The cat is out of the bag! Recapping #BestKeptSecretCPA

The cat is out of the bag! Recapping #BestKeptSecretCPA

Did you hear it through the grapevine? We let everyone in on the secret to success for businesses in Alberta and around the world—CPAs! From October 13 to November 13, as part of CPA Alberta’s #BestKeptSecretCPA campaign, we shared how integral CPAs are to every industry. Our highlights include a non-profit change maker, a city shaper, and even the person behind the scenes of Calgary’s favourite sports teams. Read on to get a glimpse of these CPAs and all the amazing places you can find them. Can’t get enough of these exciting reveals? Read the full #BestKeptSecretCPA profiles here.

What do you picture when you think of who works behind the scenes to help our cities thrive? Now you can picture Jozen Grecia CPA, CA, Finance Coordinator at City of Calgary.

They say, “Home is where the heart is.” For Desiree Bedard CPA, CGA, work is at a literal home, and there is no lack of heart and warmth there. Desiree is the Director of Finance at Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta.

For Calgary’s most notable sports teams, a CPA is steering the ship! John Bean CPA, CA is the President and CEO of Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, which means he gets the incredible opportunity of leading Calgary’s favourite teams like the Flames, Hitmen, Roughnecks, and Stampeders.

 

This CPA’s job is exciting enough to seem straight from your favourite page-turner! Very fittingly, Jennifer Cannon CPA, CGA is Director of Financial Services at Edmonton Public Library.

Ifeoma Ngwudike CPA, CMA compares her excitement about her work as Student Affairs Lead at Bow Valley College to receiving a wrapped gift…
Close your eyes and picture waking up every day to go and work at a world-renowned arena for a premier sports and entertainment company—pretty awesome right? That’s the life of Nicole Auger CPA, Assistant Controller for the Oilers Entertainment Group.

 

This year hasn’t been easy for the hospitality industry, but Melanie P. Flores CPA, CGA, Assistant Director of Finance and Accounting at Marriot International, is hopeful; she knows her employer is equipped to weather the storm.
There’s more than just beer brewing at Grizzly Paw Pub & Brewing Company and their CFO, Dominique Lagloire-Galipeau CPA CMA, is at the forefront of it all.
Candace Moody CPA, CA never gets tired of “light bulb moments.” Candace is Director, Master of Management program and an Accounting Instructor at the Haskayne School of Business.