Pub. 1 2019 Issue 1

23 nebraska society of cpas W W W . N E S C P A . O R G Although he has a busy professional career, Roth still finds time for volunteer work and civic activities. He has been a member of the Nebraska Society of CPAs since 1996 and is a past member of the Society’s Industry Committee. He is also a past board member and chairman of the Thayer CountyHospital Board of Trustees, a member of the Parkview Haven Nursing Home Board of Directors, a council member and past president of Peace Lutheran Church in Deshler, and is currently the Deshler junior varsity girls’ basketball coach. Roth has also held leadership positions within various national and statewide organizations. He currently serves as a board member of the National Association of Manufacturers and Invest Nebraska as well as on the executive committee for Blueprint Nebraska. He has also served on the board of the Irrigation Association, and has been an influential leader in the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he served as chairman of the board in 2014. “I have always been impressed with how well Chris has run a respected Nebraska family company — a company with a name that is synonymous with an essential agricultural product, irrigation equipment,” stated Nebraska Societ y of CPAs Immediate Past Chairman Ryan Parker. “His expertise and dedication along with his strong accounting background has changed and influenced the lives of many Reinke employees. His strong leadership, whether as chairman of the Nebraska Chamber or president of Reinke, is needed and essential to the future of rural Nebraska.” For his remarkable talents and vision in leading the growth and success of a genuine homegrown Nebraska business, Reinke Manufacturing, for his record of service to the citizens of rural Nebraska, and for his leadership in the Nebraska business community, Nebraska CPAs presented Roth with the Society’s 2018 Outstanding CPA in Business and Industry Award. t I have always been impressed with how well Chris has run a respected Nebraska family company — a company with a name that is synonymous with an essential agricultural product, irrigation equipment. — Ryan Parker, NESCPA Past Chairman