Kernutt Stokes’ Haley Lyons Selected to Serve on NASBA’s Board of Directors

Haley Lyons, CPA and partner at accounting and business consulting firm Kernutt Stokes, has been selected as the Pacific regional director of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)’s 2024-25 Board of Directors.

NASBA is the leading organization for the nation’s Boards of Accountancy, which administer the CPA Examination, license nearly 672,000 certified public accountants, and regulate the practice of public accountancy in the United States. Lyons is one of only 16 CPAs chosen to serve on the prestigious NASBA board. She is also the current chair of the Oregon State Board of Accountancy.

At Kernutt Stokes, Lyons leads the firm’s Virtual Accounting department, providing both client accounting services and accounting software solutions. She joined the firm in 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Oregon State University.

About Kernutt Stokes

Kernutt Stokes, the fourth largest CPA firm in Oregon, is a full-service accounting and business consulting firm established in 1945 with offices in Eugene, Bend, and Corvallis. The firm was named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work for In Oregon” by Oregon Business magazine in 2025, 2023, and 2021, and one of the nation’s top 50 accounting firms of 2022 by INSIDE Public Accounting. Kernutt Stokes has 14 partners, 75 accounting professionals, and more than 90 employees. The firm specializes in privately held and family-owned companies in construction, manufacturing, transportation, beverage, and professional services. In addition to core accounting services, the firm provides virtual accounting, accounting software consulting, 401(k) plan administration, business valuation, retirement planning, business consulting and other services. Kernutt Stokes is an independent member of BDO Alliance USA, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting, and service firms with similar client service goals. For more information, visit KernuttStokes.com.