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Deborah Walker

Compensation & Benefits Leader

Director, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC

Focus Areas

  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Employee Benefit Plans
  • Employment Taxes
  • Healthcare Reform
  • Qualified Retirement Plans, including ESOPs
Contact Me

CPA License

  • VA - 42582
  • NC - 10403
  • DC - CPA 4540

Community Involvement

  • Chair, Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation Defined Benefit Plan Subcommittee

 

Education

  • B.A. in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Alfred University
  • M.B.A., University of North CarolinaChapel Hill

 

Professional Involvement

  • Former Chair, IRS Commissioners Advisory Committee
  • Chair of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Employee Benefits Tax Resource Panel
  • AICPA Annual Employee Benefits Conference

 

CPA License

  • VA - 42582
  • NC - 10403
  • DC - CPA 4540

Community Involvement

  • Chair, Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation Defined Benefit Plan Subcommittee

 

Education

  • B.A. in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Alfred University
  • M.B.A., University of North CarolinaChapel Hill

 

Professional Involvement

  • Former Chair, IRS Commissioners Advisory Committee
  • Chair of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Employee Benefits Tax Resource Panel
  • AICPA Annual Employee Benefits Conference

 

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