1997 NIACC Outstanding Alumnus

Doug Opheim, CPA, is a senior executive with RSM McGladrey, Inc. in the Twin Cities. He earned his Associate in Arts degree from NIACC in 1978 followed by a bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa. He has spent most of his career with McGladrey, holding positions of increasing responsibility within the company. Elected to the firm’s Board of Directors in 1996, he is a senior vice president in the National Office of Audit and Accounting. Doug is responsible for creating the Opheim Family Scholarship through the NIACC Foundation. Education has been an important part of his family’s life – his father is a retired NIACC accounting instructor, his mother spent her career in public education, and his three sisters also received degrees from NIACC. Doug and his wife, Deann Everson, live in Lakeville, MN.