Kara King-Bess This is Me

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1. 1. King, King & Associates -About Us

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   Published on: 8/13/2006   Last Visited: 8/13/2006

   Kara King Bess, MBA, CPA
   
   Kara holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Virginia State University and a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University. Kara, as the firm's audit principal and Vice President, is responsible for the scheduling, planning and direction of the firms audit engagements. She has over fifteen years of public accounting experience, combined with internships with Fortune 500 companies and a Big Six accounting firm during her graduate and undergraduate studies.
   
   She is the lead auditor on numerous audit engagements with GAO and OMB Circular A-133 auditing standards. Kara has completed a developer sponsored training course for non-profit accounting software, and successfully installed and trained client personnel in its use. Additionally, she has completed the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning program developed to further educated CPA's interested in providing financial planning services their clients. In 1990, Kara was appointed to the Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy and served for a six year term in this capacity. Her professional affiliations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, and the National Association of Black Accountants. Kara currently serves on the Industrial Development Authority for the City of Baltimore and Judicial Nominating Commission for Baltimore County-Commission District 3.

2. 2. www.gbc.org

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   Published on: 5/16/2006   Last Visited: 11/13/2007

   TOWSON, MD (May 16, 2006) - As it bids farewell to retiring board Chair, Henry S. Baker, Jr., AAA Mid-Atlantic welcomes incoming chair, Charles N. Anderson Jr., and newly elected members to its Maryland Regional Board, Kara C. King Bess and Francis X. Smyth.
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   Two newly elected members to AAA Mid-Atlantic's Maryland Regional Board are Kara C. King Bess and Francis X. Smyth.
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   A graduate of Columbia University and Virginia State University, Ms. Bess is the Vice President and Audit Partner of King, King and Associates, P.A. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Advance Bank and has held several gubernatorial and mayoral appointments including the Board of Trustees for the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

3. 3. ::. Welcome to King, King & Associates, P.A. website .::

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   Published on: 11/24/2006   Last Visited: 12/28/2007

   Kara King-Bess, MBA, CPA
   
   Kara earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Virginia State University and a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University. Kara, as the firm's audit partner and Vice President, is responsible for the scheduling, planning and direction of the firm's audit engagements. She has over twenty three years of public accounting experience, combined with internships with Fortune 500 companies and a Big Four accounting firm during her graduate and undergraduate studies.
   
   She is the engagement partner on numerous audit engagements with GAO and OMBCircular A-133 auditing requirements. Kara has completed a developer sponsored training course for non-profit accounting software, and successfully installed and trained client personnel in its use.Additionally, she has completed the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning program developed to further educated CPAs interested inproviding financial planning services their clients. In 1990, Kara was appointed to the Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy and served for a six year term in this capacity. Her professional affiliations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, and the National Association of Black Accountants. Kara previously served on the Industrial Development Authority for the City of Baltimore and Judicial Nominating Commission for Baltimore County-Commission District 3.