LEADERSHIP
Alexandra Tune Tapped for COCPA Vice Chair/Chair-Elect; Tobias Clary to Become Chair on May 1, 2024 BY NATALIE ROONEY
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ongratulations to Alexandra Tune, CPA, Deloitte, Denver, who has been nominated to serve as COCPA Vice Chair/ Chair-Elect beginning May 1, 2024. Also on May 1, Tobias “Toby” Clary, CPA, Soukup, Bush & Associates, P.C., Fort Collins, will assume the Chair role.
Nominees to serve a three-year term on the Educational Foundation Board of Trustees are Todd Mihelich, CPA, CGMA, McPherson, Goodrich, Paolucci & Mihelich, PC, Pueblo; Blaise Wabo, CPA, CISA, CITP, A-LIGN, Denver; and Karla Willschau, CPA, Wall, Smith, Bateman Inc., Alamosa.
Jim Gilbert, CPA, CITP, CGMA, Jim Gilbert CPA, LLC, Highlands Ranch, is nominated to serve as Treasurer. Director-at-Large nominees are Kevin Gibson, CPA, Glenwood Springs; Lisa Kutcher, CPA, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins; and Patrick “Pat” A. Lytle, CPA, CGMA, SM Energy Company, Denver.
Continuing their service on the Educational Foundation Board of Trustees are Judy Thomas, CPA, MBA, Regis University (Retired), Denver; Stephanie Daniels, CPA, MAcc, RubinBrown, LLP, Denver; Jeffrey Damm, CPA, SM Energy Company, Denver; Matthew Ogaz, CPA, MAcc, CoBank, ACB, Greenwood Village; Alexandria Romero, CPA, MPAcc, City of Pueblo; Laurie Corradino, CPA, Ph.D., Colorado State University – Pueblo; and ex-officio Alicia Gelinas, CPA, COCPA, Englewood.
In addition to Clary, continuing their service as of May 1 are Immediate Past Chair Diego J. Baca, CPA, EY LLP, Denver; Secretary Alicia Gelinas, CPA, COCPA, Englewood; Community Member Amy King, Chief Human Resources Officer, Denver Health; Directors at Large Erin N. Breit, CPA, BDO USA, LLP, Denver, and Greg C. Pfahl, CPA, Moss Adams, Denver; and exofficio Emerging Professionals Initiative Committee (EPIC) representative Tiffany Davis, CPA, Discovery Accounting LLC, Denver. The chair, vice chair, and immediate past chair each serve for one year, while the treasurer and directors at large each serve for two years.
The above nominees are presented by this year’s nominating committee, chaired by Immediate Past COCPA Chair Angela Roberts, CPA, Aclivity, Denver. The above nominations will be confirmed on March 15, 2024, in accordance with COCPA bylaws. Below, the recently nominated Board officers, directors, and Educational Foundation trustees share their views on the skill sets that will be of greatest value to CPAs as the profession evolves, and offer a bit about themselves personally and professionally.
COCPA BOARD VICE-CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT NOMINEE
Alexandra Tune, CPA Managing Director, Audit & Assurance, Deloitte, Denver
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fun fact: Alexandra Tune’s original major at the University of Denver was music. Fortunately for the accounting profession, she enjoyed an intro to accounting class so much that she changed her major. An internship with Deloitte set the stage, and except for two years in the firm’s New York office, Alexandra has spent all of her career in the Mile High City. She currently leads the Denver office Audit & Advisory Technology and Emerging Growth Practices, specializing in the technology, healthcare, and health technology industries.
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Passionate about education, Alexandra chairs the DU School of Accountancy Advisory Board and serves on the Denver Scholarship Foundation’s Audit and Finance Committee. She has also served on the boards of Open World Learning, College Summit Colorado, and the Alliance of Professional Women. Within the COCPA, Alexandra is a past president of the Educational Foundation Board of Trustees. This 2022 Everyday Heroine has also served on the Women to Watch selection committee.
When Alexandra considers the skills that will help CPAs excel in the future, she emphasizes critical thinking and adaptability. “In today’s world, where change is happening at an unprecedented pace, CPAs will need to be able to think strategically and have the ability to look over the horizon and anticipate what is coming next,” she says. Alexandra brings to the Board her “ability to listen, as well as more than 25 years of experience in the profession working in a variety of roles, and experience serving on a variety of different boards, in a variety of leadership positions” throughout her career. Alexandra spends her free time with her husband and children, 11-year-old twins, hiking, playing board games, and doing puzzles. And even though she didn’t end up majoring in music, she still enjoys playing the piano.