| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Sandra Siegfried, CPA, Broken Arrow |
7/2020 - PRESENT |
Taylor Green, Elgin |
8/2020 - PRESENT |
Bryan Storms, CPA, Tulsa |
7/2021 - PRESENT |
Mark Whitman, CPA, Norman |
7/2022 - PRESENT |
John Curzon, CPA, Tulsa |
7/2023 - PRESENT |
James R. 'Rusty' Minnix, CPA |
7/2024 - PRESENT |
History
1917
The first accountancy law was enacted by the Legislature in 1917.
1968
The Public Accountant designation was created, allowing both PAs and CPAs to practice in Oklahoma.
1992
The Board was recreated in 1992 to administer the Oklahoma Accountancy Act for the protection of the public.
1996
Starting in July, a bachelor's degree was required to sit for the CPA exam in Oklahoma and be licensed.
2003
At this point, a bachelor's degree and an additional 30 hours were required to sit for the CPA exam and be licensed.
2005
Required completion of the AICPA Ethics Exam for CPA licensure.
2006
All CPAs regardless of where they are employed are required to complete CPE unless exempted.
2010
Oklahoma switched from having a single renewal period to a renewal period based on birth month.
2010
Full CPA mobility is implemented, allowing CPAs from out-of-state to work in Oklahoma as long as they met certain requirements.
2019
Created the retired status allowing individuals to put CPA (Retired) behind their name without having to pay any fees or do CPE.
2023
Beginning November 2023, individuals will be able to sit for the CPA exam with 120 hours vs 150. A candidate still needs 150 hours to be licensed.
2023
As of November 2023, out-of-state firms who do not have a location in Oklahoma will be able to offer attest services without registering with the OAB.
Past Board Members
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
James Michael Sanner, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/14-6/30/15) |
7/1/2010 - 6/30/2018 |
J.H. Engelbach, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/15-6/30/16) |
7/1/2011 - 6/30/2016 |
Karen Cunningham, ChFC, Public Member, Oklahoma City |
5/2011 - 5/2019 |
Jody M. Manning, Tulsa |
12/2011 - PRESENT |
David T. Greenwell, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/17-6/30/18) |
7/1/2013 - 6/30/2023 |
Marc Delametter, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/18-6/30/19) |
7/1/2014 - 6/30/2019 |
Randa Vernon, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/19-6/30/20) |
7/1/2016 - 6/30/2020 |
James R. Taylor, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/20-6/30/21) |
7/1/2017 - 6/30/2022 |
Douglas Tippens, Oklahoma City |
7/2019 - 7/2019 |
Robin L. Byford, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/21-6/30/22) |
7/1/2019 - 6/30/2024 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Carlos E. Johnson, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/03-6/30/05 & 7/1/09-6/30/10) |
07/00 - 06/10 |
E.B. St. John, PA, Owasso |
07/01 - 10/11 |
Jeanette C. Timmons, Public Member, Oklahoma City |
08/01 - 02/03 |
J.H. Engelbach, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/05-6/30/06) |
07/02 - 06/07 |
Tom Volturo, Public Member, Ada - Chairman (7/1/07-6/30/08) |
02/03 - 03/11 |
Janice Gray, CPA, Norman - Chairman (7/1/06-6/30/07 & 7/1/10-6/30/11) |
07/03 - 06/13 |
Vicky Petete, CPA, Ada - Chairman (7/1/08-6/30/09 & 7/1/12-6/30/14) |
07/04 - 06/14 |
Wade Biswell, CPA, Tulsa |
06/06 - 11/09 |
Barbara Ley, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/11-6/30/12) |
06/07 - 06/17 |
Kim Shoemake, CPA, Oklahoma City |
12/2009 - 6/2011 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Robert D. Lundgren, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/92-6/30/93) |
05/90 - 06/94 |
Fred A. Catron, Jr., Public Member, Stilwell |
05/90 - 11/90 |
Jimmie L. Cole, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/93-6/30/94) |
05/91 - 06/95 |
C. Joe Williams, Public Member, Tulsa |
05/91 - 03/94 |
Harold L. Russell, CPA, Oklahoma City |
07/91 - 06/96 |
Gay Minnix, CPA, Clinton - Chairman (7/1/94-6/30/95) |
09/91 - 06/98 |
Vernon E. Askew, PA, Oklahoma City |
07/92 - 06/01 |
James M. Bellah, CPA, Blackwell - Chairman (7/1/95-6/30/96) |
12/92 - 06/96 |
Jack E. Short, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/96-6/30/98) |
07/94 - 06/99 |
Bernard L. Semtner, III, Public Member, Oklahoma City |
09/94 - 05/95 |
Jeanette C. Timmons, Public Member, Oklahoma City |
05/95 - 03/99 |
Sam W. Hunsaker, CPA, Oklahoma City |
07/95 - 06/00 |
James A. Nickles, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/98-6/30/99) |
07/96 - 06/06 |
Harold L. Russell, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/99-6/30/01) |
07/97 - 06/02 |
Archer M. Honea, CPA, Broken Arrow - Chairman (7/1/01-6/30/03) |
07/98 - 06/03 |
Patrick Anderson, Public Member, Enid |
03/99 - 06/01 |
Tom J. Dugger, CPA, Stillwater |
07/99 - 06/04 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Charles W. Barnes, Sr., Public Member, Del City |
12/80 - 09/81 |
R. G. Wilson, CPA, Clinton - Chairman (7/1/84-6/30/85) |
07/81 - 01/87 |
Grady McCorkle, Public Member, Midwest City |
09/81 - 03/83 |
Thos. W. Kurtz, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/85-6/30/86) |
07/82 - 07/87 |
Retha Duggan, Public Member, Oklahoma City |
08/83 - 12/83 |
Nancy A. Kendrick, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/86-6/30/87) |
09/83 - 08/88 |
Edward C. Joullian, III, Public Member, Oklahoma City |
04/84 - 11/85 |
Wesley D. Brantley, Jr., CPA, Ada - Chairman (7/1/87-6/30/88) |
08/84 - 05/90 |
Noel P. Kirch, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/88-6/30/89) |
07/85 - 05/91 |
Hugh F. Owens, Public Member, Oklahoma City |
12/85 - 01/87 |
Allan M. Ephraim, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/89-6/30/91) |
01/87 - 06/91 |
Chas. W. Carroll, Sr., PA, Enid |
01/87 - 06/92 |
Wm. F. Eubank, CPA, Ponca City - Chairman (7/1/91-6/30/92) |
07/87 - 01/93 |
Jenifer L. Lucas, Public Member, Tulsa |
10/87 - 03/90 |
Wayne L. Garrison, CPA, Tulsa |
08/88 - 07/91 |
J. Edd New, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/83-6/30/84) |
7/1/83-6/30/84 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Omer G. Stephenson, CPA, Norman - Chairman (7/1/73-6/30/74) |
04/71 - 08/75 |
Reavis M. Page, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/74-6/30/75) |
09/71 - 07/76 |
Bill J. Horne, CPA, Ada - Chairman (7/1/75-6/30/76) |
08/72 - 07/82 |
Woodrow W. Hulme, CPA, Ardmore - Chairman (7/1/76-6/30/77) |
07/73 - 06/79 |
Sylvia Duncan, CPA, Stillwater - Chairman (7/1/77-6/30/78) |
10/74 - 07/79 |
Marvin Petty, CPA, Oklahoma City |
08/75 - 12/75 |
Wayne L. Garrison, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/78-6/30/79) |
02/76 - 06/80 |
Harry L. Rosengrants, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/79-6/30/80) |
07/76 - 06/81 |
Kenneth E. Moak, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/81-6/30/82) |
06/79 - 09/83 |
W. G. Moffitt, CPA, Muskogee - Chairman (7/1/82-6/30/83) |
07/79 - 08/84 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
J. Littleton Daniel, CPA, Tulsa |
1963 - 01/65 |
Stanley P. Porter, CPA, Tulsa |
1963 - 06/66 |
Presley S. Ford, Jr., CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/68-6/30/69) |
1963 - 06/69 |
Omer L. Peters, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/69-6/30/70) |
1963 - 04/71 |
J. Gordon Reische, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/66-6/30/68) |
02/65 - 06/68 |
Paul S. Lovoi, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/70-6/30/71) |
07/66 - 09/71 |
Elmer E. Hoffman, Jr., CPA, Muskogee |
07/67 - 08/72 |
Miles A. Hall, Jr., CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (7/1/71-6/30/72) |
07/68 - 07/73 |
W. R. Williams, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (7/1/72-6/30/73) |
07/69 - 10/74 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Ross T. Warner, Tulsa - Chairman (1951-1955) |
1951-1955 |
Ford L. Billups, CPA, Oklahoma City |
1951 - 1955 |
Lawrence D. Hinman, CPA, Enid |
1951 - 1955 |
Kenneth Hurst, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (1955-1959) |
1951 - 1959 |
Dewey L. Barnes, CPA, Norman |
1955 - 1959 |
Guy V. Fox, CPA, Shawnee |
1955 - 1959 |
Harold H. Reed, CPA, Ardmore |
1955 - 1959 |
H. O. Reyburn, CPA, Tulsa |
1955 - 1959 |
J. B. Larson, CPA, Tulsa - CHairman (1959-1963) |
1959 - 1963 |
T. W. McKibben, CPA, Tulsa |
1959 - 1963 |
L. Donald Pilkington, Jr., CPA, Tulsa |
1959 - 1963 |
Frank H. Ephraim, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (1963-6/30/66) |
1959 - 06/67 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Geo. F. Winters, CPA, Tulsa |
1940 - 1943 |
W. K. Newton, CPA, Norman 1940 - 1943 |
1940 - 1947 |
Earl L. Hogard, CPA, Tulsa |
1943 - 1947 |
Virgil S. Tilly, CPA, Tulsa |
1947 - 1951 |
A. O. Champlin, CPA, Oklahoma City |
1947 - 1951 |
J. G. Beavers, CPA, Oklahoma City |
1947 - 1951 |
B. F. Harrison, CPA, Stillwater |
1947 - 1963 |
T. Dwight Williams, Oklahoma City - Chairman (1943-1947) |
1943 - 1947 |
| Board Members | Years Served |
|---|---|
Charles A. Wright, CPA, Muskogee |
1931 - 1935 |
W. J. Law, CPA, Ardmore |
1931 - 1935 |
T. Dwight Williams, CPA, Oklahoma City |
1931 - 1947 |
W. I. Nicholson, CPA, Tulsa - Chairman (1935-1939) |
1931 - 1939 |
Geo. H. Abbott, CPA, Tulsa |
1935 - 1937 |
Tom F. Carey, CPA, Oklahoma City |
1935 - 1939 |
John T. Steed, CPA, Ardmore |
1935 - 1951 |
L. E. Cahill, CPA, Tulsa |
1937 - 1939 |
John R. Cowan, CPA, Tulsa |
1939 - 1940 |
John J. O'Brien, CPA, Tulsa |
1939 - 1940 |
M. Clyde Fox, CPA, Oklahoma City - Chairman (1939-1943) |
1939 - 1943 |
Oscar R. Davis, CPA, Oklahoma City |
1939 - 1947 |
| Board Members | Years served |
|---|---|
S. P. Freeling, Attorney General |
1917 - 1923 |
Fred Parkinson, State Examiner and Inspector |
1917 - 1924 |
Tom D. Boydston, CPA |
1917 - 1925 |
Geo. F. Short, Attorney General |
1923 - 1926 |
Geo. J. Mechling, State Examiner and Inspector |
1924 - 1927 |
Homer C. Hammonds, CPA - Chairman (1931-1935) |
1925 - 1935 |
Edwin Dabney, Attorney General |
1927 - 1928 |
John Rogers, CPA, State Examiner and Inspector |
1927 - 1931 |
J. Berry King, Attorney General |
1929 - 1931 |
Last Modified on
Jun 27, 2024
