Ms Colleen Conrad CPA

Colleen K. Conrad, CPA, serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer of NASBA. She is responsible for NASBA operations including CPA Examination Services, licensing, continuing education, IT and risk management. Ms. Conrad also oversees governmental, international and professional relationships. She brings more than 25 years of accounting expertise and leadership to NASBA. As a former partner in a large regional CPA firm, she practiced in the firm's Real Estate Services Group, providing real estate, attest, tax and consulting services to clients nationwide. From 1997 to 2007, Ms. Conrad served on the Missouri Board of Accountancy, with two terms as chair. Her contributions to NASBA as a volunteer committee member and featured speaker during NASBA forums date back to 1997. A long-time member of the AICPA, Ms. Conrad served a three-year term on the AICPA Council. She was a member of the AICPA Board of Examiners for 10 years, serving one term as chair. A Kansas native, Ms. Conrad is a member of the Tennessee Society of CPAs and past president and member of the St. Louis Society of Women CPAs. Among her numerous honors, she has been named as an AICPA/Missouri CPA Woman-to-Watch, Experienced Leader. She formerly served on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC). Ms. Conrad earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Truman State University and she was named Outstanding Alumna of the Business School in 2015. She also holds a master's in leadership from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.