INDEX OF HONOREES PAGE 24 Deborah de Vries Kathy Karich PAGES 36-37 Marta Alfonso Lynne Doughtie Lisa Knee Mary Ropes Mary Amato Cathy Engelbert Jayme Koszyn Cindy Rosenberg Michele Amato Patricia Etzold Barbara Rothenstein Marie Arrigo Christine Fenske PAGES 32-33 Fasika Sahlu Joann Arweiler Deborah Friedland Natalie Kotlyar Erin Scanlon Kate Barton Karen Kowgios Yesenia Scheker-Izquierdo Barbara Bel PAGE 28 Laura LaForgia Randi Schuster Tracy Benard Celeste Frye Carol Lapidus Cristin Singer Mela Garber Gemma Leddy PAGE 25 Marisa Garcia Paula Loop PAGES 38-39 Patty Bo Lisa Goldman Nadia-Maria Matthie Grace Singer Lori Bono Hope Goldstein Candice Meth Jill Standish Wendy Cama Harriet Greenberg Wendy Stevens Jenny Chen Rorrie Gregorio PAGES 34-35 Magda Szabo Melanie Chen Kelly Grier Christine Miller Erica Volini Sandy Chu Pat Milligan Tifphani White-King Claudine Cohen PAGES 30-31 Yasmine Misuraca Hyo Yeon Laura Corb Nancy Grimaldi Maria Castañón Moats Jean Han Elizabeth Mullen PAGE 26 Liz Hilton Segel Rita Pierre Janis Cowhey Amy Joyce Debbie Polishook Patricia Cummings Mindy Kamen Tami Radinsky

Congratulations Mela Garber, CDFA Anchin is proud to recognize [email protected] Mela Garber and Deborah de Vries on being named to Crain’s inaugural list of Notable Women in Accounting and Consulting.

Deborah de Vries, CPA, CGMA anchin.com | @anchincpa [email protected]

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22 Accounting and consulting firms get serious about 24 promoting women Notable women in accounting and consulting 40 Leading women share the unwritten rules of getting to the top

21 Accounting and consulting firms get serious about promoting women

When Candice Meth, a partner at EisnerAmper, sat down for her annual evaluation, she got an unexpected response: “What do you need from me to make your next year your most successful ever?” her former boss, Julie Floch, asked her.

Meth said she wanted to raise her profile One key effort, Chu notes, is Women at Grant runs the Public Good management consultan- nationally by doing more speaking. After Thornton. The initiative focuses on recruiting cy, which serves a similar clientele. “She really Floch made some phone calls and Meth, a and retaining women, as well as increasing helped me get my feet under me,” Frye says. CPA, joined some groups that enabled her the number of women in partnership roles. “It made all the difference in terms of envision- to speak nationally, she wound up chairing a “I really enjoy being part of this group and ing what can be possible.” conference for the American Institute of CPAs knowing the other women leaders or poten- (AICPA). Floch passed away in 2016 but left a tial leaders,” Chu says. She adds that being Sometimes, it’s the informal aspects of life in lasting legacy. able to offer feedback to the senior team and an accounting or consulting firm that make it organization is also valuable. attractive to women. “She certainly served as an amazing mentor for me,” Meth says. “She really set the pace in CPA Karen Kowgios, a partner at Withum, Lisa Knee, CPA, a tax partner at EisnerAmper and the firm’s national practice leader for the terms of how to run a department and always points to the Women at Withum program, real estate private equity group, says the firm’s listen to your employees.” which offers opportunities for continued success and advancement. She had a similar entrepreneurial culture gave her opportunities Meth is among 71 honorees selected for the program at her own firm before merging it to advance and try new things. Crain’s Notable Women in Accounting and into Withum. “Personally, it’s very important “When I found there was a niche area I wanted Consulting list this year. The women in the to me,” she says. to work in, the firm really gave me that support,” report, identified through Crain’s internal Knee says. “I learned I could be a national leader.” research and nominations from major firms in Meth says membership in EisnerAmper’s the New York metropolitan area, were select- Women’s Network has been an important Melanie Chen, the managing director who ed based on their career accomplishments part of her career. “It’s a very strong group leads the China group at UHY Advisors NY, is in accounting or consulting, their mentorship that meets regularly at our offices,” she says. a CPA and a lawyer. She says she has found of others and their involvement in nonprof- “We focus on coming together and talking over the years that formal policies to support its and community organizations. They have about not only workplace issues but things women don’t mean a lot if no one implements impacted businesses across the city and, in that speak to work-life balance.” them. Although UHY doesn’t have many such many cases, around the world. policies, it is a progressive firm, she says. For many successful women, sponsorship by The type of mentorship Meth experienced is an influential member of the industry has been “My firm, especially top management, is very no longer as rare as it once was for women in essential to their advancement. That’s been the supportive,” says Chen, who is a member of accounting, a field where women have histor- case for Wendy Cama, CPA, New York office the management committee of UHY Advisors ically been underrepresented in the top tiers managing partner at Crowe and its Northeast NY. “Our CEO, Mike Mahoney, is very support- of leadership. regional audit leader and board chairwoman. ive. He gave me a lot of flexibility to decide She has found that the professional support of what to do, how to do it and when to do it.” Women made up 49% of those studying a male partner has been helpful. accounting worldwide in 2016, according to Catalyst, a global nonprofit organization fo- “I really can attribute some of the opportu- cused on empowering and accelerating wom- nities for leadership to his involvement and Women make up en in business. And they make up 61% of all putting my name forward and recommending accountants and auditors in the United States, me for consideration,” Cama says. 61% of all accountants according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of She also has found it valuable that the firm Labor Statistics data. Nonetheless, women are and auditors in the runs program such as Inspire, where female still relatively scarce at the top tier. partners and directors get together annually. United States The AICPA found that women make up only “We discuss all kinds of business topics,” 24% of partners and principals at accounting U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Cama says. “It really has been critical to us firms. Women are better represented at small- being able to promote more female partners.” er firms: 43% of partners at firms with up to 10 CPAs but just 20% of those at firms with Another important initiative at the firm, she One thing that’s changed is that talented wom- 100-plus CPAs. says, is Grow, a by-application program that en have more career options than they once identifies women who are suited for partner- did—and don’t have to stay with firms where Women are also underrepresented in the top ship, pairs them with female partners and they’re banging up against a glass ceiling. levels of management consulting, making directors who mentor them and assign them When Patricia Cummings, CPA, now co-man- their recruitment and retention a perennial stretch goals and projects. aging partner in the New York office of Citrin topic for the industry. Cooperman, was asked to compete for a higher “We’ve had a lot of success with women go- position at a previous firm against another However, with many firms realizing they are ing through the program becoming partners,” woman and a man, the position was awarded leaving themselves at a competitive disadvan- she says. to the man, even though she believed she was tage if they lack diversity among their lead- the most qualified. That “kick in the butt” told ership team, more are making efforts, both And the Connect program at Crowe provides her there was life beyond the firm—and she be- formal and informal, to support the women quarterly webcasts on relevant topics for gan interviewing until she found Citrin Cooper- on their teams and help them advance. Many women at the firm. man would give her more opportunity. women say they value their firm’s acknowl- edgement of the challenge as well as their Mentorship is just as important for women “I had three great offers I weighed,” Cummings efforts to improve diversity. who start their own firm as it is for those who says. “I selected this offer.” become leaders within existing companies, “The senior leadership team, including the many women say. One reason her career has thrived at Citrin CEO, is very aware of the situation,” says Cooperman, she says, is the firm’s overall sup- Sandy Chu, a Grant Thornton principal and Celeste Frye, CEO and principal of the non- portiveness of women. “Our CEO is unbeliev- national leader of the firm’s China Business profit and public-sector management consul- ably progressive,” she says. “He understands Group. “Therefore they’re trying to improve tancy Public Works Partners, says she received the need for retention of women. All firms are the situation. We have top-down efforts.” invaluable advice from Patricia Davies, who going through a talent drought.”

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MARTA MARY AMATO ALFONSO Partner; tax In 1896, New York issued the first official Principal practice leader qualification test for certified public accoun- MBAF COHNREZNICK ••• ••• tants. Three years later, Christine Ross, who was Marta Alfonso Mary Amato born in Nova Scotia, became the first certified brings her exten- draws on her female accountant in the United States.* sive background 30 years of in litigation con- experience as a sulting, forensic accounting, bankruptcy, certified pub- turnarounds, financial management lic accountant and tax specialist to and more to her work at MBAF, a top support a wide range of industries as MICHELE MARIE ARRIGO 40 CPA firm. Alfonso has offered expert CohnReznick White Plains office’s tax AMATO Partner and consultation and testimony in a wide partner and partner-in-charge. Amato’s Partner-in-charge, co-leader of the family office range of cases, including bankruptcy clientele ranges from middle-market professional standards group services practice and insolvency, criminal RICO cases, entrepreneurs to public corporations in MARKS PANETH EISNERAMPER domestic and international money laun- multiple states that often have interna- ••• ••• dering, embezzlement, shareholder dis- tional activities. As a business adviser Michele Amato In her role as tax putes, economic damages and marital and tax expert, she helps her clients’ oversees Marks partner, Marie dissolution. Previously, Alfonso worked businesses grow and thrive by identify- Paneth’s compli- Arrigo provides for the Federal Housing Administration ing tax opportunities and representing ance with accounting, auditing and at- tax consulting and compliance services in the Department of Housing and Ur- her clients before taxation authorities. testation standards, ethics requirements to family offices, individuals, trusts and -es ban Development, where she evaluated Amato focuses on the construction and quality control standards as part- tates and closely held businesses. As chair and developed financial accounting and real estate industries and recent- ner-in-charge of the firm’s professional of EisnerAmper’s Philanthropy and Char- systems and oversaw financial manage- ly added the cannabis industry to her standards group. In her more than 30 itable Giving Practice, she applies her ex- ment functions. Alfonso is president of areas of expertise; she leads the firm’s years at national and regional firms, Am- pertise to philanthropic pursuits, advising her firm’s Women’s Network, as well tax practice efforts in that industry and ato has gained extensive knowledge of family offices and donors on charitable as the host and creator of “The Well- works with manufacturers and vertically the regulatory environment. At the same giving, including charitable trusts, private Heeled Professional” radio program. integrated cannabis businesses. Amato time, she has guided countless clients foundations and donor-advised funds. As In 2018, she was named an Influential also brings her experience and technical through initial public offerings, reverse the lead tax partner for the firm’s not-for- Business Woman by the South Florida acumen into the community, serving as mergers, private placements and spin- profit services group, she provides tax ad- Business Journal. a mentor to young professionals. offs. Amato has earned a reputation as visory and compliance services to clients an expert on the engagement quality including public charities, trade associa- review of Securities and Exchange tions, private operating foundations and Commission filings and other nonpublic grant-making foundations. Arrigo is on the As of 1983, women began to gain ground in reports. Amato sits on the Professional board of the Financial Women’s Associa- Practice Executive Committee of the tion and is a former board member of the the profession, making up 39% of accountants Center for Audit Quality and the Board Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New in the U.S. workforce† of Governors of the Accountants Club York and Western New York. In 2015 and of America. 2016, Private Asset Management named her one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth.

JOANN KATE BARTON BARBARA BEL TRACY BENARD ARWEILER Global vice chair Partner National managing Litigation managing EY PKF O’CONNOR partner, advisory director ••• DAVIES KPMG BDO Kate Barton ••• ••• ••• began as an As a tax partner Tracy Benard Joann Arweiler intern with EY in at PKF O’Connor helps lead more is managing 1985, becom- Davies, Barbara than 10,000 part- director of BDO’s ing a partner in Bel provides tax ners and profes- Investigative Due 1996. As the recently named global vice and planning sionals in KPMG’s Diligence practice. She has nearly 15 chair for tax, she provides oversight for advice for privately held companies, U.S. advisory practice, the company’s years of professional experience in cor- all aspects of EY’s global tax strategy high-net-worth individuals and families, fastest-growing business. As national porate, fraud and criminal investigation. and operations. She also serves as a not-for-profit organizations and private managing partner, she helps set the U.S. She is an expert in identifying anomalies senior advisory partner on high-profile foundations. She also consults on tax strategy for the practice. Benard has during an investigation and helping cli- EY accounts including The Kraft Group, issues related to divorce and Social helped international companies imple- ents trace assets and people of interest Tishman Speyer and Polo Ralph Lau- Security strategies. Bel serves on the ment new accounting standards, as well at the domestic and international levels. ren. A champion for diversity, Barton is board of the UJA-Federation Westches- as assisted clients with a variety of SEC Arweiler works with clients ranging from a member of EY’s Global Diversity and ter Business and Professional Division and U.S. GAAP standards. She has also financial institutions and institutional Inclusiveness Committee and Women and is president of the Estate Planning put her decades of experience to use by investors to high-net-worth investors Fast Forward, an EY initiative addressing Council of Westchester. She is a public furthering the professional development and legal counsel. Before joining BDO, gender parity in the workplace. In addi- speaker, a regular contributor to news- of those in her practice. This emphasis Arweiler served as a confidential investi- tion, Barton serves on the board of the papers and industry publications and on community and education extends gator at the New York City Department All Stars Project, a nonprofit that aims to co-author of “Cash Management in the into Benard’s private life, where she sup- of Investigations on a variety of cases transform the lives of inner-city children. Middle Market.” The New York State So- ports the Boys and Girls Club of Amer- involving issues including bribery, kick- Barton was named the 2015 Woman of ciety of CPAs board of directors chose ica as a northeast trustee and sits on backs and conflicts of interest. She has the Year—Business Services by the Stevie Bel to serve on the American Institute the advisory board for the Accounting also participated in organized undercov- Awards for Women in Business and was of Certified Public Accountants’ Council Department at her alma mater, Lehigh er and surveillance operations, resulting designated 2016 Female Executive of for a three-year term. University. in numerous successful prosecutions. the Year by the Women World Awards.

24 Sources: *Fortune †Bureau of Labor Statistics PATTY BO LORI BONO Partner CFO FRANKEL GRASSI & CO. Women comprise 61% of LOUGHRAN ••• STARR & VALLONE In her role as accountants and auditors in the U.S. ••• CFO, Lori Bono as of 2016† For more than 29 directs all of years, Patty Bo Grassi & Co’s has been helping financial activities, high-net-worth including preparing financial reports and individuals and families plan their finances summaries for the firm and its subsidiar- and minimize their tax burdens. Her areas ies, as well as budgeting and forecasting WENDY CAMA JENNY CHEN of expertise are many: compensatory the firm’s future growth. She recently led Audit partner Principal stock options, tax treatments of hedging the effort to revise Grassi & Co.’s financial CROWE PRAGER METIS techniques, diversified portfolio manage- statements process, which not only led ••• ••• ment, residency issues and everything to more efficient internal operations but As a nearly 30- As leader of related to gifts, trusts and foundations. Bo also increased client satisfaction. She year veteran at Prager Metis’ came to Frankel Loughran Starr & Vallone was one of the first women at the firm to Crowe, Wendy China desk, from Morgan Stanley, where she oversaw become a certified construction industry Cama specializes Jenny Chen the personal taxes and financial planning financial professional. Outside of her work in the audits of frequently works of its executives, many of whom remain at Grassi & Co., Bono has strong ties to publicly traded financial institutions with with Chinese clients on U.S. GAAP and clients of hers. She holds an MBA from her community, serving as the secretary between $50 million and $30 billion in international financial reporting issues, the New York University Stern School of of the board of directors of the nonprofit assets. She currently serves as the man- dealing with complex capital structure Business. Bo holds both a series 7 and South Shore Association for Independent aging partner for the firm’s New York and strategic business plans. Fluent in CFP license. She is a member of the Living. She also regularly participates in office, chair of the Crowe board of -di Mandarin, Chen specializes in working Financial Planning Association, the Amer- fundraisers for the American Cancer Soci- rectors and lead partner of the compa- with corporate clients including financial ican Institute of Certified Public Accoun- ety, including a number of 5k road races, ny’s Northeast Audit Practice. Outside of service companies, real estate entities, tants and the New York State Society of as well as the National Multiple Sclerosis the office, Cama dedicates her time to nonprofit organizations, internationally Certified Public Accountants. Society’s annual bike ride. organizations serving youth. Since 2011, traded companies and employee bene- she has served on the boards of direc- fit plans. She is a member of the AICPA, tors of both the Boys and Girls Clubs of the National Association of Certified Union County and Junior Achievement Valuation Analysts, the Institute of Char- of North Jersey. Cama is also involved tered Financial Analysts and the New with both the New York and New Jersey York Society of Security Analysts. Prior Bankers Associations. As a public speak- to joining Prager Metis, Chen worked er, Cama covers topics including SEC as a chief financial officer overseeing basics, accounting and reporting. NJBIZ accounting, financial and tax reporting, This year, 50% of new hires at named Cama one of its Top 50 Women cash management and human resourc- accounting firms are women‡ in Business in New Jersey in 2016. es. She has more than 25 years’ experi- ence in providing efficient accounting, auditing, tax, and advisory services to clients.

MELANIE CHEN SANDY CHU CLAUDINE LAURA CORB Managing director Principal and China COHEN Senior partner UHY ADVISORS NY business group Principal MCKINSEY & ••• national leader COHNREZNICK COMPANY GRANT ••• ••• As head of UHY THORNTON Laura Corb leads Advisors’ China ••• With more than Group, Melanie 25 years of busi- McKinsey’s Amer- Sandy Chu is a Chen directs tax ness experience, icas Strategy leading expert planning and busi- Claudine Cohen & Corporate on Chinese ness consulting services for companies has developed expertise in providing Finance Prac- tax policies and a frequent writer and that work between the United States and transactional advisory services. As a prin- tice, and serves on the firm’s board and speaker on the subject. Her articles Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. cipal in CohnReznick’s New York office, shareholder’s council. She works pri- have appeared in The International Tax The greater China region continues to be she serves as an adviser to public and marily with leaders in the fields of tech- Journal and she frequently presents an international hub of commerce, and private companies, both domestically nology, media, telecom and advanced at events for the Tax Executives Insti- trade tensions with the U.S. are on the rise. and internationally. She has worked with industrials, and assists clients on a range tute and Council for International Tax Chen helps her firm and its clients navigate private equity investors, family offices, of topics including strategy, growth Education. As the national leader for the the business opportunities and cultural and alternative investment funds and strate- platforms, digital and advanced analytics China Business Group division of Grant regulatory difference they need to address gic investors. As an adviser, she assists transformations, customer experience Thornton, Chu advises multinational to succeed in the region. She works with clients with quality of earnings analyses, and performance improvement. Corb clients on China tax issues. Chu helps American companies based in China, Chi- identifying revenue sources and profit- is heavily involved with her community. clients with transborder transactions nese companies investing in the U.S. and ability drivers, and examining operating She serves on the board of directors of and market entry investment strategies. high-net-worth Chinese individuals. Chen cost structure and sustainability. She the Advertising Council, the Alvin Ailey Before joining Grant Thornton, Chu demonstrates her expertise as a thought has advised on a variety of transactions, American Dance Theatre and Techno- gained much of her experience work- leader by acting as a media spokesperson including standalone platforms, carve- Serve. She was featured on the Crain’s ing in mainland China, where she led for UHY and through white papers, opinion out of business segments, bankruptcy New York 40 Under 40 list in 2001 and the Greater China Desk for a leading pieces and frequent presentations on the auction processes, mergers and industry was a David Rockefeller Fellow. Prior U.S.-based accounting firm. Today, Chu Chinese economy. She is an active mem- consolidations. Cohen was a founding to joining McKinsey, Corb founded and also works with Chinese companies, ber of the China-US Business Alliance and partner of Nucleus Corporate Finance, a ran The Women’s Finance House of assisting and advising them in the U.S. China General Chamber of Commerce corporate and strategic advisory bou- Botswana, a microcredit bank that is an on merger-and-acquisition investments. and is an honorary board adviser of the tique in South Africa. affiliate of Women’s World Banking. Asian Financial Society. Sources: †Bureau of Labor Statistics ‡Wilson-Taylor Associates Inc., 2018 Accounting MOVE Project Report (2018) (Research based on 45 participating firms consisting of 31,533 employees) 25 JANIS COWHEY PATRICIA Partner, tax & CUMMINGS business services Co-managing part- MARCUM ner, New York City; 38% of accounting firms review ••• managing partner, * Janis L. Cowhey industries pay equity by race and gender CITRIN is a nationally COOPERMAN recognized ex- ••• pert on LGBT es- Patricia Cummings tate and income leads Citrin Cooperman’s Capital Markets tax issues, as well as a tax and business and Private Equity Practice, chairs the services partner with Marcum, one of Audit and Attest Committee and serves DEBORAH LYNNE the largest independent accounting and on the Executive Committee. She has DE VRIES DOUGHTIE advisory firms in the United States. As Accounting and Chairman and CEO more than 25 years of experience as- the leader of Marcum’s modern fam- audit partner KPMG sisting public and private multinational ily and LGBT services group, she has ANCHIN BLOCK ••• clients with their audit, accounting and & ANCHIN helped high-net-worth individuals and After joining advisory services. Prior to joining Citrin ••• non-traditional families develop estate KPMG’s audit Cooperman, Cummings worked at plans in an ever-shifting legal land- Deborah de Vries practice in 1985, Grant Thornton as well as the American scape, minimizing taxes while meeting is the co-practice Lynne Doughtie Institute of Certified Public Accountants. inheritance goals. Cowhey provides her leader of Anchin’s rose to become chairman and chief ex- She is regular speaker on accounting clients with income tax planning and tax Compensation & Benefits Services ecutive officer of the company in 2015. issues and is actively involved in Baruch return compliance based on up-to-date Group. She provides business and con- Since taking over, Doughtie has helped College’s student mentoring program, as law and the latest Supreme Court rul- sulting services for law firms, employee develop an inclusive and purpose-driv- well as a member of the AICPA’s Tech- ings. As a member of the New York City benefit plans and proprietary schools en culture among the firm’s more nical Standard’s Committee. Additionally Bar Association’s LGBT Rights Commit- and colleges. De Vries also develops than 31,000 partners and professionals she leads Citrin Cooperman’s Women’s tee, Cowhey has fought to protect the marketing strategies for her group. For across the U.S. Previously, she oversaw Initiative and plays an integral part in the rights of her fellow New Yorkers. She is the firm’s Employee Benefits Plan Prac- the expansion of KPMG’s services to firm’s annual International Women’s Day a frequent lecturer on estate planning tice, she creates professional resourc- include information security, strategy Celebration. Cummings was named one strategies and often weighs in on LGBT es, such as templates that help with and digital fields, turning the advisory of Long Island’s top 50 most influential issues in the media. financial reporting and consultation on practice into KPMG’s fastest-growing women in business by Long Island Busi- employee-benefit plans. As a member business. Doughtie has been included ness News. of the firm’s Law Firms Industry Group, among Fortune’s Most Powerful Wom- de Vries keeps up to date with account- en in Business, New York Business’s 50 ing, audit and tax requirements for law Most Powerful Women in New York and firms, and guides legal clients on opera- Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influ- tional aspects of their businesses. She is ential People. She donates much of her 66% of accounting firms offer a member of the American Institute of free time to organizations including the telecommuting as a formal practice* Certified Public Accountants, and serves Center for Audit Quality, the Committee as Anchin’s partner-in-charge as part of Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit and NAF. Quality Center.

CATHY PATRICIA CHRISTINE DEBORAH ENGELBERT ETZOLD FENSKE FRIEDLAND CEO Partner, international Manging partner, Managing director DELOITTE investigation and financial services EISNERAMPER ••• litigation BAKER TILLY ••• PWC VIRCHOW As CEO of As part of her ••• KRAUSE Deloitte, Cathy ••• role as manag- Engelbert leads Patricia Etzold ing director for In addition to her one of the largest is a certified EisnerAmper’s role as managing professional services organizations in financial crime Corporate Finance Group, Deborah partner of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause’s the United States. For more than 30 specialist who handles complex inter- Friedland specializes in feasibility and New York office, Christine Fenske is years, Engelbert has made her name national financial investigations and benchmarking studies, operational also a member of the firm’s board of serving large, complex global clients, litigation support for boards of directors, analysis and transactional due diligence partners and a founding member of and has served as a specialist in finan- audit committees and counsel for mul- for investors and lenders. She has more its GROW (Growth and Retention of cial instruments. She previously led tinational corporations. She has helped than 25 years of experience assisting Women) initiative. The program helps Deloitte’s U.S. audit practice and is a the Department of Justice root out clients in financing, acquisition, conver- the firm’s female professionals to net- current member of its board of direc- international fraud and corruption and sion and operation of real estate assets. work and acquire the skills necessary to tors. Engelbert chairs the Center for regularly assists companies in respond- Friedland has put her experience to advance to leadership positions. Fenske Audit Quality Governing Board as well ing to SEC and DOJ inquiries. Etzold’s work in helping turn around numerous also serves on the boards of the United as the board of directors of Catalyst, a 25 years of experience in accounting hotels, resorts and restaurants as head Way New York City and the Ameri- global nonprofit that promotes a more and forensic and advisory services of the firm’s Hospitality Advisory Ser- can Heart Association, as well as the inclusive workplace for women. She is makes her a go-to speaker on financial vices. She is also active in her commu- committees of Milwaukee Women Inc. a founding member of the CEO Action forensics. She co-edits her firm’s Annual nity through her participation on Cornell and the Milwaukee Art Museum. She for Diversity and Inclusion. Engelbert Securities Litigation Study and serves as University’s School of Hotel Adminis- is a campaign cabinet member of the has been included on lists including vice chair for the AICPA Volunteer Judi- tration Career Advisory Board, and the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women and ciary Sub-Committee while also being New York City chapter of the university’s Waukesha County. Waukesha Women’s Working Mother’s Most Powerful Moms. a member of the AICPA faculty. In rec- Real Estate Council Board. She is also Fund named her one of its 2017 She is ranked among the 100 Highest- ognition of her achievements in client active with the International Society of Women of Distinction. Rated CEOs honored by Glassdoor’s service, Consulting Magazine included Hospitality Consultants and the Webster 2018 Employees’ Choice Awards. Etzold on its list of Women Leaders in Apartment Board of Directors. Consulting in 2012.

26 Source: *Wilson-Taylor Associates Inc., 2018 Accounting MOVE Project Report (2018) CN018820.indd 1 9/18/18 3:37 PM CELESTE FRYE MELA GARBER Principal and CEO Tax principal PUBLIC WORKS ANCHIN BLOCK Companies in the top quartile for gender PARTNERS & ANCHIN diversity are 15% more likely to have financial ••• ••• returns above their respective national Celeste Frye As the head of * co-founded the Anchin’s Matri- industry medians planning and monial Adviso- consulting firm ry Group and Public Works Trust & Estates Partners to satisfy her passion for help- Services Group, Mela Garber handles ing New York City nonprofits increase all aspects of taxation and planning MARISA LISA GOLDMAN the positive impact they have on their for high-net-worth families, including GARCIA Tax partner communities. Frye helps her clients de- their trusts and estates. She educates Managing director BERDON velop programs based on data analysis divorced and widowed clients on tax COHNREZNICK ••• and supports them in creating the tools planning and financial independence. ••• Lisa Goldman to improve their existing programs and She also advises clients on complex tax Marisa Garcia has uses her 20 years better measure their success. Support- laws, tax-efficient methods for distrib- more than 20 of experience in ing a healthy work-life balance is central uting assets, maximizing savings and years of experi- accounting to to her management philosophy, and achieving philanthropic goals. Garber ence in a range help high-net- Frye encourages her employees to take has helped many clients through IRS of financial areas, including accounting, worth foreign nationals and corporate time off to pursue their passions. She tax and gift audits and provided support auditing, risk management and financial clients wade through difficult tax rules. previously worked in the New York City and preparation for litigation and judi- management. In her current position as She structures their international assets government, leading budget and human cial accountings. Garber often speaks managing director of CohnReznick’s ad- and transactions to minimize their tax resources teams and launching large- publicly on avoiding income taxes on visory practice, she specializes in media, liability while avoiding the pitfalls inher- scale, business-based hiring and training trusts and issues related to tax planning communications, technology and retail ent in such complex holdings. Goldman initiatives. Today, Frye also works at the for women. She’s a member of the New industries. Garcia supports the office of believes the complexity of U.S. tax laws stakeholder level, bringing together and York State Society of Certified Public Ac- the CFO with planned IPOs, IFRS, com- puts foreign individuals at a disadvan- engaging community groups to develop countants, the Estate Planning Council plex accounting topics, financial due tage. She regularly offers consultations community-level goals. Frye sits on the of New York City Inc., the Association diligence and corporate performance to this growing New York demographic alumni advisory board of the Coro New of Divorce Financial Planners and 100 management. Before joining CohnRez- on avoiding punitive fees and inefficien- York Leadership Center. Women in Finance. nick, Garcia was senior vice president of cies. Goldman is a sought-after speaker finance at EMI Music Publishing, North at universities and has co-authored the America, where she was responsible for book “Guide to International Taxation,”- the global financial strategy, financial published by the New York State Society Women make up only 24% of partners and analysis and projections for the region. of Certified Public Accountants. She principals at accounting firms. Women are better Before that, she was an audit partner serves on the Hospital for Special Sur- represented at smaller firms: 43% of partners at with one of the Big Four accounting gery’s Wilson Society Advisory Council firms working with publicly held com- in Manhattan and judges speech and firms with up to 10 CPAs but just 20% of those panies on stock offerings and ongoing debate tournaments at her high school at firms with 100-plus CPAs.† SEC filings. alma mater on Long Island.

HOPE HARRIET RORRIE KELLY GRIER GOLDSTEIN GREENBERG GREGORIO U.S. chairman and Co-partner-in- Co-managing Family office leader managing partner, charge, nonprofit, partner MARCUM Americas managing government & FRIEDMAN ••• partner healthcare group ••• EY MARKS PANETH Named one of ••• Harriet Greenberg the 50 Most In- ••• In her multiple has provided fluential Women Hope Goldstein roles at EY, Kelly consulting ser- in Private Wealth has been provid- Grier oversees vices to the distri- in 2015 by Private Asset Management, ing accounting and auditing services to 72,000 employees across 31 countries, bution and manufacturing industries for Rorrie Gregorio counsels her clients on nonprofit, education and public sector representing $15.6 billion in annual reve- more than 30 years. Now a co-managing a variety of issues including tax planning clients for nearly 30 years. She leads nue. Grier has been with the firm for 28 partner at Friedman, she leads the firm’s and wealth management. Gregorio more than 60 professionals specializing years, traversing the globe and over- fashion practice and diamond and jew- draws on her more than 25 years of in these industries’ unique accounting, seeing assets in Europe, the Middle East elry practice, whose clients include both experience working with high-net-worth tax filing and auditing needs. Goldstein and Africa as a client service partner and privately and publicly held companies. individuals to lead the Marcum’s Family has decades of experience with merg- senior adviser to Fortune 500 compa- Greenberg helps her clients form pro- Office Practice. Gregorio is an active ers, initial bond offerings, governance nies. She has served on Council of For- fessional relationships, negotiate financ- member of the larger New York City structures, forecasts, internal control eign Relations, the U.S. Department of ing alternatives, perform due diligence business community and a champion of systems studies, risk assessments and Commerce’s National Advisory Council audits, handle litigation and navigate female empowerment. She spearheads assurance activities. Previously, Gold- on Innovation and Entrepreneurship bankruptcy laws. At Friedman, Greenberg educational seminars for women on stein was a director at Deloitte, where and the Partnership for New York City, has worked on initial public offerings, topics related to wealth-building and she handled accounting and auditing among other community-minded or- reverse mergers, ESOP transactions and she founded Wealth Dimensions, a net- for its largest clients: public charities, ganizations. Grier has been recognized significant acquisitions. She also leads working group serving high-net-worth private foundations, universities and ma- as a Woman of Achievement by the Friedman’s Women’s Development Net- individuals. Gregorio currently co-chairs jor cultural institutions. Goldstein helps Anti-Defamation League, a Woman to work, which encourages and mentors the annual Marcum Women’s Forum in lead Marks Paneth’s Women’s Initiative, Watch by the Illinois CPA Society, and women at the firm. In 2016, she received New York and serves on the board of which creates networking opportunities as a Young Global Leader by the World the Leadership in Credit Education award Breast Cancer Prevention Partners. to support its female employees’ career from the New York Institute of Credit. Economic Forum. advancement.

28 Sources: *McKinsey: Why diversity matters †AICPA CONGRATULATIONS!

PAT MILLIGAN, GLOBAL LEADER — MULTINATIONAL CLIENT GROUP, MERCER

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6009453-GB Crain's Pat Milligan award ad-FIN.indd 1 9/17/18 3:24 PM NANCY JEAN HAN LIZ HILTON AMY JOYCE GRIMALDI Partner SEGEL Partner Partner BAKER TILLY Managing partner MARGOLIN WINER EISNERAMPER VIRCHOW MCKINSEY & & EVENS ••• KRAUSE COMPANY ••• ••• Over the past ••• In her role 30 years, Nancy Jean Han has Liz Hilton Segel as partner at Grimaldi has worked in public joined McKinsey Margolin Winer developed an accounting for in 1992. Since & Evens, Amy in-depth understanding of the regula- more than 20 then, she’s served Joyce assists tions that impact broker-dealers and years. As a partner in the New York City clients in the media, telecommunica- high-net-worth clients with their income investment advisers. As an audit partner office of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, she tions, travel and entertainment, retail, fi- and transfer tax compliance needs, with EisnerAmper, she provides consult- provides litigation support and consulting nancial services and automotive sectors. harnessing her extensive technical ing services to brokerage operations, services in connection with matrimo- Her work has centered on consumer knowledge in fiduciary income tax, including recommendations for how nial matters and business disputes. Han marketing, growth strategy and perfor- estate tax, gift tax and generation-skip- clients can operate more efficiently and began her career as an auditor for a large mance improvement. Currently, she is ping transfer tax. She also partners with improve their internal controls. She also international accounting firm in New the firm’s managing partner in North clients to plan lifetime wealth transfers provides guidance to partners and staff York City. Prior to joining Baker Tilly America and serves on its board of direc- and estate distributions with an eye at EisnerAmper, where she co-chairs the Virchow Krause, she was a senior tors, known as the Shareholders Council. toward tax efficiency. Joyce started her firm’s broker-dealer practice. Grimaldi manager at a regional firm, perform- Before taking this role, Hilton Segel led career with KPMG before spending nine has served as the firm’s go-to person ing valuation and consulting services the firm’s Marketing & Sales Practice in years at a boutique CPA firm. She is a when it comes to technical and histor- in connection with complex tax, mat- the Americas and the New York office. member of the American Institute of ical information regarding industry reg- rimonial, corporate and commercial Hilton Segel is a founding member of Certified Public Accountants, the Trusts ulations and operations. She has served litigation. She’s provided expert witness the Harvard Business School Women’s and Estates Section of the New York on the American Institute of Certified testimony in New York courts and has Club of New York and previously served State Bar Association and the American Public Accountants expert panel for assisted counsel in financial depositions, on the board of ClickFox, a customer Academy of Attorney-Certified Public Stockbrokerage Investment Banking and mediations and settlement negotiations. analytics technology company. She has Accountants. Joyce received a B.S. in serves on the sub-committee for the Han is also a regular speaker in front of also served on the board of the educa- Accountancy from Long Island Univer- AICPA/Financial Management Society organizations such as the New York State tion nonprofit Prep for Prep. sity before earning her law degree at St. National Conference on the Securities Society of Certified Public Accountants John’s University. Industry. and the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts.

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Mary Amato Claudine Cohen Marisa Garcia CPA, Partner Principal CPA, Managing Director Tax Practice Leader – Transactional Advisory Services CohnReznick Advisory White Plains

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30 MINDY KAMEN KATHY KARICH LISA KNEE JAYME KOSZYN Principal Principal Partner Principal and JANOVER DELOITTE EISNERAMPER founder ••• CONSULTING ••• KOSZYN & COMPANY Mindy Kamen ••• Lisa Knee brings ••• launched her For more than more than 25 accounting ca- 20 years, Kathy years of experi- Jayme Koszyn reer with Janover Karich has ence to her role has spent the more than 13 been helping as a partner with last 15 years years ago and became a principal in public sector EisnerAmper, where she serves as Na- raising hundreds 2017. In her current role, Kamen offers organizations improve performance tional Leader for the Real Estate Private of millions of dollars for nonprofits and tax, accounting and advisory services through operational and technological Equity Group. Through her work at the for-profit businesses, earning Koszyn & to individuals within a diverse range improvements and has served over 50 firm, Knee has facilitated highly complex Company a reputation as one of the top of industries, including closely held education, state and local government transactions for clients and used her five fundraising firms in New York City. businesses--a key practice area for clients at home and abroad. Involved in legal background to provide litigation Before founding her own firm, Koszyn Janover; investment companies, an area research and thought leadership, she services for partnership disputes. She designed, fundraised for and led the in which many firms need to deal with regularly presents at industry confer- also provides consulting services for ac- Brooklyn Academy of Music’s first De- complex regulations; retail, where the ences, and recently authored a paper quisitions, joint venture agreements and partment of Education and Humanities. firm focuses on strategic planning and on “Lessons Learned from Deploying like-kind exchanges for a variety of cli- She also co-wrote BAM: The Complete financial guidance; wholesale and pri- Cloud Systems in Higher Education.” ents, including world-renowned restau- Works, which won the Special Jury Prize vate foundations, where the firm serves Before joining Deloitte, Karich was vice rant groups and hospitality companies. from the Theater Library Association. She both community-focused and family president and managing director at She has co-written multiple articles for has served on the faculties of Boston foundations dedicated to philanthropy. KPMG/BearingPoint, where she led the Nassau Lawyer and regularly develops University and Boston College, and has She serves on the firm’s Partner Tran- state and local government practice and facilitates panel presentations with led seminars around the world on the sition Committee and its Tax Practice for the northern half of the U.S. and some of the biggest names in com- art of fundraising. Koszyn received the Committee. Kamen earned an associ- Canada. Earlier in her career, she served mercial real estate. Knee volunteers for Award for Services to Our Youth from ate’s degree from Nassau Community as a fundraiser and administrator for the Sunrise Day Camp in New York, which the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Cor- College and a bachelor’s degree from Children’s Health Fund, and as a senior provides free day camp experiences for poration, a Brooklyn-based community Long Island University. financial analyst for the New York City children with cancer and their siblings. development organization. Office of Management and Budget where she focused on affordable hous- ing and homeless policy issues.

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31 NATALIE KAREN LAURA CAROL LAPIDUS KOTLYAR KOWGIOS LAFORGIA Partner Assurance partner Partner Partner, business RSM US BDO WITHUMSMITH+ management & ••• ••• BROWN family office group In 1994, Carol MARKS PANETH A certified public ••• Lapidus became ••• accountant, Na- With more than the first female talie Kotlyar leads 30 years of ex- Laura LaForgia partner in the BDO’s Retail and perience, Karen specializes in history of her Consumer Products Industry Group, Kowgios special- the tax issues firm, Goldstein Golub Kessler & Com- working with consumer products across izes in providing accounting services faced by high-net-worth individuals and pany, P.C. Today, as national leader of a wide range of industries, including to nonprofit organizations. A partner families. As a partner at Marks Paneth, RSM US’s consumer products indus- food and beverage and skin care and at WithumSmith+Brown, Kowgios has she guides her clients on income, estate try practice, Lapidus functions as an cosmetics. She works with clients’ luxury worked on all financial aspects of char- and gift tax; foreign transaction report- accountant and consultant, advising and mid-tier apparel, home goods and itable organizations and foundations. ing; multistate taxation and financial her clients on organizational structure, other consumer products in licensing, as She works closely with organizations’ planning. She’s developed a wealth of licensing, mergers and acquisitions, cost well as on audits of financial statements managers to ensure they’re in com- experience advising legal and financial containment, inventory management and internal controls; she also serves as pliance with all required regulations. service industry executives. Prior to and long-term planning. She also serves a business adviser and provides attesta- Kowgios has also organized many proj- her partnership at Marks Paneth, she as a board member for Delivering Good, tion services for both public and private ects between nonprofit and for-profit co-administered the tax department and a charity that distributes more than companies. Over the course of her more ventures, including transactions with managed the high-net-worth practice $200 million in new apparel and home than 20-year career, she has worked with nonprofit theaters and commercial and recruitment at a boutique account- furnishings to community partners both privately held and SEC reporting producers. She lectures on accounting ing firm. LaForgia serves on the board of throughout the U.S. and abroad. Lapidus companies. Kotlyar has participated in and tax issues related to the nonprofit directors for the Estate Planning Council is also a frequent speaker, and has more than 20 mergers and acquisitions, industry with the New York State Society of New York City and is a member of given talks before the New York State working on both the purchase transac- of Certified Public Accountants, the the National Association of Female Ex- Society of Certified Public Accountants, tions and the due diligence process. Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of ecutives. LaForgia earned her bachelor’s the Financial Management Association Kotlyar is a member of the American New York and the Alliance for Resident in accounting from Adelphi University, and the American Society of Women Institute of Certified Public Accountants Theatres in New York. Kowgios also graduating cum laude. She holds a Accountants, among others. and the New York State Society of serves on the audit committee of a master of science in taxation from Long Certified Public Accountants. school board in Westchester County. Island University.

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Friedman LLP proudly applauds our Co-Managing Partner, Harriet Greenberg, for being honored among Crain’s Notable Women in Accounting and Consulting. We celebrate Harriet’s outstanding leadership and her commitment to the advancement of women throughout our firm and the accounting industry.

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32 GEMMA LEDDY PAULA LOOP NADIA-MARIA CANDICE METH Partner-in-charge, Partner MATTHIE Partner family office PWC Partner EISNERAMPER PKF O’CONNOR ••• WITHUMSMITH+ ••• DAVIES For more than 20 BROWN As the national ••• years, Paula Loop ••• leader of Eisner- Gemma Leddy has served PwC Nadia-Maria Mat- Amper’s Not-for- has more than 25 with her extensive thie brings more Profit Services years of expe- knowledge of than 20 years of Practice, Candice rience working governance, technical accounting and audit and advi- Meth oversees audits of independent with high profile and ultra-high-net- SEC and financial reporting matters. She sory experience to her role as an audit schools, private foundations, reli- worth clients, multigenerational families, now leads PwC’s Governance Insights partner in the New York City office of gious organizations and social service CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs and Center, which strives to strengthen WithumSmith+Brown. She works with agencies, among other not-for-profit owners of closely held businesses. She relationships among directors, exec- Fortune 100 clients in industries ranging entities. She also leads EisnerAmper’s serves as partner-in-charge in the PKF utive teams and investors by helping from manufacturing to retail, as well as Not-for-Profit webinar series, which O’Connor Davies Family Office, which them navigate the evolving governance with nonprofit agencies and govern- helps nonprofit executives navigate the offers comprehensive financial man- landscape. She is also a member of the ment programs. An active community challenges of the marketplace. Meth agement and CFO services including PwC Board of Partners. Loop is a widely member, Matthie serves as chairperson is a frequent public speaker, regularly investment and partnership accounting recognized speaker on a variety of for the Pace University COAP program presenting at a range of organizations and reporting, administration, tax plan- governance topics and has been quoted sponsored by the New York State Soci- including the National Association of ning and compliance, cash and financial in publications such as the Wall Street ety of Certified Public Accountants. Mat- Attorneys General, the New York City management, insurance oversight, ad- Journal and Financial Times. In 2017, thie also leads initiatives to support and Mayor’s Office on Contract Services and vanced planning and business advisory NACD Directorship magazine named her counsel African-American professionals the Better Business Bureau. She is the consulting services. Prior to joining one of the 100 most influential people in in their careers. She is an active member chair of the National Governmental and PKF O’Connor Davies, Leddy was the corporate governance in the nation, for of the New York chapter of the National Not-for-Profit Training Conference of chief financial officer and controller of the third year in a row. Association of Black Accountants and the AICPA and the former chair of the a private family investment firm head- received that organization’s Presidential Public Sector Oversight Committee of quartered in New York City. Private Asset Award for Leadership and Excellence the New York State Society of Certified Management magazine named Leddy in 2017. Public Accountants. one of its 50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth in 2016.

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33 CHRISTINE PAT MILLIGAN YASMINE MARIA MILLER Senior partner MISURACA CASTAÑÓN Partner MERCER Partner-in-charge MOATS JANOVER ••• of forensic and U.S. vice chairman ••• Pat Milligan is the dispute advisory and U.S. assurance services Christine Miller global leader of leader RAICH ENDE PWC has more than Mercer’s multi- MALTER & CO. ••• 20 years of national client ••• Maria Castañón public account- group. During Yasmine Misuraca ing experience with a focus on financial her 12-year tenure with Mercer, she has Moats is a vice brings 20 years of experience working as chair at PwC as well as the firm’s assur- statements and tax issues. In her role held multiple leadership roles, including a forensic accountant in both the public as partner, she provides clients guid- president of the North America region, ance leader for the U.S. and Mexico. She and private sectors to her role leading focuses on business strategy, quality ance on their day-to-day accounting, president of Mercer’s global talent Raich Ende Malter’s forensic and dispute while helping them construct finan- business, and chief marketing and sales and regulatory relations, innovation, risk advisory services. Misuraca uses her management, portfolio strategy and cial statements and administer their officer. Throughout her career, she’s broad experience and varied background accounts. Miller was the first female done innovative work on talent manage- business development. Moats’ profes- to advise and support clients in business sional experience spans accounting, partner at Janover and now serves on ment and workforce engagement. She is transactions and in securities litiga- the firm’s quality control committee also an active mentor who is passionate financial reporting, investigations and tion. Her specialties include economic mergers and acquisitions. She has led overseeing engagement training. She about advancing progress for women at damages, fraud, special investigation and prioritizes mentoring and training junior work. Her work and thought leadership audits of public and private entities, securities litigation, as well as accounting initial and secondary public offerings, staff to help them succeed and ensure focus on leading through disruption and and auditing standards. In addition to the firm’s strong future growth. Miller workplace gender equity. At Mercer, she and private placement and public debt consulting for law firms and publicly held registrations. From 2011 to early 2016, is a frequent speaker at conferences is the architect of the When Women companies as a forensic accountant, she and seminars on topics from auditing Thrive program. Outside of the firm, Moats was PwC’s chief diversity officer, is often called upon to serve as an expert leading the firm’s diversity and inclu- to financial statement reporting. She is Milligan is an adviser to the World Eco- witness in high-profile cases. Misuraca a member of the American Institute of nomic Forum and sits on the board of sion efforts. During that time, PwC was wrote about her storied career for The ranked number one on DiversityInc’s Certified Public Accountants, the New EDGE, the leading global assessment CPA Journal’s May 2018 issue. York State Society of Certified Public methodology and business certification list of 50 Best Companies to Work For. Accountants and the Financial Women’s standard for gender equality. In 2018, Fortune named Moats number Association, where she serves on the three on its inaugural 50 Most Powerful Long Island committee. Latina’s list.

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34 ELIZABETH RITA PIERRE DEBBIE TAMI RADINSKY MULLEN Audit partner POLISHOOK Partner, Northeast Partner BERDON Group chief healthcare leader MARCUM ••• executive GRANT THORNTON ••• Rita Pierre has more than 25 years of ACCENTURE ••• OPERATIONS Elizabeth Mullen experience in accounting and auditing. Tami Radinsky ••• has more than At Berdon, she specializes in guiding has more than 17 25 years of tax real estate, advertising and professional Debbie Polishook years of experi- experience, with service organizations in preparing and has been with ence in external specific expertise in corporate tax plan- analyzing special purpose financial Accenture Oper- and internal ning. As a partner in Marcum’s New York statements. She advises a wide vari- ations since 1985. She became a partner audits, including supervising and man- City-based tax department, she assists ety of clients on internal controls and in 1997 before ascending to group op- aging audits for museums, universities clients with accounting for income particularly the requirements of Section erating executive and finally group chief and academic medical centers, among taxes, mergers and acquisitions, consol- 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. She ad- executive, overseeing all of Accenture’s other nonprofit institutions. She’s worked idated returns, transfer pricing, tax con- vises a wide variety of clients on internal services. She leads a team that wel- on compliance audits, developed and troversy, executive compensation and controls, helping them to identify weak- comes clients to the brave new world conducted risk assessments, and as- bankruptcy. Her work spans industries nesses, areas of noncompliance and of intelligent infrastructure and cloud sessed internal controls in accounting including financial services, luxury retail risk exposure. Pierre was interviewed by computing, allowing businesses to take and financial reporting. Before joining and consumer products. Before joining Bisnow National on the topic of fraud advantage of the latest information Grant Thornton’s New York health care Marcum in 2007, Mullen served as the and risk management in the commer- technology and outsourcing opportuni- practice, Radinsky worked for a Big Four vice president of tax for an international cial real estate industry. She received ties to increase productivity. Polishook firm. She is a member of the American luxury goods group. She also worked the Galaxy Award from the New York sits on Accenture’s Global Manage- Institute of Certified Public Accountants within the Big Four public accounting Women’s Agenda, a nonprofit coalition ment and Capital committees, and was and the Healthcare Financial Manage- firms for 12 years. A frequent presenter, of New York City women’s organiza- appointed to the board of directors at ment Association, and is a lead instructor she has been published in the Journal tions and individuals. She is a member Avanade Inc., an Accenture unit, in 2017. for health care and education nonprofit of Taxation and has presented on the of the America Institute of Certified An avid runner, Polishook also serves on courses. Outside of work, Radinsky is work-product doctrine for the New York Public Accountants and the Institute of the board of the New York City non- an active volunteer in local schools and City Bar Association. Internal Auditors, and was named one profit Back on My Feet, which combats charities. of the Top 50 Women in the Industry by homelessness through physical training the Association of Real Estate Women. and job training programs.

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35 MARY ROPES CINDY BARBARA FASIKA SAHLU Partner, audit ROSENBERG ROTHENSTEIN Manging Director GRANT THORNTON Managing director Executive vice CBIZ MHM ••• CBIZ MHM president for ••• Mary Ropes is the ••• global finance Fasika Sahlu & operations partner-in-charge As the local attest PROTIVITI is a managing of the National practice lead- ••• director in the Professional er for CBIZ in Accounting Barbara Practice Director New York, Cindy Services practice Rothenstein has group at Grant Thornton. With more Rosenberg advises public and privately of the New York office of CBIZ MHM. A been with Protiviti since its founding in than 30 years of accounting experience, held companies across a wide swath of certified public accountant with more 2002. In addition to leading the firm’s Ropes deals with professional stan- industries. She helps public companies than 16 years of technical accounting finance team, she acts as an informa- dards, auditing and risk management ensure they’re complying with financial and auditing experience for public and tion technology with its parent com- issues. She has extensive experience reporting requirements, including regis- private companies in various industries, pany, Robert Half. One of her areas of serving consumer and industrial product tration statements and reverse mergers. Sahlu manages multiple client service focus is streamlining business processes companies, from automotive and metal With more than 20 years of experience engagements and their respective through technology. With an education- fabrication companies to apparel and and a background in managing complex teams. Sahlu joined CBIZ in 1998 at the al background in comparative literature, publishing companies. She consults audits, Rosenberg also serves as the start of her career. Throughout her ca- Rothenstein started her career as a with businesses nationwide on com- engagement quality review partner for reer, she has developed productive and performing arts administrator before plex accounting and auditing matters, many of her clients, as well as consulting lasting professional relationships with joining the audit staff at Arthur Anders- including business combinations, on corporate acquisitions and finance clients. She is a proven leader who has en. She then worked her way up to an revenue recognition, equity instruments transactions. In addition, Rosenberg the ability to research technical issues operations role handling finance and and long-lived assets. Over the course has significant experience in auditing on complex transactions and provide organizational infrastructure. Rothen- of her career, Ropes has held numerous employee benefit plans and leads the guidance with decision-making matters. stein serves on Protiviti’s Diversity and leadership positions at the firm, includ- New York office’s Employee Benefits Sahlu is an executive board member of Inclusion Steering Committee as well as ing serving as the New York office’s Group. She is a member of the American CBIZ Women’s Advantage and is active the firm’s sustainability team. She is also assistant managing partner responsible Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in her community as treasurer of the an active participant in New York City for quality, people and client service. the New York State Society of Certified Northside Elementary School Parent nonprofits. Ropes is a member of the Accounting Public Accountants and the NYSSCPA Teacher Association. Advisory Board at the State University of Auditing Standards Board. New York at Albany.

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Cindy Rosenberg & Fasika Sahlu on their recognition among Crain’s Notable Women in Accounting & Consulting

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36 ERIN SCANLON YESENIA RANDI CRISTIN Partner SCHEKER- SCHUSTER SINGER DELOITTE IZQUIERDO Principal Partner ••• Tax partner, financial BAKER TILLY RSM US As the firm’s audit services VIRCHOW ••• KRAUSE and assurance KPMG This spring, ••• partner, Erin ••• Cristin Singer Scanlon leads the Yesenia Scheker- For more than became the first firm’s telecom- Izquierdo has 30 years, Randi woman to lead munications, media and entertainment provided tax Schuster has RSM’s New York Metro Audit Practice. (TM&E) audit and assurance practice. services to asset managers for nearly 20 worked on estate planning for people She oversees roughly 300 staff mem- She has led engagements for Deloitte’s years. Her clients have included global with inherited wealth and owners of bers in New York and New Jersey, largest and most complex clients and asset managers, real estate fund man- closely held businesses, as well as the focusing on client-service, growth, serves as a national industry resource to agers, and foreign investors with both taxation of individuals, trusts and estates. leadership and staff development. As a other Deloitte practitioners in the TM&E domestic and overseas investments. In She has also focused on the organiza- member of RSM’s National Consumer industry. Her management style focuses her current role, she leads roughly 150 tion and taxation of private foundations Products Industry Team, Singer also on early identification and management partners, managing directors, profes- and public charities. Through her work heads the firm’s National Food and of issues. She also devotes significant sionals and staff across KPMG’s real with the Trust and Estate Group, Schus- Beverage Practice. She contributes as time to recruiting, hiring and training estate practice in New York. Scheker- ter has helped clients with complex a writer and editor to RSM’s videos, the firm’s top professionals. Scanlon Izquierdo also serves as New York cross-border estate planning issues, as articles and reports on food, beverage has held various leadership positions in market development leader for KPMG’s well as international estate and trust is- and other consumer products. Singer Deloitte’s Women’s Initiative Network, Alternative Investments Real Estate sues. Schuster has strong ties to broader devotes time to RSM’s Culture, Diver- and she is currently WIN champion Practice, overseeing the practice’s industry through her involvement with sity & Inclusion Program and the firm’s for Villanova University, where she is a strategy and growth. Scheker-Izquierdo, the Association of the Bar of the City of National Volunteer Day activities, which frequent guest speaker. Scanlon sits on an advocate for women’s advancement New York, the American Bar Associa- involves RSM personnel volunteering the board of the Deloitte Foundation, both within the firm and in the commu- tion, the U.S. Tax Court and her previous time at local nonprofits. Passionate serves as board president of Big Broth- nity, has participated in KPMG’s Network role on the editorial advisory board for about coaching her staff, Singer also ers Big Sisters of New York City and is a of Women’s Leadership Council. She Tax Adviser magazine. volunteers with her alma mater, Bing- member of Women in Cable Telecom- helped found the Women’s Executive hamton University, for the School of munications. Circle of New York, a nonprofit organi- Management’s annual alumni mentor- zation that works to advance women ing event. executives. Congratulations

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37 GRACE SINGER JILL STANDISH WENDY MAGDA SZABO Partner-in-charge, Senior managing STEVENS Partner quality control director, global Partner JANOVER department retail consulting MAZARS USA ••• BERDON practice ••• In her role as ••• ACCENTURE ••• Wendy Stevens a tax partner, With more than founded and Magda Szabo Jill Standish’s 30 years of expe- chairs Women@ specializes in role at Accenture rience in public Mazars USA, a domestic and involves defin- accounting, long-term effort that supports women international taxation. She assists Janover ing retail clients’ portfolios, offerings Grace Singer helps ensure Berdon’s ac- leaders at the company through educa- clients with a variety of tax-related and strategic alliances with software counting and auditing services meet the tion, awareness and access to role mod- issues, including transfer tax matters, providers. Standish has more than most current accepted standards and els. Stevens brings more than 30 years transactional tax planning, estate and two decades of experience in sales, practices. She also keeps them in line of experience to her current position as succession tax planning and complex tax marketing and retail consulting. Retail with professional and regulatory quality a partner at Mazars. She leads the firm’s controversy matters. Szabo practices as Leader placed her on its list of Women control standards. She conducts techni- Quality and Risk Management practice, both a certified public accountant and an to Watch in Retail last year, and she cal reviews of attest engagements and which is responsible for the firm’s com- attorney and has been admitted to the was named one of Women’s Wear consults and trains staff on issues such pliance with professional standards, risk bar in four states. Over the course of her Daily’s 2017 Women Leaders in Busi- as new technical pronouncements. management, independence and ethics. career, Szabo has lent her expertise in tax ness. Standish serves on the Board of Singer also assists on litigation support Voted one of the 50 Most Influential planning, wealth advisory services, struc- Directors for the Retail Industry Leaders and research assignments. Over the Businesswomen of 2015 by Long Island turing and financial planning to com- Association and the Advisory Board for course of her career, she has worked Business Magazine, Stevens provides panies in a variety of industries, ranging the Council of Fashion Designers of with clients in real estate, hospitality, advisory services on accounting, audit- from real estate and construction to America’s Retail Lab in New York City. nonprofits, retail, distribution and pub- ing and compliance matters, including professional and financial services. She Previously, she served on the board of lishing. Singer belongs to the American SEC rules, PCAOB standards and ethical is also a prolific writer and lecturer, with directors for the Women’s Center of Institute of Certified Public Accountants compliance. In addition to her work with articles appearing in prominent financial Greater Danbury, an organization that and the New York Society of Certified Women@Mazars, Stevens serves on the publications including Tax Notes Today, supports women and teens. Public Accountants. firm’s Partner Performance Committee Practical Tax Strategies, The Journal of and the Mazars Group Quality and Risk Tax Exempts and the CPA Journal and Management Board. Wealth Management.

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38 ERICA VOLINI TIFPHANI HYO YEON U.S. human capital WHITE-KING Digital partner leader Principal MCKINSEY & DELOITTE MAZARS USA COMPANY CONSULTING ••• ••• ••• As international Hyo Yeon is the Erica Volini leads tax services lead- builder behind In 2015, two of more than 5,000 er at Mazars USA, McKinsey’s global professionals Tifphani White- Experience the “Big Four” dedicated to King leads global tax teams in support Design practice, helping organizations get the most out of emerging and multinational corpo- which consists of designers from digital accounting firms of their workforce. In her role as U.S. rations across a variety of sectors and behemoths such as Apple, Google, named women as Human Capital leader for Deloitte, she industries. Her nearly 20 years of experi- Facebook and Amazon, as well as other works on issues that include adapting ence includes her role as a tax principal prestigious design studios. Recently, she their CEOs. to the digital paradigm, reducing labor for Deloitte Tax, where she made history and her team completed the end-to- costs, improving the employee experi- as the firm’s first African-American end reimagination of a top North Amer- Deloitte named ence and asking difficult questions about female tax partner. White-King served as ican telecommunication company’s Cathy Engelbert as its the future of work in a world of constant an international tax subject matter ex- omni-channel customer experience, disruption. In her 20-year career, Volini pert for Deloitte’s National Private Equity leading to a five to sevenfold increase CEO in February of has served on the advisory council to Steering Committee. White-King holds in online sales. She’s also carried one of Deloitte’s board of directors, as well a B.A. in economics from Columbia Uni- the world’s largest banks safely into the 2015 and KPMG named as the firm’s consulting management versity and a law degree from St. John’s digital paradigm. The depth of Yeon’s Lynne Doughtie in committee. She is a primary author of University. She serves on the executive experience in digital commerce (she * Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends report, leadership team for the American Heart was employee no. 51 at Razorfish at the April of 2015. the longest such longitudinal study. Association’s Go Red for Women NYC height of the internet boom) has made Volini is in demand as a speaker on the Campaign and is chairperson and com- her the go-to designer for companies impact of market trends on the human missioner of the State of New Jersey’s such as VEVO, Motorola and Coca resources profession. Union City Parking Authority. Cola. Yeon gives back to the commu- nity through her volunteer work for the National Autism Association.

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39 Leading women share the unwritten rules of getting to the top

In the China group at UHY Advisors, “I came away growing into a manager who was quite Paula Loop, CPA, a partner at PwC and leader of its confident,” she says. “I’m not afraid to show I know governance insights center, took eight years off to the majority of the partners are work- my way.” be a stay-at-home mom to her three children, then returned to work, part time at first. “I left the office ing mothers. The firm is in the midst White-King recommends that women in the field seek every day at 3 p.m. to meet the school bus,” she says. of a large engagement for which it out someone they consider successful, according to how they define success. “I was part time for several years until it made sense needs partners in China for three for me to be full time.” weeks at a time, and two women in “Don’t be afraid to talk to that person and start asking questions,” White-King says. “Ask them for coffee. Ask Finding the right professional focus created oppor- the group are breastfeeding, making them for breakfast or lunch.” tunities for some of the women on this year’s Crain’s travel difficult. So the women realized list. Take Gemma Leddy, CPA, partner-in-charge of the Taking time to train and mentor others is important, PKF O’Connor Davies family office. She started out as they needed a creative solution. too. Jayme Koszyn, founder of Koszyn & Company, a CPA in a traditional accounting firm, then branched which runs fundraising campaigns for nonprofits and out into the family office area, where she has excelled. for-profit companies., among other services, is a big “It was a great challenge and a great opportunity,” Their answer was to divide up the work among several believer in that. of the partners, so a different woman could fly to Leddy says. China every week, and the women who couldn’t make the trip could assist from the local office.

“We all found a way to support each other to get this done,” says Melanie Chen, the managing director who leads the China group at UHY Advisors. “I love that my children get to see their mom

In fields such as accounting and consulting, where women have not been well represented in the top running a company. They love to come to the leadership tiers, many women have found their own unofficial strategies for getting ahead. Often they are juggling demanding work assignments with a “second office with me. And I love that they see this shift” of family responsibilities. as a possibility for their own lives.” So what has enabled some of the New York metro area’s top female accountants to ascend to high-rank- ing positions? CELESTE FRYE

It starts for many with choosing the right firm. Lisa CEO and Principal Goldman, CPA, a partner in the international tax prac- PUBLIC WORKS PARTNERS tice at Berdon, found that the firm’s culture allowed her to achieve the things she wanted to accomplish.

“It’s a very collaborative place,” Goldman says. “We’re always looking to others for what is the best answer. “Koszyn & Company has a responsibility to train The competition isn’t there. We want to do what’s young women professionals to raise money and have And the opportunities have continued to grow, she great for the client.” the vision and strategy for building institutions and says, thanks to a family-office technology platform companies,” Koszyn says. “We support this training the firm uses. “It’s been one of the centerpieces of Focusing on building strong relationships, both inside by providing them with fundraising resources, as well what we’ve done to make our practice successful and the firm and out, has been essential for Mary Amato, as more seasoned professionals who may be pivot- what differentiates us from other firms,” she says. CPA, a partner at CohnReznik. ing into nonprofit fundraising and corporate equity raises.” Encouraged by a mentor, Yesenia Scheker-Izquierdo, “Everyone is human,” Amato says. “Any time you can CPA, partner at KPMG, found that she loved working do something to make someone’s day a little easier, Smart logistical planning has played a role for many in real estate early on. “That’s where my career has or anything you can handle that someone else doesn’t top women in accounting and consulting. Koszyn have to worry about, that’s what makes a difference been headed, because of that,” Scheker-Izquierdo started her firm when her son, now starting college, says. Sticking with her interest has enabled her to be- in a relationship and strengthens you as a public was a toddler. “Fifteen years ago when I started come the New York real estate tax leader and global accountant. Koszyn & Company, I only managed the number of real estate tax leader at the firm. clients I felt would align with having an appropriate “Those relationships are everywhere,” she adds. “It’s amount of time to have with a child that young,” she with my clients in understanding their stresses and Nadia-Maria Matthie, CPA, a partner at Withum, found says. “As my son grew, so did the client base.” anxieties about the IRS. Then it’s with my partners in that when the practice she worked in shifted its focus knowing how we can grow the firm together.” Celeste Frye, CEO and principal of the nonprofit and from auditing commercial companies to working with public sector management consultancy Public Works financial services companies like banks, she had a Knowing how to identify and cultivate a mentor is Partners, a firm she founded, found that involving her great opportunity to stretch her knowledge and skills. important, too. Tifphani White-King, a principal at daughter, age 12, and son, age nine, in the business “Moving into financial services afforded me an oppor- Mazars who is the international tax services leader helped reinforce her decision to follow her path. there, found a strong mentor early in her career who tunity to learn a new industry,” she says. advised her at every step. “Every milestone in my “I love that my children get to see their mom running Similarly, Jenny Chen, CPA, a principal at Prager Metis, career, I really attribute to how he educated me and a company,” she says. “They love to come to the office found the firm’s international focus gave her opportu- brought me along in this field,” says White-King. “At with me. And I love that they see this as a possibility nities to expand her horizons in international auditing every level there was something he would tell me or for their own lives.” show me that really helped to morph me into the pro- and taxation. “If I were not in this firm, I am not sure I fessional I am today.” For women who do not own their own firm, making would have such wide exposure,” she says. the most of flexible arrangements is often pivotal, The bottom line for getting ahead, say many, is deliv- One thing that helped her was joining her mentor on given the long hours many accountants and consul- lunches with his biggest client so she could observe tants work. ering results. and participate. While she wasn’t always familiar with the intricacies of the tax topics that came up at first, Fasika Sahlu, CPA, managing director and shareholder “For me it was always about working hard, doing she learned how to prepare for the next lunch, so she of CBIZ MHM, for instance, works from home two days what I do and doing it well in terms of client service could contribute her knowledge. Over time, she says, a week so she’s more available to her three children, and technical knowledge,” says Goldman. “My ap- that helped her get comfortable in such business ages 5 to 11. If your firm offers such an option, take proach has always been to work hard and do my best situations. advantage of it, Sahlu recommends. and success will follow.” 40 spent my career at a firm that retains countless mentors Advocates within the firm can offer promising female and sponsors (both male and female) in leadership employees valuable insights, help them gain visibility positions who continue to listen, understand, and help with firm leadership and advise them to take on assign- A bright future for me achieve my goals. ments that enhance their skills and experiences.

women in accounting Chiarella: I have had two incredible mentors in my ca- Firms must foster the type of work environment where reer. One came to me about four or five years into my women thrive, including: career. He emphasized a focus on becoming a well-re- • Offering flexible work schedules where professionals or generations, women in the account- spected technician in the industry, as well as develop- who take advantage of such arrangements are equally ing profession, as in many other fields, ing an emotional intelligence that led to a greater self eligible for leadership positions have been fighting for equal opportunity, and social awareness. My other mentor was a woman • Equipping staff with technology that allows working from home Fequal pay and an equal voice. I met during her tenure as the president of our local NYSSCPA chapter. She encouraged me to leave a small • Developing leadership training and mentoring programs To get a sense of where things are now, and where firm and move to a mid-sized firm in order to become • Allowing staff access to firm leaders they’re headed, Crain’s Custom turned to women at ac- more challenged technically. She continued to encour- • Providing equal pay for equal work counting and advisory firm Citrin Cooperman, which has age me as I became a mother, showing me that it was implemented a multi-pronged Women’s Initiative aimed possible to have a family and a career with the proper Crain’s: How do you think the experience of at recruiting, retaining and developing women for lead- support at home and the right culture at the office. millennial and Gen Z women will be different from ership roles. We spoke with Alyson Caligure, tax manag- earlier generations of women in accounting? What forces are driving the change? er; Nichol Chiarella, tax director; and Patricia Cummings, Crain’s: Many accounting firms are looking to co-managing partner of the New York City office. attract more talented women. Based on your own Chiarella: Millennial and Gen Z women differ experience, what would you advise them to do? from earlier generations because they are unafraid to Crain’s: What was it like being a woman in Cummings: Firms should focus on creating a culture challenge the status quo. They demand transparency. accounting at the start of your career—and is it Many of these millennial and Gen Z women were raised different now? where their women can thrive. I would eventually like to see a time when “women’s initiatives” are not required-– in dual-income households, watching their working mothers shatter glass ceilings and share household and Cummings: One vivid (and unfortunate) memory but for the moment, gender diversity is a true business parental duties with their partners. They expect no less is when I told my boss in 1991 that I was having a child. imperative. Firms should embrace the difference in styles from their careers and employers. He quickly informed me that he would not guarantee between the genders, and accept and embrace wom- my position if I was out on maternity for more than en’s differences and celebrate their successes. Caligure: Millennial and Gen Z women have more

six weeks. I also experienced my share of “workplace allies in the industry than women in earlier generations. Caligure: Attracting more talented women starts with bullies” along the way. Today, maternity and paternity Terms like “women’s initiative” and “sponsorship” retaining the talented women the firm already has, policies are much more liberal. In addition, labor laws didn’t exist 30 years ago. Dialogue and action sur- especially those below partner. Have candid discussions provide employees with job-protected and unpaid rounding these issues is taking place within the ac- with transparency and mutual respect. Find out what leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Thank- counting industry, whereas before, perhaps the norms the specific issues are that women are facing under your fully, the culture of most firms has evolved, with harass- were “unwritten rules” that many women were afraid own roof. The feedback from your staff may very well be ment of any kind now being viewed as unacceptable. to push back on, for fear of losing their jobs. Millennial your firm’s best asset. By tapping into their ideas and and Gen Z women know their worth, and the value they incorporating them into a collaborative, strategic, and Chiarella: When I started in public accounting in 2001, bring to the table. we were not yet a paperless profession, and work in- actionable vision, an accounting firm will gain a compet- cluded long hours in the office—seven days per week, itive edge. in a business suit during tax season. By the time I had my first child (10 years later), many mid-to-large firms Crain’s: Some firms that had become completely paperless, making it possible succeed in recruiting women to work from home. I remained full-time but began a are finding they cannot retain flexible work arrangement, which allowed me to enjoy them and, as a result, don’t have being present as a mother, as well as continue to focus a large pipeline of women on on the upward trajectory of my career. the partner track. How can they improve their retention rates, based on what you have seen in Crain’s: Looking back, what helped you most in advancing in your career? Did you have a great your own career? mentor or sponsor? Cummings, Chiarella and

Caligure: I was fortunate enough to have two very Caligure: Firm leadership must buy

loving, dedicated parents who reminded me through- into the need for change and spon- out my formative years that “you can do anything you sor diversity and inclusion initia- set your mind to.” What has helped me advance most tives, including a women’s initiative. in the past seven years is my ability to set out to ask for what I want, and not to shy away from the challenges Having qualified women in lead- that may crop up along the way. Nobody does it alone, ership roles is imperative. Women no matter who you are—so I am grateful that I have need role models and mentors.

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