Type of publication: AGN News and Updates

As we celebrate Black History Month and look back at the achievements of so many that have moved the human consciousness forward in the realm of diversity and inclusion, we will take this space to highlight some notable events in Black History from AGN North America’s founding year of 1978.

Jill Brown, flying for Texas International Airlines, became the first black female pilot for any commercial airline. Harriet Tubman became the first black woman to be honored on a US postage stamp. And, maybe most notably, Toni Morrison received the National Book Critics Award Song of Solomon. Morrison went on to become the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize in 1993.

AGN salutes these women and all those that broke boundaries to achieve their dreams!

Welcome to 2023 and the celebration of AGN North America’s 45 years of connecting CPA firms! Can you believe it was in 1978 when Illinois Bell Company introduced the first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System; and the first computer bulletin board system (BBS) for text-based online communities was created? And to think I was busy having fun with my Barbie dolls!

Since 1978, AGN members have been working together and learning from one another. We’d like to give special recognition to two of AGN’s founding members that have grown with us through it all – Clark Schaefer Hackett (Cincinnati, OH) and Faw Casson (Dover, DE).

Join us throughout the year as we celebrate this special milestone with you!