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 J. Michael Kirkland has recently earned the highest position in the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants! He is set to be president of the most prestigious accounting association in the nation on May 17th. Kirkland is the second African-American to accomplish this monumental task in 116 years!

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Kirkland began his incredible career as a retail clerk in an NYC department store. He’s certainly come a long way! Kirkland’s now a director in the Deutsche Bank AG, Accounting Policy and Advisory Group. That’s basically a long-winded way of saying J. Michael Kirkland is a boss!

As a member of NYSSCPA since 1982 and has always shined in the organization. Just two years ago Kirkland received the Outstanding CPA in Industry Award and this year he won the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) National Achievement-Public Accounting Award.

NYSSCPA represents more than 28,000 CPA’s and this particular organization was the first state accounting organization in the nation. Kirkland’s among amazing company! Congrats to the president!

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