Tony Argiz, Chairman and CEO of MBAF, was named the 2011 Alumni of the Year by Florida International University's School of Accounting. Argiz received his Bachelor's degree and did graduate studies in Auditing and Taxation at FIU. He has continued to support FIU through serving on advisory boards. As the leader of MBAF, one of the top 40 accounting firms in the US, Argiz has helped grow the firm to include over 400 staff and offices across the country and world.

1. MBAF’S TONY ARGIZ NAMED 2011 ALUMNI OF THE YEAR
BY FIU’S SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING
MIAMI – June 17, 2011 – Tony Argiz, Chairman and CEO of Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC (MBAF),
was recently named the 2011 Alumni of the Year by Florida International University’s (FIU) School of
Accounting. The announcement was made at the School of Accounting’s 2nd Annual Awards Banquet.
Argiz received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and did graduate studies in Auditing and
Taxation at FIU. He has continued his affiliation with the university since his departure as an active alumnus
serving as a member of the FIU Foundation Board and on the School of Accounting Advisory Board. A
fervent believer in education, he is immediate past chair of the board of trustees for Carrollton School of the
Sacred Heart. In the past, he served as chair of FIU’s Council of 100 and as chair of the Miami Dade
College Foundation.
Additionally, he has actively served on leading industry associations, chairing many key committees in
furtherance of the accounting industry. He has served on the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)
Nominations Committee, on the governing body of the AICPA’s Council and on the PCP Executive
Committee and its Technical Issues Committee. In 1986, Argiz was appointed to Florida’s Board of
Accountancy and was then elected to chair the Board and chair its Probable Cause Panel as well.
Through the years, he has supported more than 100 charitable and civic organizations. He is an executive
committee member of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, a board member of AvMed Health Plans,
the immediate past chair of the Orange Bowl Committee, and the past chair of the board of United Way of
Miami-Dade. Argiz has also been honored for his charitable work and dedication by the South Florida
Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews, Israel Bonds as well
as by the South Florida Business Journal as a Key Partner in Litigation and the South Florida Legal Guide as
a Top CPA in Litigation.
Since 1997, Argiz has led the growth of MBAF to become one of the top 40 accounting firms in the nation
and the largest Florida-based accounting firm. MBAF is also a fifteen-time honoree on the INSIDE Public
Accounting annual list of the nation’s 25 best managed accounting firms. Earlier this year, the firm combined
with New York-based accounting and consulting firm ERE giving MBAF a stronger presence in the Northeast
markets.
About MBAF
Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC is one of the nation’s Top 40 certified public accounting and advisory
firms and the largest Florida-based accounting firm in the state. Ranked for the last 15 years as one of the
top 25 performing firms in the country on INSIDE Public Accounting’s “Best of the Best” list, MBAF provides
value-added assurance, domestic and international tax services and management advisory services such as
litigation support, business consulting and technology solutions to entrepreneurs, privately-held businesses,
wealthy individuals, family groups, private and public corporations, exempt organizations and legal
practitioners across a broad range of industries. More than 400 highly-qualified principals and employees
serve domestic and international clients in more than 45 states and 44 countries from offices in Miami, New
York, Baltimore, Boca Raton, Boulder, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Valhalla and India.
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