Todd Shapiro: Revolution? What Revolution? [VIDEO]

Todd Shapiro explains why "evolution" is the better term for what's going in accounting.

Posted on December 26, 2017

Todd Shapiro

About the Author

Todd Shapiro is President and CEO of the Illinois CPA Society.

Mr. Shapiro also serves as President and CEO of the Illinois CPA Foundation, CPAs for the Public Interest as well as ex-officio board member of the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois. Mr. Shapiro joined the Society in 1998 and served as CFO for 14 years.

Prior to joining the Illinois CPA Society, Mr. Shapiro amassed 20 years of financial and managerial experience as Director of Finance for Unilever, a multi-national consumer packaged goods company, as well as with Helene Curtis, Quaker Oats, Zenith Electronics and Continental Bank. Mr. Shapiro has a bachelor of science degree in finance from the University of Illinois and a master’s in business administration from DePaul University.

He has held various elected offices dating back to 1987. He is a current board member and past President of the Lyons Township High School Board of Education and a former board member and President of the La Grange Park Library District.

Mr. Shapiro also serves on the Accountancy Advisory Board for the University of Illinois Champaign–Urbana and on the AICPA’s Future of Learning Task Force. The Illinois CPA Society, with more than 23,000 members, is one of the largest state CPA societies in the nation. For more than a century the Society has advanced the highest ethical and financial standards of the profession and remains a leader in educating the public on financial issues. The Society focuses on four key initiatives in serving its members and the public: advocacy, information, education, and connections.

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