Pub. 2 2020 Issue 5

7 nebraska society of cpas W W W . N E S C P A . O R G Volunteering is the right thing to do for so many reasons. In spite of the pandemic and the challenges it has created, serving as your chairman this past year empowered me to make a positive impact on the profession and to engage in ways I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise. — Shari A. Munro, NESCPA Chairman Joni Sundquist is president and executive director of the Nebraska Society of CPAs. You may contact her at (402) 476-8482 or joni@nescpa.org. as a senior tax manager out of the McLean, Virginia, office. Prior to joining BKD, Parks was a tax partner at Hancock & Dana in Omaha. She is also a member of the AICPA. Since moving to Omaha in 2003, Parks has become actively involved in the local community. She has been on the Nebraska Society of CPAs’ Taxation Committee for more than a decade, serving as chairman of the committee for the past five years and vice chairman for three years prior to that. She has served on the Society Board of Directors for the past three years. Parks currently serves on the budget committee for the Jewish Federation of Omaha. She and her husband, Michael Parks, enjoy spending time with their four children: Camden Parks, Adrianna Parks, Jack Rubin, and Ethan Rubin. FOR DIRECTOR: LINDA M. SCHOLTING Linda M. Scholting of Springfield is an accomplished finance executive and controller with more than 30 years of experience in healthcare, f inancial ser vices, branded food, a n d p u b l i c a c c o u n t i n g . S h e started her accounting career with Pr icewate rhouseCoope r s ( PwC), formerly Coopers & Lybrand, and has held management roles with various businesses over the years, including Conagra; Nashua Label Products; Nexterna Inc., a subsidiary of Union Pacif ic Corp.; First National Bank of Omaha; Nebraska Medicine; and Mosaic Health System. She presently is running her own consulting business. She earned both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in accounting and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is also a Certified Treasury Professional. Scholting has been a member of the Nebraska Society of CPAs for 33 years, serving on the Society’s Not-For-Profit Committee for the past several years, and is also an AICPA member. In addition, she is a member of the UNO Department of Accounting Advisory Board and the Association of Financial Professionals. In addition, she is a past president, treasurer, and board member of the American Society of Women Accountants. Scholting has served in numerous leadership roles for a wide range of other service and charitable organizations, including Global Partners in Hope, Hospice House, Awana, Christ Community Church, and River City Camp Fire Boys & Girls. She is married to Chris and has three daughters and one grandson. FOR DIRECTOR: JESSICA L. WATTS Jessica L. Watts of Omaha is a senior manager for Seim Johnson LLP, where she provides compliance, accounting, compensation, and busi ne ss va luat ion con su lt i ng services for a variety of industries with a focus in healthcare. Prior to t he sta r t of her ca reer wit h Seim Johnson i n August 2019, Watts gained experience in higher education by providing accounting, ope rat iona l, and management oversight as director of business operations and auxiliary services for the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She also has experience in federal, state, local, and international taxation through her work in the tax department at ACI Worldwide Inc., and she has multiple years of general public accounting, audit, and banking experience. Watts received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in accounting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She presently serves on the Society’s Legislation Committee and Business & Industry Committee. In addition to being a CPA, she is a Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP) and a member of the AICPA. She and her husband Dan, who is director of risk management for OPPD, live in Omaha and enjoy spending time with their two young sons, Charlie and Liam. Join more than 200 of your peers via webcast at the Annual Meeting and Fall Conference onOctober 29-30 by registering today. This year’s conference is being offered at a discount and features numerous outstanding speakers and topics! View the details and register today at https://nescpa.org/cpecoursedetails.php?id=4. t