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Cover & Rossiter's Audit Department regularly publishes articles in the Get Involved Non-Profit section of The News Journal:
- January 2012 - The Wonders of Modern Technology
- November 2011 - "Field of Dreams" vs. Responsible Capital Projects
- September 2011 - The GAAP Gap
- July 2011 - Fraud at the Top
C&R Welcomes...
Amy Driscoll, Staff Accountant, Audit Department
Amy Driscoll has joined the Cover & Rossiter team as a Staff Accountant in the Audit Department. A Wilmington native, Amy graduated in May 2011 from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance and is currently studying for her upcoming CPA exams. Amy is a welcome addition to our firm and we look forward to applying her education, training and knowledge to providing excellent service to her clients.
Matthew Sowa, Staff Accountant, Tax Department
After demonstrating his capabilities as an intern with the firm, Matthew Sowa has joined Cover & Rossiter as a Staff Accountant in the Corporate Tax Department. Matthew earned his BS in Accounting and Finance and MS in Accounting degrees from the University of Delaware. Matthew's academic achievements were recognized with his induction to the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society. He is currently preparing for the CPA exam.
C&R Congratulates...
Diane Burke was recently elected to the board of Limen House, a non-profit organization in Delaware that helps alcoholics and addicts reenter society as fully functioning and productive members.
Eric Williams has been promoted to Manager within our firm's Captive Insurance Audit Department. Eric has been with Cover & Rossiter since 2003 and has been a valuable addition to the firm. During this time, he has been primarily working with our firm's non-profit clients and has recently transitioned to focus on the firm's captive insurance company audits, one of the fastest growing departments in our firm. Eric has been a key member of the captive insurance audit team since 2007 and it is because of his dedication to superior client service that the firm has been successful in this area. We wish Eric continued success as he grows the firm's captive insurance audit team to one of local and regional significance.
C&R Celebrates...
The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce has recognized Cover & Rossiter as runner-ups in the Superstars in Business. The Marvin S. Gilman Superstars in Business Awards, named for one of Delaware's leading small business entrepreneurs, honor businesses and non-profit organizations for their outstanding achievements and model approaches to business and management. We received the Award of Excellence for companies with 26-64 employees. We consider this a huge honor and recognize the incredible value.
C&R Cares...
Recently, our Audit Manager Vickie Young Beam traveled back to Africa to offer aid to their citizens. Our employees honored her dedication with our own fund raising efforts and of course, a warm sendoff party complete with a giraffe print cake! Please read the following excerpt from her trip:
Trauma Healing Training in Africa - June 2011
~ Vickie Young Beam
As some may know, I grew up in Burundi, Africa - a small landlocked country about the size of Maryland in the heart of Africa - just south of Rwanda, east of Congo, and north & west of Tanzania. This small, mountainous country of 9 million people has been ravaged by war and tribal conflict since the early part of the 20th century, the most recent of which was a civil war lasting from 1993 through 2005. In 2002, David Niyonzima, a Burundian childhood friend of mine, started a counseling ministry, "Trauma Healing & Reconciliation Services" ("THARS" - see www.THARS.org), to help the country heal from the many decades of fear and trauma and to provide peace and conflict transformation initiatives.
As it turns out, I am on the Board of a DE non-profit organization (Development & Research Innovations, Inc. or "DRI" - see www.D-R-I.org) dedicated to developing and providing community-based programs and services for under-served people in partnership with local organizations. After reconnecting with David in 2008, we began researching and planning how we could come alongside what THARS was doing locally in Burundi and fill in any gaps in training, supplies, therapeutic resources, etc. that we could. Hence the dream was born! It became a reality on June 9 - 26, 2011 as a team of 5 (3 clinical psychologists, 1 teacher/social worker and myself) made the adventurous trip to Burundi. We left the U.S. on June 9th and, after recovering from missed flights (due to bad weather) and jet lag, we spent 5 days of intense training with 19 Burundian counselors in Gitega, Burundi. We played with the community children, the poorest of the poor, and saw their eyes light up as we pulled out the frisbees and soccer balls. We heard many difficult stories and marveled at the strength of the people telling them. We met former rebel soldiers, victims of nameless torture, wrongly imprisoned individuals who served long terms for crimes they did not commit, women who were ostracized from their communities because of crimes committed against them. Yet these were the very people we saw form self-help groups, meeting together to pool their meager resources, working together to raise goats or make soap and baskets, form support groups to share their stories, pray and find healing together. We greatly enjoyed the interaction with these beautiful people and are amazed by the impact they are already having on their communities and country.
The following week, we travelled from Burundi to Kigali, Rwanda, to consult with the Friends Peace House (www.FriendsPeaceHouse.rw) as they sought to launch a similar counseling program. You may recall that Rwanda experienced a horrific genocide, which erupted in 1994. There is still much healing needed in that country as the wounds are deep and raw, even 17 years later. Visiting some of the memorials was difficult - they are not preserved as sterile, impersonal sites but rather reflect the raw humanity of the people that died there en masse. We were honored to contribute even in such a small way to the peace-building and healing efforts underway in Rwanda.
It was a whirlwind trip with so much packed into the 14 days we were there. We have received enthusiastic invites from the organizations in both countries to return and bring additional training, resources, expertise and encouragement. We hope to do just that!
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