Pamela J. Davis-Vaughn, CPA

Pamela J. Davis is a general practitioner providing accounting and tax services to her clients in Corning, New York. She has designed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in state and local tax at Texas universities, including Baylor and Texas Tech, and has been a highly rated speaker at the Controller's Roundtable, a sponsored event for controllers of automobile dealerships in Texas.

Pam has over 25 years of experience in both public and private accounting sectors. Her public experience ranges from a Big Four firm where she assisted several Fortune 500 companies in restructuring their operations to provide state income and franchise tax savings, participated on the mergers and acquisitions team, and served as the Southwest Area Employment Tax practice leader to providing tax consulting services for closely held businesses of a 16-partner, 100-staff Dallas CPA firm. Her experience in the private sector as CFO of a Dallas based manufacturer servicing the telecom industry and Tax and Accounting Manager of a large independent oil and gas company provides her with significant insight into the challenges faced by those practicing in industry.

Pam holds a BS degree in Business and Accounting from the University of Kansas, an MBA from Wichita State University, and has completed post-graduate work in International Tax at New York University.

Pamela has taught hundreds of seminars for Surgent McCoy. Her average instructor rating, based on a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being a perfect score) is 4.57.

Here’s what Surgent McCoy seminar attendees are saying about Pamela:

"Pamela was outstanding -- she conveyed knowledge in a very organized and dynamic manner with practical applications." (10/25/06)

"…had excellent technical knowledge and was patient in making sure audience understood topic." (9/25/06)

“…was a great speaker and very engaging…Great at keeping the class attention. I would definitely take another class with the instructor.” (8/23/06)

“Excellent presenter…had nice stories to connect the information to the material.” (8/14/06)

“Pam is terrific. Really kept my attention.” (11/16/06)