Associations Bulletin Board

CPA Associates International admitted of nine new members: Lautze & Lautze of San Francisco (six partners, 56 total staff); Cabrera & Asociados of Cali, Colombia (two partners, 23 total staff); CGIC - Afrique of Burkina Faso (four partners, 61 total staff); JMKU Contadores Publicos y Asociados

of Reynosa, Mexico (two partners, 17 total staff); Martinez Loredo of Aguascalientes, Mexico (three partners, 15 total staff); Martinez Loredo y Zapata of San Luis Potosi, Mexico (three partners, 21 total staff); Nasir Javaid Maqsood Imran of Islamabad, Pakistan (four partners, 69 total staff); Perez Olvera Enriquez Asociados of Queretaro, Mexico (seven partners, 61 total staff); and Tianzhi-Zixin of Beijing (16 partners, 427 total staff).

JHI admitted Arti Deger UIuslarasi Bagimsiz Denetim of Ankara, Turkey. The firm also has an office in Istanbul.

The Leading Edge Alliance launched LEA Europe and LEA Asia Pacific as part of its international expansion effort.

Alric "Rk" clay is the new executive director of Polaris International. He succeeds Art Goessel, who is retiring after 25 years of leading the organization. Clay most recently was CEO of Moore Stephens North America.