NYSSCPA Announces 2021 Emerging Leaders Awards

The New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) has honored 24 CPAs and accounting professionals, all under the age of 40, who are excelling in their careers.

These exceptional young financial professionals hold or have held important leadership roles in career-based or charitable organizations; have substantial involvement in their communities, beyond their day-to-day work life; reside in New York state; and are members of the NYSSCPA.

These deserving individuals are either self-nominated or were nominated online by a colleague or peer who described their current work/life balance, accomplishments, impact on their community, and why their nominee was deserving of this recognition.

The year’s winners are:

Amanda L. Austin, CPA – City of Watervliet
Saniel Basch, CPA, CVA, MBA – Roberts Accounting
Kelly A. Branco – Tremblant Capital
Leslie A. Brown, CPA – PKF O’Connor Davies
Jennifer Cripps, CPA, PMO – Net at Work, Inc.
Magdalena M. Czerniawski, CPA, MBA – Masks Paneth LLP
Keith Donnelly – SUNY Brockport
Gabriella J. Franco-Boland, MBA – Consonance Capital Management
Katerina Gaebel, CPA, CFE – Cirtrin Cooperman
Rozleen Giwani, CPA – Grassi & Co.
Timothy J. Hammond, CPA, CHFP – The Bonadio Group
William C. Heuther, CPA, CGMA, MBA – Sheehan & Company
Rosslyn Khunovich, CPA, CGMA – BDO USA
Alexis Graft, CPA – The Strong Museum
Kieron Ludde, CPA, MBA – Mazars UAS
Kathleen A. Mills, CPA – PKF O’Connor Davies
Isabelle K. Pimentel, CPA – News Leaders, Inc.
Aaron Rupper, CPA, CCIFP – Grassi & Co.
Allen Schaefer, CPA, MBA – Ernst & Young LLP
Jessica Strom, CPA – Marks Paneth
Bonnie Sussman, CPA – Eisner Amper LLP
Ross A. Trapani, CPA – RBT CPAs
Anthony Vinci, CPA, MBA – FINRA
Anthony C. Zaccarelli, MS, CPA, CFE, CHFP – St. John’s University, Queens, NY

Each winner was recognized during the NYSSCPA Leadership Conference, held on July 12, 2021.

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