News Mr. Edmund "Skip" Coale, III Appointed to Howard Community College's Board of Trustees
Prior to forming Coale, Pripstein and Associates, P.A., Mr. Coale served as a sole proprietor, manager for the small business department of C.J. Ecalano & Co., and as manager at Matthews, Carter and Boyce, Certified Public Accountants in Washington, DC. He is a 2001 recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration Accountant Advocate of the Year for the State of Maryland.
As an accountant serving the small business community, Mr. Coale is an active member of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants. He has served on a number of committees for the association, including the Management of an Accounting Practice Committee, the Sole Practitioner Committee, and the Professional Ethics Committee, of which he was chairman.
An alumnus of Calvert Hall College High School, Mr. Coale attended Catonsville Community College and later matriculated to the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1969, he was drafted into the United States Army and served in South Vietnam. After being honorably discharged from the military, Mr. Coale returned to The University of Maryland to complete his bachelor’s degree.
Howard Community College’s Board of Trustees consists of seven persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to serve on the board. Members of the board are appointed for six years, on a staggered basis, and serve without compensation. Among the board’s responsibilities are those that include approving academic programs, appointing faculty and staff, and approving proposed operating budgets.
Coale, Pripstein &
Associates Adds Partner, Promotes From Within
Nancy has been with the firm since 1995, providing accounting services to high-tech and construction companies as well as non-profit agencies in the firm's portfolio.
"We're excited to welcome Nancy as a new partner, as she is a highly valued and productive member of the firm," says Skip Coale. "Her advancement comes after years of taking on multiple projects and clients with great success, providing the high level of customer service that we demand."
Nancy Buckley, CPA has 13 years of tax and accounting experience and is a graduate of the University of Maryland College Park. She is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accoutants and the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants. She is the current treasurer of the Business Women's Network, a formal networking organization in Howard County, Maryland.
"Coale Pripstein has provided me with an incredible opportunity to take the firm to new heights," says Nancy Buckley. "With the company's support of work-life balance, I have been able to successfully attain my professional and personal goals and plan to continue implementing that culture for our employees."
Nancy resides in Davidsonville, Maryland, with her husband and two children. She is an active volunteer in her daughter's brownie troop and her church.
Coale, Pripstein &
Associates Receives 2006 Governor’s Arts Award
Coale,
Pripstein & Associates, P.A., is pleased to announce
that the firm has received the 2006 Governor’s Arts Award from the
Maryland Citizens for the Arts Foundation. The award was presented at
ArtSalute 2006, held on May 25 at the Maryland Institute College of Art
in Baltimore. Coale, Pripstein & Associates, P.A., was
recognized for our long-standing commitment to the arts through
financial support, in-kind financial services, and thousands of hours
of volunteer service by founding partners Edmund Coale and Eric
Pripstein on behalf of Maryland’s arts community.
For
the past 15 years, Coale,
Pripstein & Associates, P.A., has provided financial support
and expertise to Young Audiences of Maryland (YAMD). The firm
subsidizes artists’ fees so that children throughout Maryland can
experience the state’s best performing artists. “Coale, Pripstein
& Associates has been instrumental in helping us grow from a
small nonprofit serving a few counties to one of the most utilized arts
education resources in the state,” said Stacie Sanders, YAMD executive
director. “There is no other organization that is more committed to our
success than Coale, Pripstein & Associates.” In addition to
financial contributions, Eric Pripstein has volunteered his time to
YAMD, serving in a number of positions, from treasurer to current Board
president. Along with their work on
behalf of YAMD, Edmund Coale and Eric Pripstein were also recognized
for their numerous contributions to other community arts organizations
and programs, including the Columbia Center of Theatrical Arts.
Maryland Public Television will
broadcast ArtSalute 2006 on Sunday, June 18, at 8:00 p.m. and July 2,
at 4:00 p.m.
Honoring
the entrepreneurial spirit SBA applauds small businesses and the
supporters who fueled their growth
Editor's note: Each year the U.S. Small Business Administration holds
up for the small business community a selection of exemplary business
owners, who have worked to overcome adversity, tirelessly pursued
dreams of business ownership and carved out successful companies. At
the same time, the SBA lauds the advocates, those behind-the-scenes
supporters who have fought to advance the position of business owners
through education, financing, encouragement and other efforts. Here are
the stories of this year's honorees, who will be recognized at the
SBA's annual awards breakfast at 7 a.m. May 11 at Martin's West in
Woodlawn.
Accountant
Advocate of the Year Winner: Edmund S. Coale III,
Coale, Pripstein & Associates P.A
"The tax issues, the accounting issues, the application of financial
principles are all universal. The difference with small businesses is
that they typically don't have as strong a support system in place,"
Coale said. "They don't have a CFO or internal financial people, so
they rely more heavily on the services of an accountant than a bigger
business might.
"A lot of
times I have to help them identify what the questions are, before we
even begin to look for solutions."
A graduate of the University of Maryland,
College Park, Coale did service in the army before returning to his
alma mater to finish his degree in accounting. He launched his Columbia
practice, Coale, Pripstein & Assoc. P.A., in 1980 with an eye
toward serving small businesses.
He said his
work with small businesses gives him a special kind of satisfaction.
"I enjoy the energy and the dynamics that are
embodied by the entrepreneurs," he said. "They often are fighting an
uphill battle in their dealings with the larger businesses and with the
government. It is almost like the Don Quixote syndrome. You have people
trying to accomplish their dream, really struggling to do that, and in
a matter of speaking I am their sidekick in trying to reach that
dream."
- Adam
Katz-Stone (May 4-10, 2001 Issue, Vol. 18 No. 51) | |||||||
(Columbia, MD) --- Edmund “Skip” Coale, III, president of Coale, Pripstein & Associates, P.A., a full-service accounting firm based in Columbia, has been appointed to Howard Community College’s Board of Trustees by Governor Martin J. O’Malley, effective July 1, 2010. Mr. Coale, a resident of Highland, Maryland, succeeds T. James Truby, chair of the board, whose tenure ends June 2010.
Columbia, MD - January 22, 2009 - Columbia, Maryland based accounting firm Coale, Pripstein and Associates, recently admitted manager Nancy Buckley, CPA, as a partner. She joins the firm's namesakes, Edmund S. Coale III, CPA; and Eric Pripstein, CPA, as the third partner.
Edmund S. Coale
III does more than just crunch the numbers. As an accountant serving
the small-business community, he finds himself more often than not
playing the role of business advisor, strategic counselor and
all-around hand-holder. |
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