Pub. 3 2021 Issue 5

S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 2 1 10 nebraska cpas S TAT E B O A R D R E P O R T OFFICERS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021-2022 BY DAN SWEETWOOD, NEBRASKA BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY The Nebraska Board of Public Ac c ou n t a n c y r e c e n t l y elec ted Ma rcy J. Luth, CPA, of Grand Island, as cha i rman of t he boa rd. Luth is a shareholder with the CPA firm AMGL, PC, in Grand Island. She is a graduate of Hastings College and earned a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. A member of the Nebraska Society of CPAs for the past 29 years, Luth served on the Society’s Board of Directors from 2010-2013 and has been a member of the Society’s Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee for the past 26 years, serving as vice chairman or chairman of that committee for many of those years. She is currently chairman of the State Board’s Education & Examination Committee and is a member of the State Board’s Executive and Licensing Committees. She served as secretary of the State Board for five years and as vice chairman last year. Luth has been serving on the State Board since 2013. Mel i ssa R. Ruf f, CPA, of Lincoln, was recent ly elected vice chai rman of the State Board. Ruff is an audit managing director with Deloitte & Touche LLP and has more than 20 years of experience providing audit services. She graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with an emphasis in account ing. She is also a graduate of Leadership Lincoln. Ruff has been a member of the Nebraska Society of CPAs for 21 years. She is currently chairman of