Former Congressman Mike Oxley to Speak at Nonprofit Summit

WASHINGTON, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

    
    
    What:   A conference for nonprofit organizations to promote greater 
            transparency and accountability in the nonprofit community. 
            Republican Mike Oxley of Ohio, a former House member and chairman
            of the Financial Services Committee, will speak about the 
            importance for nonprofit organizations to be transparent and 
            ensure greater accountability with their financial standards to 
            build on and preserve donor trust, strengthen the reputations of 
            nonprofit organizations and associations, and enhance the overall 
            nonprofit sector.
    
            Attendees will include thought leaders from foremost nonprofits,
            trade associations and key congressional staff members. Both the 
            House and Senate Ethics committee's staff have deemed this a 
            "widely attended event."
    
    Where:  Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
            Ticonderoga Room located on the Ballroom level 
            400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
    
    When:   Monday, April 12, 2010 
            Congressman Oxley will be speaking from 7-7:30 p.m. followed by a
            Q&A session for Council and media. Oxley will be available for 
            media interviews. 
    
    More:   Oxley served as the chairman of the Committee on Financial 
            Services, and was House sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 
            which provided for oversight of public companies to prevent fraud. 
    
            The Summit is being organized by the Council for Non-Profit 
            Accountability as a forum to advance principles that will protect 
            and advance the missions and reputations of organizations in the 
            nonprofit space. 
    
            The Council for Non-Profit Accountability was organized to help 
            foster better understanding of the risks in the nonprofit world, 
            and helping find ways to mitigate those risks. The Council 
            encourages participation by executive leaders in the nonprofit, 
            cooperative, and association sectors to advance principles that 
            will protect and advance the mission's and reputations of 
            organizations. The Council will look to sponsoring events to 
            continue to foster open, honest forums for where research and 
            knowledge can be shared on accountability and transparency.

SOURCE Council for Non-Profit Accountability