Utah Laws & Rules - Southern Chapter Meeting

Susan Speirs, CEO, UACPA

Susan A. Speirs, CPA Susan Speirs has been the CEO of the UACPA since July 2013. Susan has always been involved with the business environment and the profession. She sits on the Federal Funds Commission for the state of Utah, and is a member of the board of directors for the Utah Council for Economic Education and the Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy in the State of Utah. She is a member of the Women’s Summit under the Department of Corrections, an organization that prepares women to transition into society after serving time in the prison system and the Utah Council of Financial and Economic Education under the direction of Richard Ellis, State Treasurer. She is also past president of the UACPA and AWSCPA. Prior to coming to the UACPA Susan had a practice that specialized in small businesses especially in the areas of construction, job costing and estimating for the construction industry for twenty five years. Along with providing general accounting services for clients, the Company taught its clients what their financial situation meant on paper, how to read their balance sheet and income statement, how they relate to their current business, how the financing industry interprets the statements, what they as small business owners can do to improve margins, efficiencies, minimize tax liabilities and continue growth. Susan enjoys playing with her husband, Steve, of twenty nine years, and two children and daughter-in-law. As a family they enjoy snowmobiling, hiking, boating and music.