Registration Closed!

On July 11, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:40 a.m., the North Carolina Association of CPAs (NCACPA) will offer an ethics course by webcast exclusively for State government employees. This course, 2023 Professional Ethics and Conduct, will satisfy the State CPA Board’s annual Ethics CPE requirement [21 NCAC 08G.0401 Professional Ethics and Conduct CPE]. To register for this webcast:

Attendees must pre-register for the webcast on the Office of the State Controller's website. The pre-registration deadline is May 26, 2023. (Payment should not be made at this time).
On June 2, 2023, all pre-registered attendees will receive notification by email (from NCACPA) to register for this webcast. NCACPA will provide registration instructions and payment options in their email. This email will be sent to the email address of record that is associated with the attendees' NCACPA account. NCACPA accepts payment by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, and American Express) and by check (payable to NCACPA). The registration fee is $58 per attendee. Only those individuals who complete the NCACPA registration and payment process will be permitted to participate in this activity.

Hunter Cook, CPA, will be the course instructor. See Mr. Cook’s full bio in the attachment.

If you have any questions regarding the pre-registration process, please contact Ellen Rockefeller at (919) 707-0528 or by email at ellen.rockefeller@osc.nc.gov. For registration or payment questions, please contact an NCACPA representative at (800) 469-1352. Thank you for your service to our State.

Hunter Cook

Hunter is a retired Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP partner. For his last three years at DHG, he was part of the firm’s Professional Standards Group and a member of the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board. Prior to joining DHG, Hunter taught accounting and auditing at Wake Forest University for one year. Following his graduation from Newberry College with a BS in Accounting, he worked as an auditor with Ernst & Young in various capacities, including partner. Hunter is a past Chair of NCACPA and past President of the NC State Board of CPA Examiners and has served as a contributing author to PPC’s Guide to Preparing Financial Statements. He is currently a member of the NASBA Ethics Committee and Peer Review Compliance Committee, the Oversite Task Force of the AICPA Peer Review Board, and the AACSB Accounting Accreditation Policy Committee. Hunter leads CPE programs covering professional ethics in North Carolina and courses covering technical material across the country. He is a CPA in North Carolina and South Carolina.