Jimmy Williamson, CPA
MDA Professional Group, P.C.
Albertville, AL

Jimmy Williamson, MDA Professional Group, P.C., has completed his term as AICPA chair in 2006-07.

Williamson has been active in the AICPA since 1992, when he was elected to the Governing Council. He has also served two three-year terms as a Council Member-at-Large. Williamson is best known for his work, beginning in 1997, on the National CPA Vision Team.

Williamson focused on helping to make the AICPA as effective and as responsive as possible in serving members’ diverse needs as well as to continue work to elevate the American public’s understanding of financial matters. In his year as Chairman of the AICPA, he also worked to create the website known as "Feed the Pig" () which is focused on the financial literacy needs of those Americans between the ages of 25 to 34 year olds.

Williamson's other major contribution to the AICPA and the CPA profession has been his involvement with the AICPA's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy. He was asked to become a member of the AICPA's Financial Literacy Commission back in 2004 when it was first created. He chaired the Grassroots Moblization Team which was responsible for getting all the state societies on board with one big national effort focused on improving the financial literacy of the American public. This goal was accomplished by 2006.

"Looking back now and all that has occured in the financial markets and subprime
mortgages in 2008 and 2009, it is clear to me we were ahead of the curve back in
2004 but still too late to make a major difference. However; Financial Literacy and trying to educate all Americans to make better and informed financial decisions is still my major passion and professional commitment. How better to protect the interest of the American public which is the core mission of the CPA profession."

A graduate of Jacksonville State University, Williamson worked for 7 years as an IRS agent and pension plan specialist for the Internal Revenue Service before joining MDA Professional Group, P.C. as manager in the Fort Payne office in 1977. He became a partner in 1980.

MDA Professional Group, P.C. is the largest privately owned accounting firm in Northern Alabama. The firm has five offices and over 110 staff. The firm has been an active and contributing member of AGN since 1986.

Williamson is the second AGN-NA member to reach the AICPA’ chairmanship. Bob Israeloff, of former member firm Israeloff, Trattner & Co., Valley Stream, NY, served as chair in 1994.