JODY BLAZEK, CPA, is a partner in Blazek &Vetterling, LLP, an accounting firm that focuses on financial planning, tax compliance, and auditing for tax-exempt organizations and the individuals who create, fund, and work for them. She is also a founding director of Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts and a board member of the Anchorage Foundation, Houston Artists Fund, River Pierce Foundation, and the Planned Giving Council of Houston. Blazek's nonprofit concentration began when she worked at KPMG Peat Marwick and continued when she served as chief financial officer of the Menil Foundation. She is the author of The Legal Answer Book for Private Foundations, the 990 Handbook, and Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations. She received her BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and attended South Texas School of Law.