Harry Harelik

Area of Expertise: Tax accountacy

Website: www.mclennan.edu/foundation

Topics Presented in Speeches: "Financial Planning for Adults," "Nonprofit Accounting and Understanding Nonprofit Financial Statements," "Educating Donors," "Charitable Giving Alternatives for Individual Taxpayers"

Email: hharelik@mclennan.edu

Biography:

Harry Harelik is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his BBA in accounting in 1971 and his MPA in taxation in 1972. He earned his CPA designation in 1974. In addition to previously being a 30 year local self-employed CPA, he also was an adjunct instructor of accounting at MCC, a local community college, for several years before coming to work as a full-time MCC employee. He earned his CFRE (certified fund raising executive) certification in 2006 and was designated as a chartered global management accountant (CGMA) in 2014. He is in his 16th year as executive director of the McLennan Community College Foundation.

In addition to writing for the Waco Tribune Herald as part of the Trib’s contributing columnist board, Harelik is a member of The Central Texas Chapter of CPAs, the Texas Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs and the Heart of Texas Estate Planning Council. He is vice president of the Waco Symphony Association; a life member of the board of Keep Waco Beautiful; a directing member of the MCC Hearts in the Arts; and a patron of the Waco Civic Theatre, the Waco Community Band, the MCC Visual and Performing Arts and the Baylor Theatre, with a strong interest in the cultural life of McLennan County and the city of Waco.