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1. 1. AWSCPA Board of Directors

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   Published on: 3/26/2008   Last Visited: 3/26/2008

   Mary F. Cheaney PRESIDENT ELECT Mary F. Cheaney, P.A. CPA 16855 NE 2 Avenue, #304 North Miami Beach, FL 33162 Phone: 954-764-0099 Fax: 305-653-3560

2. 2. AWSCPA Board

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   Published on: 3/26/2008   Last Visited: 3/26/2008

   Jennifer C. Laudermilch | Mary F. Cheaney | Mary B. Riley | Amy Knowles-Jones | Stefanie A. Yurus | Shari P. Rothenberg | Jane L. Tillinghast | Ivy L. Defino | Kristi A. Biondo | Wendy S. Lewis | Alexandra L. Miller
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   PRESIDENT ELECT - Mary F. Cheaney Mary Cheaney is with her own accounting practice in North Miami Beach, Florida since 1990. She has been practicing in public accounting since 1981, after working four years with the Internal Revenue Service in Jacksonville, Florida.
   
   Awarded a $20,000 IRS scholarship, Mary graduated from Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina in 1977 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Accounting. Listing the IRS and two national CPA firms as former employers, she has had extensive training in several areas of taxation and accounting. As a result, she has developed a specialty in the areas of tax planning for the real estate professional and small business owner, retirement planning for investors, and wealth preservation through estate and gift planning.
   
   Mary has taught many classes on a wide range of topics through various public forums and professional organizations. She has been published in the Tax Advisor, featured in local newspapers and has hosted radio talk shows on a variety of topics including estate planning, IRS procedures, staring a new business and unlimited tax reform legislation. Mary is also a certified presenter for the Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting's Leadership Training Series.
   
   Mary is actively involved in several professional organizations. She is a member and Past-President of the American Woman's Society of CPAs of South Florida.. She was a charter board member of both the CPA Club of Fort Lauderdale and the Commercial Real Estate Women of Broward County. In addition, she is a member of the Florida Institute of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs, and the National Association of Women Business Owners.
   
   Her community support encompasses several worthy causes, focusing primarily on women's issues. She has served as President of the Board of Trustees for the Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting. In addition, she is a Past-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Women In Distress of Broward County, the only certified domestic violence treatment center in Broward County, a volunteer for the Financial Appropriations Committee of the United Way, and a volunteer for Positive Images of Broward, a welfare-to-work agency supporting a woman's ability to change her destiny.

3. 3. 1999 AWSCPA Achievement Awards

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   Published on: 1/1/1999   Last Visited: 3/26/2008

   Mary F. Cheaney
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   Mary F. Cheaney, the 1999 award winner, was nominated by the AWSCPA of South Florida affiliate.
   
   Mary worked for the IRS upon graduation from college and, in 1981, moved into public accounting. She opened her own accounting firm in 1990. Mary is a member of the AWSCPA, the AICPA and the Florida Institute of CPAs and has been active in those organizations as 1995-96 President of the Broward affiliate of AWSCPA (now AWSCPA of South Florida) and currently Vice-President for Public Relations of the Education Foundation for Women in Accounting. Her leadership in AWSCPA of South Florida influenced many changes that increased their membership by 28% (and still growing!).
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   Mary served as their Treasurer and was instrumental in getting the organization started.
   
   An active member of Soroptimist International, a classified service organization, for more than 10 years, Mary held the office of President from 1988 to 1991.
   
   She has been a community activist involved in Women in Distress since 1985. The organization is the only certified domestic violence crisis shelter located in Broward County, Florida. Each year, through its crisis shelter and counseling center, it helps women in distress as well as their spouses and children. Mary has been on its Board since 1995 and currently serves as Treasurer. The Board oversees $2.5 million in grants and contributions and has embarked on a $10 million endowment campaign to ensure the future of this vitally needed agency.
   
   The Beaux Arts of Fort Lauderdale, a non-profit organization which serves as the fund raising auxiliary for the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, is another organization that receives Mary's time and talents. She is actively involved in the two major fund raising events each year, the Promenade in the Park and Las Olas Art Festival.
   
   Mary joined the National Association of Women Business Owners in 1990 and does pro bono tax work for the organization. In addition, she has been active with the Commercial Real Estate Women of Broward/Palm Beach Counties and has been a Board Advisor to the McIntire Foundation, a not-for-profit adoption agency for children with special needs.
   
   In nominating Mary, the AWSCPA of South Florida stated that her least known public service is a networking seminar that she created and coordinated between AWSCPA and NAWBO, helping both groups interact and gain from each other.