CITP Champion Program
The Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) Champion Program is an AICPA Initiative that offers CITPs the support, structure and resources to help promote and expand awareness of the CITP credential. The purpose of the program is to inform the professional accounting community about the vital role of CITP professionals, the knowledge required to become a CITP, and the benefits of the CITP credential. CITP Champions are CITP credential holders who understand the benefits of the CITP credential and play a leadership role in advancing the credential and in encouraging a sense of community amongst CITP credential holders within their state.
Prospective CITP credential holders are encouraged to contact their local CITP Champion for information about the benefits of and path to obtaining the CITP credential.
Review each state's current CITP Champion(s) below!
Role of the Champion
- Serve as the local point of contact in your state for CPAs seeking information about the benefits of and path to obtaining the CITP credential
- Collect and share ideas, needs and resources from your state’s IT community
- Spread the word of successes from other Champions back to your state’s IT community
- Initiate and/or support the roll out of new activities by the CITP community within your state
Benefits
- Networking opportunities with local CPAs or other participating CITP Champion professionals
- Listed by the AICPA on the IMTA Center web site as an official champion for your state
- The opportunity to be profiled by your state society
- First choice for AICPA CITP media and marketing opportunities
Minimum Requirements
- Must be a CITP credential holder
- Submit an updated resume or CV to Paul Warrick, program manager
- An active state society member or contributor
- Actively engaged in local community activities that promote forensic accounting (e.g., legal community, academic community, state society, etc.)
- Participate in CITP Champion conference calls (six calls per year)
- Communicate with staff about initiatives held at the local or State Society level
- Perform at least 2 activities per year to promote the CITP credential
Annual Activities
- Contribute to your State Society newsletter or AICPA publication
- Partner with existing information management and technology assurance groups or host a networking event
- Speak at local or state society events and conferences
- Teach IT related CPE for your State Society
- Attend/make presentations at local colleges/universities in your area
- Develop and provide presentations to other referral sources to increase awareness of the CITP credential
CURRENT CITP CHAMPIONS
Alabama
- Tommie Singleton
Arkansas
- Cody Griffin
Arizona
- Corbin Smith
- Dave Collins
California
- Peyton Burch
Colorado
- Jim Gilbert
Florida
- Chris Fraser
- David Jones
- Marie Hibbert
- Mario Nowogrodzi
Georgia
- Chris Etterlee
- Scott Levine
Illinois
- Jordan Zoot
Indiana
- Catherine Melvin
Iowa
- Jessica Richter
Kansas
- Chad Allen
- Michele Herzog
Kentucky
- James Burns
- Dana Greene
Louisiana
- Geoffrey Cover
Maryland
- Byron Patrick
- Dallon Christensen
- Morris Saks
Massachusetts
- Diana Bawn
- Norbert Tschakert
Michigan
- John Hunt
Minnesota
- Bob Cedergren
Missouri
- Robert Fisher
Nevada
- Justin Thomsen
New Jersey
- Larry Boyd
New York
- Charles Bogguess
- Matthew O'Leary
North Carolina
- Robert Rowan
Ohio
- Kevin Martin
- Amy Vetter
Oklahoma
- Gary Crouch
Oregon
- Thomas Achor
Pennsylvania
- Chris Reimel
- Torpey White
- Troy Fine
South Carolina
- Brent Reese
Tennessee
- Mike Skinner
Texas
- Sundeep Bablani
- Pauline Le
Utah
- Mike Warren
Virginia
- Adam Chaikin
- Jeffrey Cook
- Mark Plostock
- Kyle Viele
Washington
- Peter Henley
Wisconsin
- Christine Anderson
- Jeff Lemmermann