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Thursday, November 6 
6:00 – 8:30pm
Biltmore Los Angeles 


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Educating the Next Generation of Accountants Who Lead with Purpose
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Transformation, Not Tradition
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2025 SPECIALTY AWARD HONOREES:

ACCOUNTING ICON AWARD
Honoree
THOMAS SCHULTE – Armanino LLP


COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD
Honoree
MICHAEL GOOD – Cohn Reznick

Emerging Leader of the Year
Honoree
KARLA SHARAN – Forvis Mazars


MOST INNOVATIVE FIRM OF THE YEAR

COMMUNITY IMPACT FIRM OF THE YEAR
Honoree
RSM US LLP

Firm, Culture & Leadership Awards

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 TOP 100 ACCOUNTANTS

Bridget Ahern – EY
Limor Amrani – Manela & Company
Sally Aubury – SingerLewak
Meghan Avendt – PwC LLP
Ivan Axelrod – Provident Financial Management
Aryan Azarani – RSM US LLP
Ruth Baldauf – Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.
Tyson Beem – Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman LLC
Patricia Bell Harik – Harik Thompson
Grant Blackmon – Richey May
Debbie Chan – BDO USA
Steve Chhuor – EisnerAmper
Eric Chin – Akido Labs
Linda Chou – Lucas Horsfall
Matt Cochran – Lucas Horsfall
Steve Cupingood – SingerLewak
Kip Dellinger – Kallman & Company, LLP
Tayiika Dennis – Confidential
Jeremy Dillard – SingerLewak LLP
Kevin Doman – EY
Brian Donahue – PwC LLP
Kayo Elkner – Prager Metis
Jim Eubanks – KPMG
Anthony Ferguson – BDO USA
Corey Fischer – Weinberg & Company, P.A.
Steven Fishman – Fishman Block + Diamond
Glenn Frank – David Weise & Associates, A Division of NKSFB
Damon Frier – Grant Thornton
Mara Garcia – Phonexa
Michelle Germain – LA Business Management, LLP
Houtan Gholian – Manela & Company
W. Shane Glass – Gelfand Rennert & Feldman
Greg Glater – CohnReznick
Michael Good – CohnReznick
Howard Grobstein – Grobstein Teeple LLP
Keith Hamasaki – EisnerAmper
Lauren Haverlock – Baker Tilly
Jade Hoang – Baker Tilly
Damon Houterman – Baker Tilly
Mark Hughes – KPMG
Jeffrey Hyldahl – Fineman West & Co LLP
Robert Hymers – Pinnacle Tax Services
Cathy Hyodo – Grant Thornton
Steven Jager – Fineman West & Company
Albert Jang – Kim & Lee, LLP
Marijane Kantzabedian – Miller Kaplan
Miriam Kaplan – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
Andrew Klint – Grant Thornton
Stacey Korman – EisnerAmper
Jason A. Krein – RSM US LLP
Raffi Kurkjian – RGK Accountancy, P.C.
Steve Landau – NKSFB, LLC
Daniel Lee – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
Stephen Lee – Citrin Cooperman
Mary Leylekyan – Miller Kaplan
Harry Lin – Harry C. Lin, CPA A Professional Corporation
Michael Lin – Harry C. Lin, CPA A Professional Corporation
Steven Mandel – Smith Mandel & Associates, LLP
Josh Martin – Martin Business Management
Dave McLean – Stout
Andy Mintzer – Hemming Morse, LLC
Piyush Modi – CBIZ
Lorna Mouton Riff – CBIZ
Chikara “Ricky” Nagano – Prager Metis
Satpal Nagpal – GHJ
Lizbeth Nevarez – GHJ
Wendy On – Fineman West & Co LLP
Charles Osaki – Cerritos College
Parnia Pandkhou – Armanino LLP
Joseph Pangrazio – Hanmi Bank
David Papotta – Hyperion Accounting Group
Mark Pariser – Dunn, Pariser & Peyrot
Anant Patel – GHJ
Shannon Pearce – CBIZ
Jillian Phan – Meloni Hribal Tratner LLP
Karine Philippon – FORVIS Mazars
Kimberly Ravenell – Withum
Miklos Ringbauer – MiklosCPA, Inc.
Scott Roberts – PwC LLP
Joseph Rust – Prager Metis
Rick Schenkel – Richey May
Cindy Schoelen – BPM
Thomas Schulte – Armanino LLP
Karla Sharan – Forvis Mazars
Lewis Sharpstone – Lewis Sharpstone & Co.
Liel Shemtov – Miller Kaplan
Mark Silah – NKSFB, LLC
Mike Sovik – Lucas Horsfall
Matthew Sprague – Hedman Partners LLP
Kory Stoehr – BDO USA
Alex Sturm – Cohn Handler Sturm | An Accountancy Corporation
Carol Suruki-Carmany – Baker Tilly
Norm Tamkin – HCVT
Ken Teasdale – Armanino LLP
Elizabeth Tellado – EY
James Theobald – Withum
Mary Tripp – KPMG
Darcy Wilson-Jones – RSM US LLP
Marc Wolf – CohnReznick
Gary Zhang – Citrin Cooperman


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