Top 100 Accountants EVENT RECAP

The Los Angeles Business Journal was proud to host our second annual Top 100 Accountants Awards and celebratory event on the evening of November 8th at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. This exciting event shone the spotlight on the region’s outstanding accounting community by recognizing Los Angeles’ top 100 professionals for their achievements, community involvement and impacts on the profession. In addition, we also presented several specialty awards to those who continue to excel in profession in unique and impactful ways.

Considering the fact that the Los Angeles region has long been known for its status as a hub for fiscal and financial though leaders, being a standout in that field is particularly impressive.

The 100 accountants listed throughout this section have demonstrated exceptional skill and achievements across the full spectrum of responsibility, exemplary leadership and contributions to the Los Angeles community at large.

In the following pages we share biographical information on these financial stewards and shed some additional light on some of the premier examples of accounting practitioners among us today.

We hope you enjoy this special section, which contains some unique insights on what exactly it means to be a leading accountant in today’s business climate.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 TOP 100 ACCOUNTANTS

Limor Amrani – Manela and Company, APC

Stan Arutti – gish Seiden LLP

Sally Aubury – SingerLewak

Ivan Axelrod – Provident Financial Management

Katherine Ball – PwC LLP

Tom Barry – GHJ

Tyson Beem – Gelfand, Rennert and Feldman

Galina Berkovich – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP

Benson Berro – KPMG LLP

Walter Brasch, Jr. – Prager Metis

Cheryl Calhoun – CBIZ, Inc.

Catherine Catherine – Armanino LLP

Alexandra Chernyak – Miller Kaplan

Steve Chhuor – KROST

Kevin Connor – Connor Advisory Group

David Cox – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP

Nicole Cox – EY

Steve Cupingood – SingerLewak

Tayiika Dennis – CliftonLarsonAllen

Gina DeRosa – Gina L. DeRosa, CPA

Gary Diamond – Fishman Block + Diamond

Josh Diamond – Fishman Block + Diamond

Van Gerard Dichoso – River Rock Films, LLC

Nathan Dick – BDO USA, P.C.

Kerra Deiner – Withum

Scott Donnelly – PDM LLP

Adam Eisen – CAVU Business Management

Frances Ellington – GHJ

Christian Esquivias – Wound Care Advantage

Donna Feder – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP

Corey Fischer – Weinberg & Company, P.A.

Steven Fishman – Fishman Block + Diamond

David Fractor – ImaginAb

Robert Gaby – RKL eSolutions LLC (A wholly owned subsidiary of RKL, LLP)

Tony Gales – BPM LLP

Mara Garcia – Phonexa

Pete Gautreau – Falcon Wealth Tax

Aza Ghazaryan – Withum

Richard Giedlin – Gursey Schneider LLP

Jan Goren – Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC

Howard Grobstein – Grobstein Teeple LLP

Jamie Hallatt – PwC LLP

Keith Hamasaki – KROST CPAs & Consultants

Jennifer Hang  – RSM US LLP

Coral Hansen – B. Riley Advisory Services

Georgina Harris – Baker Tilly

Larry Haworth – Bessolo Haworth CPAs LLP

Martin Hughes – Moss Adams, LLP

Robert Hymers – Pinnacle Tax Services

Cathy Hyodo – Grant Thornton

Albert Jang – Kim & Lee, LLP

Marijane Kantzabedian – Miller Kaplan

Miriam Kaplan – Windes

Sue King – KPMG LLP

Elaina Kogan – Singer Burke Zimmer Kogan, LLP

Jonathan LaMantia – Armanino LLP

Harry Lin – Harry C. Lin, CPA A Professional Corporation

Amy Lipshy – ITV Studios America

Shawn Litchfield – Rhodes & Litchfield LLP

Charity Manley – KPMG LLP

Gabriel Marquez – CohnReznick LLP

Matthew Martin – Citrin Cooperman

Sean McFerson – Windes

Karen Miessner – SingerLewak

Michael Milam – Milam, Knecht & Warner

Andrew (Andy) Mintzer – Hemming Morse, LLP

Shazia Moola – Deloitte

NATALIE MURVIN – GURSEY | SCHNEIDER, LLP

Charles Osaki – Cerritos College

David Papotta – Perry Hay, LLP

Mark Pariser – Dunn, Pariser & Peyrot

James Parks – CBIZ, Inc.

Ashok Parmar – Deloitte

Jillian Phan – Meloni Hribal Tratner LLP

Mac Ratke – EY

Miles Remer – EY

Rony Rodriguez – CohnReznick LLP

Lori Roth – Prager Metis

Joseph Rust – Prager Metis

Rick Schenkel – Sobul, Primes & Schenkel

Lewis Sharpstone – Lewis Sharpstone & Co.

Liel Shemtov – Miller Kaplan

Jing Shen – CBIZ

Ting Song – First Republic (Acquired by JP Morgan Chase)

Michael Spindler – B. Riley Advisory Services

Leslie Stackpole – RSM US LLP

Cory Stigile – Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez P.C.

Ronald Stone – California State University, Northridge

Carol Suruki-Carmany – Moss Adams LLP

Norm Tamkin – HCVT

Fred Tan – BDO USA, P.C.

Cheryl Teeter-Balin – Moss Adams

Kirk Thorell – PwC LLP

Jonathan Wald – The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Benjamin White – BDO USA, P.C.

Donella Wilson – GHJ

Tara Wilson – BPM LLP

Marc Wolf – CohnReznick

Aric Wong – KROST

Jason Zayon – Armanino LLP

Greg Zelenay – Baker Tilly