MEMBERS IN FoCUS
2013 CGA-BC Award Winners
Each year, CGA-BC holds a Chair’s Banquet and Awards Gala to celebrate and honour members who have made significant contributions to the Association, the accounting
profession, and their communities. This year, the Association awarded life memberships to two members and recognized one member who received a fellowship designation.
~ LIFE MEMBERS ~
~ FCGA ~
Dr. Bert Dartnell, CPA, FCGA
Bert worked tirelessly for many decades to advance the accounting profession—in fact, very
few members have been as connected with
CGA-BC as he has been over the years. His
extensive involvement with the Association
resulted in him being granted the inaugural
President’s Award for Education in 2002, and
in 2008, he was recognized as one of the “100
CGAs Who Have Made a Difference.”
Bert’s contributions to the CGA Program of
Professional Studies are especially impressive.
He taught at every level of the program from
CGA-BC 2013 chair Candace Nancke with Life Member Dr. Bert Dartnell.
1966 to 2010, and was instrumental in the transition to online lecturing. In addition to contributing to CGA-BC initiatives, Bert was also a
key resource for CGA-Canada, performing in-depth reviews of courses and serving as chair or
a member of the exam review committees for several courses.
Bert received the FCGA fellowship designation in 2000.
John Pankratz, CPA, FCGA
John received his CGA designation in 1988. He
was honoured with the J.M. Macbeth Award
in 1995 and the Harold Clarke Award in 2002
for his exceptional service at both the chapter
level and at the provincial committee level. In
2006, he began serving on CGA-BC’s Board of
Governors and on several CGA-BC committees, advisory groups, and task forces. These
contributions include serving as a member of
the Public Practice Advisory and the Appeals
and Discipline committees, and as chair of the
Practice Review and Audit committees.
Life Member John Pankratz with Candace Nancke.
John received his FCGA in 2009, and served
as president of CGA-BC the following year.
In the community, John serves as treasurer of the Abbotsford Restorative Justice and Advocacy
Association, and as an examiner and area administrator for the Royal Life Saving Society. In
2012, he was appointed as a member of BC’s Audit Certification Board, which oversees the
certification of auditors within the province. Most recently, he was appointed to the board of
the University of the Fraser Valley.
Photos by Ron Sangha Productions.
View more event photos on CPABC’s
Flickr page at flickr.com/cpabc/sets.
CGA-Canada chair Patrick Keller, CPA, FCGA (left), with newly elected
FCGA Dan Cheetham.
Dan Cheetham, CPA, FCGA
Dan was admitted to membership as a CGA
in 1976, and became a partner of a public
practice firm that grew to be one of the largest
CGA firms in the province. In 1984, he
joined CGA-BC as the director of professional services, where he played a major role
in the design, implementation, and refinement
of the Association’s continuing professional
development program.
After assuming the role of director of administration and human resources in 1995,
Dan led the development and launch of
CGA-BC’s first website. He also implemented
a financial management strategy that was a
major factor in the Association’s ability to
retire the debt on the CGA building in only
10 years.
In addition, Dan was instrumental in the
establishment of the CGA-BC Educational
Foundation, which gives prospective students
access to the financial resources for success.
Moreover, he has always been a strong proponent of sharing knowledge through ongoing
meetings with senior staff of CGA affiliates
and through excellent working relationships
with his counterparts at the ICABC and
CMABC.
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