Leighanne Faught, Shareholder, was elected Chair of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy (ASBPA) for the 2013-2014 term. The ASBPA Board supervises the practice of public accountancy by Certified Public Accountants and Public Accountants in Alabama. Leighanne was appointed by Governor Robert Bentley, and confirmed by the Senate, to the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy to serve a four-year term which runs from October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2015.

The ASBPA conducts examinations in public accounting and issues certificates to successful applicants as Certified Public Accountants (CPA). The Board issues annual permits to practice to each eligible CPA, Public Accountant, and firm that is practicing public accountancy in Alabama. The Board annually registers CPAs, Public Accountants, and firms. It may revoke certificates, permits, or registrations for cause. It may issue permits to practice accounting in Alabama to Certified Public Accountants certified under the laws of another state, provided that state will take the same actions for Alabama Certified Public Accountants. Records of the Board, other than those recognized as “public records” under law, are confidential.