The Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCPA) has awarded Betsy Jarnigan, a senior accountant at JamisonMoneyFarmer, its 2014 Outstanding Young CPA Award at its recent annual meeting.  The award recognizes exceptional service to the Young CPA board, Young CPA chapters or individual CPA projects.

Betsy has been on the board of the ASCPA’s Young CPA Board serving as secretary for the last two years.  The Board has been instrumental in a community financial literacy program called Pay It Forward (formally Classroom Blitz) and the Young CPA Charity Golf Tournament benefitting the Exceptional Foundation and the Alabama Society of CPA’s Educational Foundation.

“Betsy is representative of the excellence and motivation of all of our young professionals,” JMF Managing Shareholder Bryan Chandler said.  “We are always excited whenever our own are recognized as leaders in the accounting profession.”  Betsy is also in the Alabama Society of CPAs Leadership Academy.

Betsy began full time at JMF in October 2011 as a staff accountant in tax and accounting after working as an intern for JMF during the 2011 tax season. Betsy has a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama. In addition to her work with the ASCPA’s Young CPA Board, she is also on the Exchange Club of Tuscaloosa’s Foundation Board.  Betsy is a native of Red Bay, Alabama.