PwC Admits 158 to Partnership

Tim Ryan presided over his final Partner Announcement Day as senior partner of PwC on May 3, as the 158 members of the class of 2024 were recognized for their achievement.

“Over the years, I have seen many colleagues become partners at @PwCUS. The road to becoming a partner is one of hard work and dedication and is worth every step!” Ryan, who is retiring on June 30 as head of PwC US, wrote in a post on X. “To our new class of partners: congratulations on your accomplishment! I wish you all the best in your next chapter at the firm. Thank you for all of the work you have done and will continue to do to shape our future.”

The class of 2024, which includes 88 partners and 70 principals, is significantly smaller than last year’s class of 258 new partners and principals. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that PwC was planning to shrink its new class of U.S. consulting partners by more than 50% compared with last year as demand for advisory services continues to slow and the firm reorganizes its business lines.

Last year, the Big Four firm added 174 consulting partners and principals to the partnership. This year, that number dwindled to 87. However, consulting still had the largest amount of promotees this year, followed by 68 in trust solutions and five in business services.

The move comes as PwC US prepares to shift back to three business lines from two. The firm in 2021 combined its tax reporting and audit/assurance businesses into one unit, trust solutions, with the remaining revenue stemming from consulting solutions, which includes tax consulting. However, when Paul Griggs takes over as PwC US senior partner on July 1, he’s planning to bring the three service lines back—audit/assurance, consulting, and tax—the Wall Street Journal reported.

Here are the newest rainmakers at PwC as of July 1:

Liz Ackley, Partner, Trust, Austin, TX
Charles Aikman, Partner, Trust, Stamford, CT
Bridget Alameda, Partner, Trust, New York
Scott Allender, Partner, Trust, Stamford, CT
Ali Ameer, Partner, Trust, Austin, TX
Nisha Asher, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Jong-Taek Ban, Partner, Trust, Los Angeles
Jeffrey Banks, Principal, Trust, San Francisco
Alex Beger, Partner, Trust, Silicon Valley, CA
Steven Biss, Partner, Consulting, Nashville
Daniela Boateng, Partner, Trust, Charlotte, NC
Keezia Bostwick, Principal, Consulting, Seattle
Kirk Bragdon, Partner, Trust, Salt Lake City
Karen Bredehoeft, Principal, Consulting, Jacksonville, FL
Luisa Breidt, Partner, Trust, New York City
Megan Brooks, Partner, Trust, Boston
Erick Brown, Principal, Trust, Philadelphia
Ashley Bryant, Principal, Business Services, Philadelphia
Megan Burns, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Dani Caldwell, Principal, Consulting, San Francisco
Aly Calzaretta, Partner, Consulting, Chicago
Rich Calzaretta, Partner, Trust, Atlanta
Tom Carnevale, Partner, Consulting, New York
Erin Casali, Partner, Trust, Boston
Brian Casey, Principal, Consulting, New York
Tatiana Casillas, Principal, Trust, Mexico City
Malia Cawaling, Partner, Trust, Florham Park, NJ
Arpan Chakrabarti, Principal, Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Hui Chang, Partner, Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Dan Chaprut, Principal, Consulting, Boston
Kristin Cheek, Partner, Consulting, New York
Andy Cheng, Principal, Consulting, New York
Jae Clarke, Partner, Trust, San Francisco
Jeff Claydon, Partner, Trust, Houston
Steve Conde, Partner, Trust, St. Louis
Mark Cosgrove, Partner, Trust, Pittsburgh
Dan Crick, Principal, Consulting, New York
Jacob Cunningham, Principal, Consulting, Charlotte, NC
Danny David, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Melanie Davis, Partner, Trust, New York
David Denson, Principal, Consulting, Irvine, CA
Lou DiNardo, Partner, Trust, Pittsburgh
Ram Diwakar, Principal, Consulting, Florham Park, NJ
Ross J. Drucker, Partner, Trust, Washington, D.C.
Ryan Dwyer, Partner, Trust, Chicago
Frank Emmerink, Principal, Consulting, New York
Burak Emre, Principal, Consulting, New York
Martin Marco Fabian, Principal, Trust, Mexico City
Emily Farrell, Partner, Trust, Atlanta
Jay Feldman, Partner, Trust, New York
Tracey Ferriter, Partner, Consulting, Boston
Sadi Fieldsend, Principal, Consulting, Minneapolis
Win Fisher, Principal, Consulting, Birmingham, AL
Avi Gaikwad, Principal, Consulting, Dallas
Amanda Gallagher, Partner, Consulting, Philadelphia
Mark Galletta, Partner, Trust, New York
Ashley Gardner, Partner, Trust, New York
Jenni Gargula, Partner, Trust, Detroit
Micah Gibson, Principal, Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Matt Gregson, Principal, Consulting, New York
Michael Grohman, Partner, Consulting, Seattle
Mudit Gupta, Principal, Consulting, Seattle
Adrian Haddon, Principal, Consulting, New York
Adam Hales, Partner, Consulting, Phoenix
Michelle Hanzely, Principal, Consulting, New York
Jason Hoot, Principal, Consulting, Atlanta
Oleksandr (Alex) Ioffe, Principal, Consulting, New York
Jaclyn Irvine, Partner, Trust, Washington, D.C.
Ethan Jacobs, Partner, Consulting, Houston
Rajiv Jain, Principal, Consulting, Atlanta
Ryan James, Partner, Trust, New York
Lorraine Jordaan, Partner, Trust, Washington, D.C.
Kaiser Kaiserani, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Ravi Kalaga, Principal, Consulting, Dallas
Martine Keating, Partner, Trust, Boston
Brian Keida, Partner, Trust, Atlanta
Hamir Jassu Khatau, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Yuriy Khomenko, Partner, Consulting, Chicago
Jason Kim, Partner, Trust, Charlotte, NC
Tom Kim, Partner, Trust, New York
Jenny Kline White, Partner, Trust, Washington, D.C.
Kurt Kolakauskas, Partner, Consulting, Philadelphia
Satish Kuppusami, Principal, Consulting, Charlotte, NC
Mani Lakshminarayanan, Principal, Consulting, Dallas
Ashley Langley, Partner, Trust, Spartanburg, SC
Chris Lipsett, Partner, Trust, Boston
John Lynn, Principal, Consulting, Philadelphia
Ben Mallinson, Partner, Trust, Boston
Frank Mancuso, Partner, Consulting, Tampa, FL
Thomas Matousch, Partner, Trust, Philadelphia
Shawn Mercer, Partner, Consulting, Denver
Theresa Miller, Principal, Consulting, Seattle
Courtney Moore, Principal, Business Services, Chicago
Stephen Moore, Partner, Consulting, Dallas
Alberto Mora, Principal, Consulting, Atlanta
Isabelle Morgan, Partner, Trust, Dallas
Isabel Muñoz, Principal, Trust, Mexico City
Shirish K. Munshi, Principal, Consulting, Seattle
Jayaram (Jay) Nair, Principal, Consulting, Atlanta
Amanda Neal, Partner, Trust, Irvine, CA
Jill Notz, Partner, Business Services, Tampa, FL
Jimena Obregon, Principal, Trust, Mexico City
Ailen Okharedia, Principal, Trust, New York
Aija Opsis, Partner, Trust, New York
David Oriani, Partner, Trust, Cleveland
Harsha Paalep, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Damian Palomo, Principal, Consulting, Los Angeles
Chinmaya Panda, Principal, Consulting, Atlanta
Pradeep Pandey, Principal, Consulting, New York
Dipak M. Pandya, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Greg Papa, Partner, Trust, New York
Kishen Parikshak, Partner, Consulting, Chicago
Rob Parker, Principal, Consulting, Los Angeles
Divya Patel, Partner, Consulting, Atlanta
Scott Penque Jr., Principal, Trust, Florham Park, NJ
Ana Pesic, Principal, Consulting, Los Angeles
Bill Petrou, Partner, Consulting, New York
Ashleigh Pierce, Partner, Trust, Los Angeles
Erica Pralle, Partner, Trust, Minneapolis
Prabhushankar Rajagopal, Principal, Consulting, Houston
Vidya Raman, Principal, Consulting, Boston
Jamal Alexander Razavian, Principal, Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Ross Roark, Partner, Trust, Dallas
Royce Rowe, Principal, Consulting, Atlanta
Lauren Ruffing, Partner, Trust, Atlanta
Leigh Rutherford, Partner, Consulting, Denver
Karan Sahni, Principal, Consulting, Florham Park, NJ
Gary Sardo, Partner, Consulting, Florham Park, NJ
Kumar Satyam, Principal, Consulting, Chicago
Marian Saxena, Principal, Business Services, Washington, D.C.
Julie Schlosky, Partner, Consulting, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Schraeder, Partner, Consulting, Dallas
Matt Seiler, Principal, Consulting, Bentonville, AR
Rohit Sharma, Principal, Consulting, San Francisco
Eric Siemborski, Partner, Trust, Chicago
Danna Spenceley, Principal, Business Services, Tampa, FL
Kimberly E. Spivey, Principal, Consulting, Philadelphia
Tamil Sriram, Principal, Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Brent Stolle, Partner, Consulting, Silicon Valley, CA
Ryan Sullivan, Partner, Trust, New York
Jenna Surface, Partner, Trust, Boston
Jovanna Tannousis, Partner, Consulting, New York
Gregory Tate, Principal, Consulting, Irvine, CA
Brad Taylor, Partner, Trust, Pittsburgh
Melinda Tom, Partner, Trust, Silicon Valley, CA
Matt Troia, Partner, Trust, New York
Kaitlin Valenti, Partner, Trust, Florham Park, NJ
Thiru Valliappan, Principal, Consulting, Florham Park, NJ
Moises Velez, Partner, Consulting, New York
Veli Viinanen, Partner, Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Timothy Wamhoff, Partner, Consulting, Grand Rapids, MI
Shelby Ware, Partner, Trust, Tampa, FL
Laura Washburn, Principal, Consulting, Tampa, FL
Josh Werther, Partner, Trust, New York
Danielle White, Principal, Consulting, Nashville, TN
Michael Williams, Partner, Trust, San Francisco
Patrick W. Wrenn, Partner, Trust, Boston
Michael Paul Zelwin, Partner, Trust, New York

In addition, PwC also recognized two consulting principals—Allister Charles and Rob Zappa—who were admitted to the partnership on Jan. 1, 2024.