The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) is the proud successor of the American Association of Hispanic Certified Public Accountants (AAHCPA), the first national Latino professional association in the United States. Established in 1972, ALPFA continues to build upon our proud legacy of shared values and guiding principles. ALPFA is a not-for-profit entity registered with the Internal Revenue Service. Membership is open to anyone who shares our values, mission, and principles.

The Association changed its name to ALPFA to diversify the membership from a strictly Certified Public Accountants association. ALPFA also changed its bylaws to become an international association; this change meets the needs of our many clients/sponsors. It also allows us the benefit to capitalize on our bicultural and bilingual skills.

With over 34 years of history, ALPFA is recognized as a strong advocate for the advancement of Latinos. ALPFA is committed to providing professional development opportunities to its members, as well as creating awareness among our youth about the accounting and finance professions. ALPFA has partnerships with State CPA Societies to provide professional development opportunities to its members at the Annual Convention, seminars and quarterly dinner meetings. Participation in these events provide our membership with continuing professional education (CPE) credits and an opportunity to network.

ALPFA also recognizes the financial challenges faced by Latinos to fund their undergraduate studies. We are dedicated to assisting Latino students pursue and complete their higher education degrees in accounting and finance. In collaboration with various corporations, we award scholarships on a local basis ranging from $500 to $1,500, and on a national basis ranging from $1,500 to $5,000. Students are selected based on academic achievement, financial need, community service, and active membership with our organization.

ALPFA is well positioned to assist Fortune 500 companies to recruit, retain and develop professional Latino/Hispanic talent in finance, accounting, investments and related business functions. ALPFA maintains 29 chapters in key cities nationally including Puerto Rico, and hosts over 300 total combined annual events across all chapters. The 29 chapters are divided among four regions: Northern, Southern, Central and Western. The Northern Region is made up of the following 7 chapters:

1. New York, New York *
2. Newark, New Jersey *
3. Boston, Massachusetts *
4. Chicago, Illinois *
5. Washington DC, Maryland
6. Hartford, Connecticut
7. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

* Large chapters

These 7 chapters make up approximately 50% of ALPFA’s total membership of approximately 6,000 members. There are a total of 6 “large” ALPFA chapters in the nation; large chapters are defined as chapters having over 300 members. The northern region has 4 of the 6 ALPFA large chapters, which include Miami, Florida and Los Angeles, California.