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Kathryn A. Forbes, C.P.A., is currently the Chief Financial officer and Vice President of eTec an engineering firm specializing in alternative fuel vehicles, infrastructure and battery research. Her responsibilities include all accounting, treasury and finance functions.
Prior positions include Senior Vice President of Internal Audit and Compliance at Valley National Bank, Senior Vice President Western Regional Operations Bank One, and Vice President and Controller of Arizona Public Service Company. She also servers on the board of directors of The Clarity Group and Rio Lago Cruise.
Forbes is currently the National Chair of Volunteers of the American Red Cross and sits on the Finance Commission for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Past Red Cross positions include Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors, Chairman of Grand Canyon Chapter, Mountain West Regional Chairman and National Chairman of Chapter Services.
She is currently the Past Chairman of the Arizona State University Center for Nonprofit Management and Leadership and Vice Chairman Arizona State University American Humanics Program, member of the National Board of American Humanics.
Forbes is a past president of the Arizona Society of CPA’s, past chairman of the CPS Examination Review Board and a past member of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy. She is currently serving as a President of the AICPA Foundation and is a past board member of the AICPA.
She is the past recipient of the Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Industrial Accountant, the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Athena Award for Outstanding Phoenix Business Women, the American Red Cross Cynthia Wedel Award, member of the Arizona State University Business Hall of Fame, recipient of the ASCPA Public Service Award and has been named a Life Member of the Arizona State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Forbes holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Arizona State University and is a graduate of the Stonier School of Banking at University of Delaware. | 