Professor Elam

I am delighted to remind accounting students that Wendi Tabor, President Elect of San Antonio CPA Society will speak to my Graduate Cost Class Wed evening October 7 at 7 PM.We meet in Room 12 in the classroom annex. Accounting students whether you are in this class or not are certainly invited.

Wendi came to speak to my classes when we were in the portables, as you can see below, she brings a good deal of experience in the San Antonio market and I look forward to her remarks. Her bio appears below.

Wendi C. Taber, CPA, CISA, CITP

San Antonio, TX

She has a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a Major in Accounting, from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.  She worked in public accounting for about 12 years in small CPA firms; mainly in the tax field.  While a brief three years in Japan, she volunteered with the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program through the IRS for the military and worked with the Department of Finance and Accounting Services.

She earned her CPA credential in 1999.  She received her Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification in 2007.  She received her Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) Credential in 2008.   You must be a CPA to qualify and then establish you have the requirements for technology, information management and assurance.

She was employed with Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union for about 7 years working in the Accounting Department and later in the Internal Audit Department.  She moved on to work for IBC Bank in the Internal Audit Department as a Vice President & Auditor working closely with the IT department on information technology audits.  She currently works for Security Service Federal Credit Union as a Risk Management Analyst in the Risk Management Department.  She is responsible for the Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment and User Security Systems. 

She has been a member of TSCPA since 1999.  She is currently the President-Elect of the SACPA Society.  She has been involved with many committees – Education and Accounting Careers, Funlympics, New CPA Involvement, Student Auxiliary and Financial Literacy.  She is also on the BOD at the state level and has been chair of the state committee – Career Awareness Committee. 

She has been a Regional Director of the American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA).  She has been President of ASWA for two terms and also held several other board positions and is currently a national committee member of the Chapter Partnering Committee.  She is also a member of the IIA and ISACA.