David Nance

David Nance

North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners
Executive Director

David was brought onto the Board staff as Deputy Director beginning August 1, 2012; and was promoted to Executive Director effective January 1, 2022.  During his time at the Board, his responsibilities have included overseeing financial activities and the preparation of monthly financial statements for Board review; oversight of personnel activities; involvement with both the CPA examination and licensing processes; and technical involvement with the Board’s professional standards section in reviewing disciplinary matters.  He previously worked 30+ years as an audit manager for the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (OSA).

The seeds for an accounting career were planted in high school when working for his father, James D. Nance, in his local Laurinburg accounting firm.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in December 1981 and began working for OSA shortly thereafter.  He successfully passed the “quiz” and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1986.

In his years of service with OSA, he worked on audits across the state government spectrum including over 12 years overseeing OSA’s non-profit audit efforts for the Smart Start programs.  His main area of responsibility in the latter years with OSA was oversight of the audit efforts for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and its numerous human services programs.

On a personal side, David and his wife Susan have a co-mingled family of five grown children.  They love spending time at the beach and listening to beach music bands; basically, all good live music (especially the 70’s bands!).  And you may find him tooling around Cary most weekends in his “old” car.  Feel free to reach out to David at dnance@nccpaboard.gov if you have a question or concern about the Board.