Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 21 November 2002 — Page 15
The Muncie Times, November 21, 2002, page 15
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IBE hires vice president of finance
Indianapolis LaVonda Ezell has been hired by Indiana Black Expo Inc. (IBE) in Indianapolis, as the new vice president of finance.
magna cum laude graduate of Florida A&M, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Ezell is also a certified public accountant.
Ezell also spent time with the Fulton County government in Atlanta, GA as a financial systems administrator.
“LaVonda brings a wealth of experience in financial management and accounting to our organization,” said the Rev. Charles Williams, president of IBE. “Flaving
someone with her expertise and attention to detail is very important and we’re delighted to have her as part of the IBE family.”
She will direct all budget and fiscal activities of the organization, which operates with a $4 million budget. Ezell is a native of Jackson, Tenn. And a
Most recently, she was employed by KPMG, LLP in Dallas, Texas where she was a program manager. She has also been an audit manager and supervising accountant for the same company.
November is National
Adoption Month
Indiana’s Adoption Initiative joins the U.S. Children’s Bureau and thousands of individuals, government agencies and child advocacy organizations across the nation in promoting National Adoption Month in November.
heritage, children with physical, emotional, behavioral or learning challenges. Some have been neglected, abandoned, abused and/or exposed to drugs and alcohol. Others are brothers and sisters who want to grow up together.
Its purpose is to provide 'national awareness, celebrate children and families and call the nation to action to ensure safety, permanency and well being for all children. More than 134,000 children are awaiting adoption in the United States, and many of them have special needs. They are teenagers, children of diverse
During November, Indiana’s Adoption Initiative will launch a special public awareness campaign to let Hoosiers know about Indiana’s 100 to 200 waiting children. A Celebration of adoption party was held at the Indianapolis Zoo on Nov. 2 for adoptive families who have made that commitment to a special needs child.
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