He has been an active CPA since 1954 and served as chairman of the Minnesota State Board of Accountancy and president of the Minnesota Society of CPAs. Mr. Thorsen has been elected vice president of the AICPA and has been a member of its board of directors, along with 21 of its committees, and chair of its Responsibilities in Tax Practice Committee. He is a past member of the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) Board of Governors, its Professional Responsibility Board, and was one of its representatives on the NACVA/IBA Standards Unification Task Force. He is a member of NACVA’s Standards Committee and a past member of the Examination Grading Committee. Dick can be reached at dickthorsen@msn.com.