Gina Ruttley, CPA was elected to a new, two-year term as a Member at Large of the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants (LCPA). A Senior Tax Manager at Ericksen Krentel & LaPorte, L.L.P. in New Orleans, Ruttley received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Nicholls State University.
Thomas J. Phillips Jr., PhD, CPA, CGMA was named LCPA's 2014-15 President. Phillips is the Chairman of LSU's Department of Accounting and holds the Thomas H. Daigre Endowed Chair in the E. J. Ourso College of Business in Baton Rouge.
The LCPA (www.lcpa.org) was organized in 1911 and is a non-profit, professional association of more than 6,300 CPAs statewide working in public practice, industry, government, and education. It is the premier organization of accountants in the state.