GFOA Certification Program Partners With Radford University
GFOA's Certified Public Finance Officers Program has established a strategic alliance with the Radford University Governmental and Nonprofit Assistance Center, directed by RU accounting professor Bruce Chase. RU will provide technical and administrative support for the program, with responsibilities including development of questions for the CPFO exams by faculty in the university's College of Business and Economics, and assistance in promoting the certification program.
Dr. Chase has been a Radford University faculty member for 13 years. His professional background is in the governmental sector. The Governmental and Nonprofit Assistance Center has a long-standing partnership with the Virginia GFOA in public finance officer training, especially GASB 34 training.
“We are excited about the opportunity to support the GFOA's certification program,” said Chase. “We believe that we can assist the association in keeping the exam up to date with new developments in the field. Our short-term goals are to improve consistency among the exams and to expand the sites that offer the exam in the fall. We look forward to working with the Council on Certification on other ways to improve the exam and further promote the CPFO program.”
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