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Long-time NBA Communications pro to head up CPA group

After 21 years with the Nebraska Bankers Association, Joni Sundquist will leave the association to become President/Executive Director of the Nebraska Society of CPAs. She will take up her new post on July 2.

Sundquist is Senior Vice President of Communications & External Affairs for the NBA. In that role, she is responsible for all publications, public and media relations efforts, advertising, scholarship and internship programs, social media, and various marketing, membership and financial education initiatives. Through her work, she has earned the APEX Award of Excellence for Magazine & Journal Writing and MarCom Platinum Award for Publishing Excellence.

A native of Oakland, Neb., Sundquist graduated magna cum laude from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in broadcast journalism and worked in the publishing industry before joining the NBA in 1997. Very active in community and professional organizations, Sundquist is a past president of the Nebraska Society of Association Executives and is a graduate of Leadership Nebraska.

The NBA and the Nebraska Society of CPAs are both located in Lincoln, Neb.