPA, CMA
- Nick Kietaibl CPA, CA
- Geoff Oberg CPA, CA
- Jennifer Pede CPA, CA
- Adam Presslee CPA, CA
- Alisa Sorochan CPA, CA
- Erin Stephen CPA, CA
Early Achievement Awards
The Early Achievement Award recognizes CPAs who have had their accounting designation for 10 years or less and have rendered exceptional service to the profession or whose achievements in their careers or in the community have earned them distinction and brought honour to the profession. Those individuals selected for recognition in 2020 were:
- Scott Acheson CPA, CA
- Vivien Chu CPA, CA
- Darryl Delwo CPA, CMA
- Kathleen Dengler CPA, CGA
- Janet Hamley CPA, CMA
- Joshua Inhaber CPA, CGA
- Ross Johnson CPA, CA
- Devan Legare CPA, CMA
- Darren Liviniuk CPA, CA
- Staci Millard CPA, CGA
- Janine Moir CPA, CA
- Maureen Moneta CPA, CA
- Amy Sloat CPA, CA
- Jack Tsoi CPA, CA
- Ebony Verbonac CPA, CA
- Jessie Westers CPA, CA
- John Zabos CPA, CA
- Christina Zschocke CPA, CGA
Biographies of all the recipients are available on the CPA Alberta website.
Congratulations again to the profession’s best of 2020!
