November 7, 2024
6:00 – 8:30pm
Biltmore Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Business Journal was proud to host the 3rd 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 and firms within the Los Angeles business community.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 TOP 100 ACCOUNTANTS
Ahsan Ahmed – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US)
Matthew Albert – PwC LLP
Michael Amerio – Lucas, Horsfall, Murphy & Pindroh, LLP
Limor Amrani – Manela And Company, APC
Ruth Baldauf – Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.
Tyson Beem – Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman LLC
Patricia Bell Harik – Harik Thompson
Ruth Cantu – Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management
Debbie Chan – BDO USA
Eric Chin – Akido Labs Inc.
Kevin Conner – CA Advisory Group
John Craig – Create Music Group
Micah Dekofsky – Grant Thornton
Kip Dellinger – Kallman + Logan & Company LLP
Tayiika Dennis – CLA LLP
Gary Diamond – Fishman Block + Diamond
Van Gerard Dichoso – River Rock Films, LLC
Nathan Dick – BDO USA
Ariel E. Drachenberg – Lucas, Horsfall, Murphy & Pindroh, LLP
Steven A. Edwards – RSM US LLP
Kayo Elkner – Prager Metis
Frances Ellington Gutierrez – GHJ
Sonia Estrada – Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Gerri Fedoroff – Foumberg, Juneja, Rocher & Company
Corey Fischer – Weinberg & Company, P.A.
Steven Fishman – Fishman Block + Diamond
Glenn Frank – David Weise & Associates, A Division of NKSFB
Damon Frier – Grant Thornton
Christina Fung – GHJ
Gary Galstyan – Rockwell Capital Group
Mara Garcia – Phonexa
Pete Gautreau – Falcon Wealth Tax
Jan Goren – Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC
Howard Grobstein – Grobstein Teeple LLP
Vishal Gupta – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US)
Keith Hamasaki – EisnerAmper LLP
Georgina Harris – Baker Tilly
Larry Haworth – Eide Bailly LLP
Stan Huang – Crowe LLP
Martin Hughes – Moss Adams
Jeffrey Hyldahl – Fineman West & Co LLP
Robert Hymers – Pinnacle Tax Services
Cathy Hyodo – Grant Thornton
Malve Ildefonso – BDO USA, P.C.
Albert Jang – Kim & Lee, LLP
Joseph Johnson – Deloitte
Marijane Kantzabedian – Miller Kaplan
Christy Kasper – gishSEIDEN
Justin Kim – Ocean Group Inc.
Jacqueline King – The Springhill Company
Tom Klockner – KPMG LLP
Raffi Kurkjian – RGK Accountancy, P.C.
Derek Lee – SingerLewak
Betty Liu – CBIZ
Gaurav Malhotra – Lucas, Horsfall, Murphy & Pindroh, LLP
Sean McFerson – Windes
Michael Mehanna – KPMG LLP
Michael Milam – Milam, Knecht & Warner
Andy Mintzer – Hemming Morse, LLC
Shashi Mirpuri – Baker Tilly
Victoria Moss – Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC
Chikara “Ricky” Nagano – Prager Metis
Lilit Nersisyan – Withum
Jeff Neumeister – Kelly+Partners Burbank
Kelly O’Neil – CBIZ
Wendy On – Fineman West & Co LLP
Renee Ordeneaux – Armanino LLP
Charles Osaki – Cerritos College
Yelena Papiryan – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
David Papotta – Perry Hay, LLP
Sonia Parikh – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US)
Mark Pariser – Dunn, Pariser, Peyrot
Maria Pearman – GHJ
Jillian Phan – Meloni Hribal Tratner LLP
Karine Philippon – Forvis Mazars
Joseph Rust – Prager Metis
Jackie Sawiris – Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
Rick Schenkel – USXA
Cindy Schoelen – BPM LLP
Robert Seltzer – Seltzer Business Management, Inc.
Lewis Sharpstone – Lewis Sharpstone & Co.
Troy Sheen – PwC LLP
Liel Shemtov – Miller Kaplan
Jing Shen – CBIZ
Mark Silah – NKSFB, LLC
Ting Song – First Republic (Acquired by JP Morgan Chase)
Matthew Sprague – Hedman Partners LLP
Leslie Stackpole – RSM US LLP
Alex Sturm – Cohn Handler Sturm | An Accountancy Corporation
Carol Suruki-Carmany – Moss Adams
Norm Tamkin – HCVT
Ken Teasdale – Armanino LLP
Todd Van der Wel – Moss Adams
Chester Ventura – Withum
Jun Wang – Miller Kaplan
Linlin Wang – PwC LLP
Craig Wickwire – RSM US LLP
Casey Winters – KPMG LLP
Marc Wolf – CohnReznick LLP
Greg Zelenay – Baker Tilly
ACCOUNTING ICON AWARD
Honoree
Larry Haworth – Eide Bailly LLP
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