The Best Way to Learn

摘要

You've probably heard the saying, "Travel is the best way to learn." For me, embracing the role of a volunteer leader for a global organization like IMA® allows me to learn from people of diverse backgrounds and cultures-without having to physically travel. My introduction and path to volunteerism wasn't part of any grand plan to further my career. Instead, it began with my desire to better understand the valuable resources IMA has to offer my students interested in pursuing careers in management accounting and finance. So, I joined with another IMA member to reactivate the Platte Valley Chapter in Nebraska in 2013. Little did I realize that this initiative would put me on an adventurous global journey of learning about the management accounting profession and myself. My trajectory of volunteer leadership at IMA has inclusively progressed from a Campus Advocate to a Campus Influencer to a founding board member of IMA's Platte Valley Chapter. Currently, I'm also a member of the IMA Global Board of Directors, and I serve as a member of the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee and as chair of the Committee on Academic Relations.