Opening doors: CalCPA chair creates opportunity, focuses on diversity.
California CPA › Vol. 74 Nbr. 2, August 2005
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Opening doors: CalCPA chair creates opportunity, focuses on diversity.
When Chris Yahng began his CPA career in 1976, Enron and WorldCom didn't exist, advertising was forbidden for CPAs, professional rules governed what a CPA firm could name itself--and only a small percent of CPAs were women or ethnic minorities.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The profession is evolving," says Yahng, 2005-06 CalCPA chair. "Today, more than half of all practicing CPAs are women, as are 56 percent of those entering the profession." What's also encouraging is that "the ethnic make-up--the diversity of the profession--has also increased, particularly among younger CPAs." Yahng, a partner and co-founder of Oakland-based BAYCPA, is the first Asian-American to serve as CalCPA chair. Yahng's journey to CalCPA chair began in China, and his initiatives for the coming year aim to help CalCPA cross cultural and ethnic borders by aligning...See the full content of this document
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