b'the Missouri State Board of Accountancy, and recentlySpencer works as a risk advisory services professional at completed a four-year period serving on the AuditErnst and Young, LLP, focusing on internal and IT Committee of the National Association of State Boards ofauditing. He began working at the multinational Accountancy.professional services/accounting firm in 2015 upon Jim is a 1993 graduate from the University of Missourigraduating from the Trulaske College of Business. During where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountinghis time at Ernst and Young, he has helped establish a local degree.He is active in KPMGs recruiting efforts atBlack Professional Network to help connect local black Mizzou and a current member of the School ofprofessionals within the firms St. Louis office. Accountancy Advisory Board.Jim supports the TrulaskeAdditionally, Spencer is a member of the American College of Business as a member of both the JeffersonInstitute of Certificated Public Accountants (AICPA) and Club and the Davenport Society, and annually contributesNational Association of Black Accountants (NABA). to the Accountancy Development Gifts Fund.While attending Trulaske, Spencer was a member of the Jim lives in St. Louis with his wife Joanne.When notVasey Academy class of 2011. He served as a student enjoying the best sports Missouri has to offer as fans ofmember of the Vasey Academy Advisory Board from MIZZOU football and the Cardinals, Blues and Chiefs,2013-15. Currently, he serves as a member of the Recent they enjoy spending time outdoors hiking and traveling. Alumni Advisory Board. Spencer has a personal passion to recruit students and Josh Scheinermanhelp students make a future for themselves. He volunteers 2021 Alumni Citation of Meritfor recruiting events representing Ernst and Young at BS Acc/M Acc 99, University ofdifferent on a local and national levels. Spencer has also Missouriparticipated as an event speaker for the Mathews Dickey PartnerMaleness to Manhood annual event where he would KPMG, LLP speak to high school students about a career in accounting and the opportunities that come along with a degree in Josh is a partner in the assuranceaccounting. practice of KPMG where he has been employed since hisSpencer currently resides in St. Louis.graduation from Mizzou in 1999. Originally from the warm and sunny state of Arizona, he soon found his calling to the Show Me State that he now calls home.Rick Mills His clients operate in a multitude of different industries2021 Alumni of the Year Award from grocery stores to advanced technologies used inBS BA 78, University of Missouri space. His clients benefit from his years of experienceCOO working with both U.S. and international accountingCBIZ MHM, LLCstandardsas well as providing services ranging fromRick started with CBIZ MHM, LLC SEC filings, IPOs, acquisitions, and divestitures. At onein 1978, and was recently promoted to point, he worked out of KPMGs offices in Switzerland.Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this promotion, Rick Josh has always found that his training and teachingswas President of CBIZ MHM, LLCKansas City, and from Mizzou have grounded and prepared him well toresponsible for offices in St. Louis, Topeka, Wichita and operate in a client service industry.Tulsa. Ricks current responsibilities at a corporate level He and his wife, Lindsay, enjoy traveling, but haveinclude business development, marketing, strategic recently maintained their active lifestyle by chasing afterplanning, national training and organizational efficiency.their 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. Throughout Ricks career he was the Kansas City and Midwest Regional Attest Leader, and for many years Spencer Ervinconsulted with clients on a variety of topics, including 2021 Trulaske Recent Alumniacquisitions, strategic planning, succession planning and Achievement Awardimproving profitability. His clients included not-for-profit BS Acc/M Acc 15, University oforganizations, construction companies, manufacturing Missouriand distribution companies.IT Risk Assurance SeniorEY, LLP2022 Newsmagazine 37'