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.
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