HPG Audit Manager Joins the United Arts Council

Susan Martin Serving a Three-year Term as an At-Large Board Member

RALEIGH, N.C. (August 26, 2009)—Susan Martin, audit manager at Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (hpg.com), the largest CPA firm headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, has been named an at-large member of the United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County's board of directors. Martin will serve a three-year term.

"Susan's 13 years of accounting experience will be an added benefit to the United Arts Council," says Eleanor Oakley, president and CEO of United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County Inc. "We are fortunate to have her bring her creativity and enthusiasm to our organization."

To help the United Arts Council meet all their initiatives, Martin will assist with corporate and workplace campaigns, events and additional programs.

The United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County works toward building better communities through its continued support of the arts. Since 1990, the organization has raised more than $16 million to support and foster the arts throughout Wake County.

"It is a privilege to be selected to serve with this group of dedicated people," adds Martin. "I am looking forward to a wonderful experience and the opportunity to help further the arts in the Triangle."

In addition to her work on behalf of the United Arts Council, Martin also volunteers with the NathanCan Foundation, an organization that provides support and services to families with chronically ill patients. She also helps promote financial literacy through the Wakefield High School Business Alliance and serves as a volunteer coach for her son's CASL team.

Martin continues a longtime relationship that Hughes Pittman & Gupton shares with the United Arts Council. Deborah Quay has served on its board of directors as treasurer, and on its executive committee; firm partner Dan Hughes has served on the board of directors' executive and finance committees; and firm partner Tim Gupton has served as audit partner for the organization, as well as an ad hoc attendee of the finance committee.

About Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (HPG):
HPG is the largest CPA firm headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, as ranked by the Triangle Business Journal. Furthermore, Business Leader magazine ranked HPG as the fifth most successful small business in North Carolina in 2008. HPG is able to provide national and global accounting resources to its clients through the CPAmerica firm network of 701 offices worldwide. HPG offers a wide array of business accounting, auditing, corporate tax, and management advisory services. Specialties include serving owner-managed, investor-backed technology and life science, healthcare services, real estate development, manufacturing and distribution businesses, and providing ERISA audits, family wealthcare services and Sarbanes-Oxley internal audit services. More than just an accounting firm, HPG assists clients in looking beyond the bottom linesm by being the right firm, right people and right value to achieve each client's definition of success. Visit www.hpg.com.

# # #

About the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County:
The United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County, Inc., a private nonprofit, builds better communities through support and advocacy of the arts. Since 1990, United Arts has served as the umbrella fundraising organization for the arts in Wake County. To accomplish its mission, the organization raises money from individuals, businesses and government entities to provide funding for arts programming, arts services and arts education throughout Wake County. To date, United Arts has raised more than $16 million, and in fiscal year 2009 the organization provided $1.1 million in direct support of 37 arts organizations; 11 municipalities; and 137+ schools, serving audiences of 1.5 million. Visit www.unitedarts.org for more information.

1500 Sunday Drive Suite 300
Raleigh NC 27607

Media Contact:
Mike Gauss
919.232.5008
mike@articulon.com

This release was published on openPR.