Our team is actively involved in national and state organizations assuring clients that we provide high-quality, local service while providing practical and timely solutions.  Below are highlights of our partners and managers’ activities that demonstrate our commitment to the public and nonprofit sectors:

Public Speaking and Conference Committees

• Frequent speakers at conferences and courses for numerous local and national organizations including:
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCPA)
  • Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
  • Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International
  • AGA National
  • Arizona Association of School Business Officials (AASBO)
  • Government Finance Officers Association of Arizona (GFOAz)
  • AGA, Phoenix Chapter
  • Tyler Technologies, Inc. User Group Trainings
• Jennifer Shields, Karin Smith and Sara Kirk serve on committees for AASBO annual and quarterly conferences.
• HeinfeldMeech serves as the professional development partner for AASBO and is responsible for developing all of the school district workshop curriculum.
• Jennifer Shields serves as a committee member for the ASCPA’s Annual Governmental Accounting Conference.
• Jill Shaw is a member of the ASCPA Not-for-Profit Conference Planning Committee.
• Christopher Heinfeld served as a member of the DCPA (Digital CPA Conference) Advisory Board.
• Brittney Williams was a member of the ASCPA Accounting and Reporting Standards Conference Committee (2012-2015).

Professional Leadership

• Brittney Williams is a Single Audit Subject Matter Expert for the AICPA Peer Review Oversight Committee.
• Eugene Park is the current Chair of the ASCPA Board of Directors. 
• Christopher Heinfeld is a member of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy Accounting and Auditing Advisory Committee.
• Brittney Williams is a member of the Review Acceptance Body for the CalCPA Peer Review Program.
• Brittney Williams is a member of the Practice Monitoring Task Force – Government Compliance Audits subgroup (PMTF-GCA) of the AICPA Peer Review Board Task Force.
• Brittney Williams is an approved team captain for the AICPA’s Peer Review Program.
• Christopher Heinfeld and Cristina Oropeza are approved team members for the AICPA’s Peer Review Program.
• Brittney Williams was a member of the AICPA’s Governmental Audit Quality Center Executive Committee (2017-2020).
• Brittney Williams is a former member of the AICPA PCPS Technical Issues Committee.
• Eugene Park was a member of the AICPA Young Member Leadership Committee (2020-2023).
• Jennifer Shields has served on the AICPA Task Force on the Single Audit Training Needs and CPE Evaluation.

Governmental Industry Organizations

• Karin Smith serves on the GFOA’s review committee for Popular Annual Financial Reports (PAFRs).
• Sara Kirk serves as a member of the Certificate of Excellence Advisory Committee for ASBO International.
• Karin Smith serves as a member of the Meritorious Budget Award Advisory Committee for ASBO International.
• Joshua Jumper is a Special Review Committee Member for the GFOA’s certificate program.
• Brittney Williams is a former member of the AGA Financial Management Standards Board.