Pub. 3 2021 Issue 3

M A Y / J U N E 2 0 2 1 28 nebraska cpas Members in the News Joyce Benedict, a tax practitioner from Shawnee, Kan., along with her two sisters, have established an endowed scholarship of $10,000 with the Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools Foundation to assist Wilber-Clatonia High School graduates who will be attending a four-year college in Nebraska. The sisters established the scholarship to honor the memory of their parents. Vaugh Benson, Ph.D., has retired as dean of Wayne State College’s School of Business and Technology. He has been with the college for the past 47 years, serving as an accounting instructor for 40 years, a division head for 20 years, and as dean for the past 19 years. Benson has served on the Nebraska Society of CPAs Board of Directors, Nominating Committee, and Fall CPE Conference Planning Committee. M e m b e r s o f t h e N e b r a s k a Soc i e t y of CPAs who have ea r ned t he p r o f e s s i on a l Chartered Advisor in Phi lanthropy (CAP ® ) designat ion, a graduate program organized by the Omaha Community Foundation, include: Jason Bombeck, partner with BKD LLP in Lincoln; Brian Gough, tax manager with Hancock & Dana, PC, in Omaha; and Deyna Rouse, tax shareholder with Lutz in Omaha. To complete the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy program, participants meet for 15 class sessions and must pass three graduate-level courses. Members of the Nebraska Society of CPAs who currently serve on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Accountancy Advisory Board i nc lude: Ryan Cook, partner with Lutz in Lincoln; Eric Cruise , tax managing director with KPMG in Lincoln; Ellen Dasher, vice president of global taxation at Valmont Industries Inc. in Omaha; Jim Kr uger, CFO of Nelnet in Lincoln; Tricia Montague, managing director of Deloitte in Omaha; Anthony Pasternak, par tner with BKD LLP in Omaha; Travis Pritchett, partner with Labenz & Associates LLC in Lincoln; and Andrew Young, senior manager with RSM US LLP in Omaha. Membe r s of t he Nebraska Society o f C PA s w h o currently serve on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Junior School of Accountancy Advisory Board include: Grant Buckley, associate with Buckley & Sitzman LLP in Lincoln; Katie Byrd, audit manager with Lutz in Omaha; Lianna