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27200 Hilliard Blvd.
Westlake, OH 44145
440.250.1258
www.wlake.org
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Dec. 3, 2014
WESTLAKE CFO NAMED TO GOVERNMENTAL
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVISORY COUNCIL
Westlake Schools CFO/Treasurer Mark C. Pepera was one of six new members
appointed to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council
(GASAC).
Pepera will serve a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2015, and represents the
Association of School Business Officials International. The appointment was
made by the board of trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which is
responsible for the oversight, administration and finances of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards
Board (GASB).
The GASAC is responsible for advising the GASB – the independent, not-for-profit
organization that establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for
state and local governments – on technical issues, project priorities and other
matters that affect standard setting for accounting and financial reporting by
state and local governments.
Pepera has been with the Westlake Schools since 1999. He has been named
CFO of the Year and earned the Ohio Association of School Business Officials
Distinguished Services Award-NE Region, Government Finance Officers
Association Financial Reporting Award and State of Ohio Award for Early
Implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards Board 33 and 34. He is
a designated Registered School Business Official.
In service to his profession, Pepera is a member of the Association of School
Business Officials International, where he serves on the Board of Directors. He
also is a member and past president of the Ohio Association of School Business
Officials and sits on the Board to the Suburban Health Consortium.
GASAC members represent a cross-section of the board’s state and local
government stakeholders and are selected based on their professional
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Communications
27200 Hilliard Blvd.
Westlake, OH 44145
440.250.1258
www.wlake.org
bonvissuto@wlake.org
expertise, and depth and variety of experience they bring to their work on the
council.
WE EDUCATE FOR EXCELLENCE…
Empowering all students to achieve their educational goals, to direct their lives,
and to contribute to society