In accordance with bylaws governing vacancies, the COCPA Board of Directors has elected Alexandra "Alexie" Tune, CPA, MAcc, Deloitte LLP, Denver, to continue her service as Board Chair through Nov. 15, 2026. Jim Gilbert, CPA, CITP, CGMA, Jim Gilbert, CPA, LLP, Highlands Ranch, who on May 1 begins his term as Vice Chair/Chair-elect, will assume the Chair role on Nov. 16, 2026. 

Beginning May 1, Tiffany Davis, CPA, Discovery Accounting, LLC, Denver, will serve as treasurer. Incoming directors at large are Lindsay Holliday, CPA, Riveron Consulting; Doug Reeb, CPA, Plante Moran; and Kelly Watson, CPA, Watson Coon Ryan, LLC, all of Denver. 

Rounding out the 2026-27 Board are Secretary Alicia Gelinas, CPA, COCPA, Glendale; and Directors at Large Paul Elggren, CPA, Crowe, LLP, Denver; Tiffany Knight, CPA, Kundinger, Corder, & Montoya, P.C, Denver; and community member Dana Lambert, Ph.D., Colorado State University-Pueblo. Serving as a non-voting, ex-officio member representing the Emerging Professionals Initiative Committee (EPIC) is Stephanie Simon, CPA, RubinBrown, Denver. 

Incoming Educational Foundation trustees, beginning May 1, are Keely Gohl, CPA, CGMA, Favor Financial LLC and University of Denver, Castle Rock; Haleigh Gonzalez, CPA, Soukup, Bush and Associates, CPAs, P.C., Fort Collins; and Brian Schilb, CPA, KPMG, Denver.

Continuing their service on the Educational Foundation Board of Trustees are Todd Mihelich, CPA, McPherson, Goodrich, Paolucci & Mihelich, PC, Pueblo; Jeffrey Damm, CPA, SM Energy Company, Denver; Sarah Flischel, CPA, AAFCPAs, Denver; Blaise Wabo, CPA, A-LIGN, Denver; Paula Mann, CPA, Western College University, Gunnison; Justin Schmitz, CPA, EY, Denver; and Karla Willschau, CPA, retired, Alamosa.

Check out the newly-released spring 2026 issue of NewsAccount to learn more about the new 2026-27 COCPA Board members and Educational Foundation trustees and the top issues they see facing the profession.

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