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JOSE V. VALIENTE
Jose Valiente was born in Cuba. He moved to the United
States in 1962 settling in Tampa, Florida. He graduated from the University of South Florida
in 1973 and has been in the practice of public accounting and consulting for
over 30 years. He is licensed to
practice as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida, and was one of the founding
partners of ValienteHernandez P.A. ValienteHernandez merged with the national
accounting and consulting firm, LarsonAllen LLP on November 1, 2009. Jose
Valiente is now a Tax Principal with LarsonAllen.
Jose has lived in the Tampa area for 45 years. He and his wife, Lourdes,
have a daughter Lauren who has her undergraduate degree of Harvard University
and her law degree from the University of Florida Law School.
Jose is very much involved in community and professional
organizations including:
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CIVIC
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Past Chairman of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
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Chairman, Tampa Bay-Cuba Trade Commission of the
World Trade
Center of Tampa Bay
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Selected 2006 Volunteer of the Year by Junior
Achievement of Hillsborough
County
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Past Chairman and still active member of the University of South Florida Latin Community Advisory Committee
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Selected 2005 Hispanic Man of the Year by Tampa
Hispanic Heritage, Inc.
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Past Member, Board of Directors and Finance
Committee, The Florida
Orchestra
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Member, Healthy Together Board of Directors
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Member, Museum of Science & Industry Board
of Directors
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Member, International School
Connection Board of Directors
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Chairman, Arte 2007 Board of Directors
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Member, Committee on Foreign Relations
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Leadership Tampa,
Class of 1998
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Past President and active member of the Rotary
Club of Ybor City
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Past Chairman of the University of South Florida
School of Accountancy
Advisory Council
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Selected as the 1996 USF BETA GAMMA SIGMA
Community Honoree
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Past Chairman of the University
of South Florida School of Accountancy,
Accounting Circle
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Hillsborough Hispanic Mentors Foundation, Inc.
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Past Member, Board of Trustees of The Spring of Tampa Bay
PROFESSIONAL
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Immediate Past-President, Florida Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (FICPA)
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Founding Member of the Century Bank of Florida Board of
Directors
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Founding Member of the Northside Bank of Tampa Board of Directors
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Member, American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
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Member, Florida Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
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Past Chairman and active member of the FICPA
Educational Foundation
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Member, FICPA Executive Committee and Board of
Governors
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Past Chairman, FICPA State
Taxation Committee
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Past Chairman, FICPA/DOR Privatization Task
Force
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Past President of the FICPA West Coast Chapter
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Member, USF Professional Advisory Council of
Estate and Financial Planners
Special skills include estate and gift planning; federal,
state and local tax representation and preparation; auditing of commercial
entities, not-for-profit and governmental agencies and employee benefit plans,
litigation support in Family Law and business issues Specialist in State of
Florida sales tax issues and has received the “Certified In Florida Sales &
Use Tax” (CFST) Designation
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