CoB Alumni Active in the Montana Society of CPAs
The Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) held their annual meeting on June 17-19 in Helena. Montana State University (MSU) College of Business (CoB) alumna Kyla Stafford was appointed President of the Board of Directors for 2009-2010. CoB alumnus David Sutherland was appointed to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.
Stafford graduated from MSU with bachelor degrees in accounting and Spanish, as well as her masters in professional accountancy. In addition to her work as a CPA, Stafford is a Certified Fraud Examiner. She is currently a shareholder in the Bozeman office of Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co.
Stafford is very active in the Bozeman community, volunteering in fundraising events for the Children’s Museum of Bozeman, the Museum of the Rockies and the Bozeman Deaconess Foundation. She also serves on the Finance Committee for the Greater Gallatin United Way.
Sutherland has been a member of the MSCPA since 1985 after graduating from MSU with a degree in accounting and is currently a shareholder in Stahlberg and Sutherland, PC, in Kalispell. He has served as a member of the Continuing Professional Education Committee for 23 years. In his spare time, Sutherland is active in the Kalispell community, coaching various youth athletic teams.
The MSCPA is a professional association comprised of more than 1,800 members worldwide. MSCPA’s mission is to promote and safeguard the interests of its members and to assist all members and the profession
in providing the highest quality accounting services.