By Bill Sheridan.

Twenty emerging accounting and finance leaders learned the skills they’ll need to take their teams, their careers, and their profession to the next level during the Maryland Association of CPAs’ 2024 Leadership Academy.

Held May 14-16 in Towson, Md., the annual event is designed to help emerging leaders make the transition from individual contributors to leaders in their organizations.

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“Our profession is facing an increasing talent shortage. Investing in and developing our next generation of leaders is critical not just to our organizations’ success, but to the vitality and relevance of our profession going forward,” said Rebekah Olson, CPA, president and CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs. “Spending time with these 20 emerging leaders gave me great pride in Maryland CPAs and great hope for our future.”

Held in collaboration with the Dr. Nancy Grasmick Leadership Institute, this year’s program offered attendees the institute’s best-in-class, research-based leadership development program and customized it for the accounting and finance profession.

Participants participated in self-exploration, practiced intentional influencing through various leadership styles, forged collective team leadership to drive goals forward, and harnessed hands-on strategies and applications to foster employee engagement. They also heard from accounting and finance leaders, learned about the trends impacting the profession, and grew their networks of peers and mentors.

Graduates of the MACPA’s 2024 Leadership Academy are:

Betty Adeosun, Atapco Properties
Michelle Beasley, Atapco Properties
Lidiya Bridges, BSC Group, LLC
Reina Canales-Pagan, Gross, Mendelsohn & Assoc., PA
Kathleen Dean, ClearView Group
Andrew Edmunds, ClearView Group
Omar Fahnbulleh, Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development
Dani Hartz, ClearView Group
Henry Kahwaty, Rosen, Sapperstein & Friedlander, LLC
Hailu Mengesha, Mullen, Sondberg, Wimbish & Stone P.A.
Renata Pacheco dos Reis, SB & Company, LLC
Obaid Qureshi, ClearView Group
Kellsey Rogall, BSC Group, LLC
Pepper Sealey, Gross, Mendelsohn & Assoc., PA
Patrick St. Clair, Ellin & Tucker, Chartered
Brandon Tateh Achenjang, ClearView Group
Arameh Teymouri, ClearView Group
Jaime Thompson, Nicholynn Advisors, LLC
Keon Webb, ClearView Group
Mike York, ClearView Group

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