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2026 Top 100 Accountants | Event Recap

EVENT DETAILS:
Wednesday, May 20
Exclusive Invitation-Only Event


The Los Angeles Business Journal was proud to host the annual Top 100 Accountants event, where we honored the top accounting professionals in the Los Angeles region for their ongoing efforts as outstanding financial stewards. This event recognized the achievements of leading accountants within the Los Angeles business community.


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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPECIALTY AWARD RECIPIENTS

LARGE FIRM OF THE YEAR

CITRIN COOPERMAN


SMALL TO MID-SIZED FIRM OF THE YEAR

MANELA & CO.


MOST INNOVATIVE FIRM OF THE YEAR

EY


FIRM, CULTURE & LEADERSHIP AWARD

BDO


COMMUNITY IMPACT FIRM OF THE YEAR

BAKER TILLY


NEXT GEN AWARD

Drake Gusman – RSM


ACCOUNTING ICON OF THE YEAR

Lewis Sharpstone – Foumberg, Juneja, Rocher & Co., P.C.



TOP 100 ACCOUNTANTS PROFILES

Nancy Agner-Nielsen – Bentley Mills
Limor Amrani – Manela and Company
Ronny Angel – GHJ
Izett Barnett – Citrin Cooperman
Tyson Beem – Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman
Lori Bice – Hanmi Bank
Marta Botten – Richey May SoCal
Heather Briggs – Motion Picture Industry
Dale Brockmeyer – Dollar Shave Club
Kelly Buck – Windes
Eric Bing Chin – Xcelerant
Juline Cohen – NKSFB, LLC
Steve DeGennaro – Marcus & Millichap
Kip Dellinger – Kalman & Company, LLP
Jessie Dibie – Lucas Horsfall
Kerra Diener – Withum
Vlada Edwards – Citrin Cooperman
Jeffrey Ehlers – Windes
Corey Fischer – Weinberg & Company, P.C.
Kevin Forootan – MyCPA, LLP
Elvira Frencillo – EisnerAmper
Glenn Friedman – Prager Metis
Tony Gales – BPM
Steven Geller – Prager Metis
Jeremy George – PwC LLP
Mohamed Ghattas – CohnReznick
Houtan Eliyahu Gholian – Manela and Company
Shane Glass – Gelfand Rennert & Feldman
Brian Gray – Gursey Schneider LLP
Jon Green – Deloitte
Robert Green – SingerLewak
Howard Grobstein – Grobstein Teeple LLP
Drake Gusman – RSM US LLP
Mark Hagander – Lucas Horsfall
Alexa Hagedorn – REVOLVE
Spencer Hong – Fineman West & Company
Melanie Horowitz – GHJ
Joanna Hu – PwC LLP
Marla Hummel – Grant Thornton
Jin Hymers – Pinnacle Tax Services
Robert Hymers – Pinnacle Tax Services
Cathy Hyodo – Grant Thornton
Alex Iacobelli – BDO USA
Kenny Jackson – Oaktree Capital Management
Albert Jang – Kim & Lee, LLP
Yishai Kabaker – Gursey Schneider LLP
Ian Kang – BDO USA
Miriam Kaplan – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
Jack Karaguleyan – BDO USA
Igal Khoshlesan – Miller Kaplan
Irene Klepp – Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission
Erin Lafferty – Reveleer
Jonathan LaMantia – Armanino LLP
Brian Landau – SingerLewak
Vincent Leoni – Miller Kaplan
Betty Liu – CBIZ
Christina Louie – PwC LLP
Teresa Luong – HexClad Cookware
Kal Manasfi – MyCPA, LLP
Steven Mandel – Smith Mandel & Associates
Mike Mansour – CohnReznick
Josh Martin – Martin Business Management
Matthew Martin – TapouT2TaxeS
Nathan Matthews – CNM LLP
Melissa Medina – Forvis Mazars
Andy Mintzer – Hemming Morse, LLC
Shashi Mirpuri – Baker Tilly
Sheila Moghimi-Kamran – Citrin Cooperman
Jessica Nadler – SingerLewak
Chikara “Ricky” Nagano – Prager Metis
Satpal Nagpal – GHJ
Demiel Nissan – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
Parnia Pandkhou – Armanino LLP
David Papotta – Maridea Wealth Management
Abhi Parikh – Richey May SoCal
Mark Pariser – Dunn, Pariser & Peyrot
Tara Parker – BPM
Shriram Pitchaimani – Hirsch Pipe & Supply
Merryl Rabaino – CBIZ
Brittany Scudder – EY
Sherry Sedighi – Baker Tilly
Karla Sharan – Forvis Mazars
Jing Shen – CBIZ
Jay Singh – Belkin International
Joseph Skeehan – Lucas Horsfall
Matthew Sprague – Hedman Partners LLP
Kimberly Sugiyama – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
Will Tanem – BPM
Ken Teasdale – Armanino LLP
Christian Tregillis – Hemming Morse, LLC
Gustavo Valle – Miller Kaplan
Andrew Van Gilder – Standish Management
Bita Van Gilder – Van Gilder Financial Services
Edith Varela – EY
Aric Wong – EisnerAmper
Melody Wu – EY
Tasos Yiangou – RSM US LLP
Jing Yin – EisnerAmper
Gregory Zelenya – Baker Tilly
Jia Zhou – Fineman West & Company LLP


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