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McGladrey & Pullen managing partner William Travis announces retirement
Minneapolis, Minn. – October 9, 2006 – The McGladrey & Pullen LLP Board of Directors announced today that William Travis, managing partner and member of the board, has decided to retire from the firm effective Dec. 31, 2006.
“Bill is a highly respected member of our firm and the entire accounting profession,” said Joe Mazza, a director with the McGladrey & Pullen Board of Directors. “He has contributed tremendously to the success of the firm and has been an exemplary leader. We wish Bill the best as he enters the next chapter of his life.”
A special committee of the board has been formed to ensure a smooth and timely transition and succession. The board will conduct a thorough search of both internal and external candidates for this position.
Travis, 55, will remain an advisor to or member of the board through at least June 2008, and he will continue to represent the company in various professional and industry organizations during this time.
“In my 31 years with the firm, I have had the opportunity to work with many talented people and quality clients,” said Travis. “We have accomplished an incredible amount, and I have been proud to be part of the firm’s success. It has been an honor and privilege to lead McGladrey & Pullen for the past seven years, and I am confident that the firm’s future will be bright.”
Travis became McGladrey & Pullen’s managing partner in 1999, serving as an architect for the firm’s alternative practice structure, which has been identified as an industry model. He joined McGladrey & Pullen in July 1975 as a staff accountant in the firm’s Minneapolis office.
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and actively serves on a variety of committees and task forces.
Travis received degrees in economics, political science and philosophy from Cornell College and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Iowa.
About McGladrey & Pullen LLP: McGladrey & Pullen, a partner-owned CPA firm, provides audit and attest services to midsized companies. McGladrey & Pullen LLP and RSM McGladrey Inc. have an alternative practice structure. Though separate and independent legal entities, they work together to serve clients’ business needs.
About RSM McGladrey: RSM McGladrey Inc. is a leading professional services firm providing accounting, tax and business consulting.
RSM McGladrey Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen LLP are member firms of RSM International, an affiliation of independent accounting and consulting firms.
When considered together, RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen LLP rank as the fifth largest accounting, tax and business consulting firm in the United States (Source: Public Accounting Report, Aug. 31, 2006) with nearly 8,000 professionals and associates in more than 120 offices nationwide. RSM McGladrey Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen LLP are member firms of RSM International – an affiliation of independent accounting and consulting firms. |
