Mark Peterson, EVP - Advocacy at the AICPA, visited with us at the ASCPA's 2026 Annual Meeting

2025 Miss Alabama, Emma Terry, stopped by the 2026 ASCPA Annual Meeting to share her story of completing her Masters of Accounting at UAB while caring for her grandfather.

At the 2026 ASCPA Annual Meeting, we caught up with former AICPA Chair Carla McCall.

We live-recorded a panel discussion moderated by Jeannine Birmingham featuring Rep. Kerry Underwood, Rob Pearson and Paul Perry.

This panel was part of the ASCPA's 2026 Annual Meeting at The Club.

Our apologies for the sound quality of this recording.

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Boyd Busby and Steve Smith discuss the hot topics discussed at NASBA's Eastern Regional.

Rob Pearson gives a legislative update and discusses new accountability efforts around municipal audits.

For questions or comments, contact rpearson@alabama.cpa.

Dr. Cam Pearce, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Samford University, discusses higher education's response to the Pathways to CPA Act and other changes in the accounting profession.

We have exciting news about the Pathways to CPA Act, and here to help us share that news is AICPA Chair Lexy Kessler! She joins Alabama Society Chair Paul Perry, Jeannine and Rob to report on today's news, discuss Balance Sheet Bash and refect on the state of our profession.