DETROIT, Aug. 21, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Plante & Moran's Group Managing Partner Leslie Murphy will keynote the Marygrove College Annual Business Lecture on Wednesday, October 3, 2007. The presentation will take place in the Denk Chapman Hall of the Madame Cadillac Building from 7 to 9:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
A noted speaker throughout the country on the CPA profession, corporate governance and regulatory issues, as well as culture and work/life initiatives in CPA firms and corporate America, Ms. Murphy will share her "Views from the Tightrope." She has consistently used her leadership skills to effect positive change at her firm, within the accounting profession and in the realm of community service. She co-founded the firm's Personal Tightrope Action Committee, whose groundbreaking policy recommendations helped to gain Plante & Moran a place on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for the past nine years.
At P&M, the nation's 11th largest public accounting and management consulting firm, Ms. Murphy has responsibility for oversight of the Litigation, Valuation and Forensic Services group, Large Corporate Services and the P&M network of affiliated firms. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), which represents approximately 330,000 CPAs and affiliate members.
She is widely recognized for her community and professional contributions, among them: The "Outstanding Visionary" Award of the Michigan Association of CPAs in September 2005; one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners for 2005" by CPA magazine; one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People for 2005" by Accounting Today and one of Business Finance's "2006 Influencers: 60 Authoritative Voices."
For more information, visit the Marygrove website or contact Jane Hammang-Buhl, chair of the Business and Computer Information Systems Department, at 313-927-1465 or jhammangbuhl@marygrove.edu.
Marygrove College is a private liberal arts college located at 8425 W. McNichols Rd. in Detroit. More than 1,200 students attend classes in its undergraduate and graduate programs in education, business, human resource management, social justice, social work, science, theater, music, dance, the fine arts and many others. Nearly 3,000 students are enrolled in its online and distance learning Master in the Art of Teaching program as well as more than 5,000 in its non-credit programs. Call 866-313-1927 or visit www.marygrove.edu.
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