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ROI Influencers: Power List 2024 — Accounting

Forget about the adding machines and the visors, today’s accountant is really a trusted
business development professional who can help with all aspects of a company.

One thing, however, stays the same: It’s not how much you make … it’s how much you
keep. The folks on this list will help you do just that and more.

ROI Influencers

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Paul Fried

Paul Fried CEO Smolin Lupin In addition to running the firm, he services clients in the construction, real estate, manufacturing, distribution and professional service industries.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Paula Ferreira

Paula Ferreira New Jersey office managing partner Mazars CPA brings more than two decades of experience to family-owned businesses in a variety of industries.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Daniel Fiorentino

Daniel Fiorentino Managing shareholder WilkinGuttenplan Named the successor to firm co-founder Ed Guttenplan last fall, he took over the top spot of a perennial “Best Places to Work” firm on Jan. 1.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Howard Dorman

Howard Dorman Director of business development – food & beverage Mazars Well-known industry veteran is undisputed expert in every area of the food & beverage industry.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Joseph Damiano

Joseph Damiano Managing partner Sax LLP Sax, already at Top 100 firm, continues to grow. It added six additional partners at end of 2023.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Nicole DeRosa

Nicole DeRosa Tax partner Wiss & Co. In addition to her professional activities, Derosa is a leading influencer and thought leader, working to mentor and inspire those in the profession (especially the younger generation).

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Zachary Cohen

Zachary Cohen Senior manager CFGI As chairperson of the NJ CPAs Emerging Leaders Council, he has made it his mission to get more colleagues — especially young professionals — to join the group.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Ren Cicalese

Ren Cicalese Managing shareholder Alloy Silverstein He started as a tax season temp (back in 1980) and has risen to be the leader of a team that has grown to consist of three companies and 50-plus employees.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Ted Carnevale

Ted Carnevale Co-leader, N.J. market Grassi Advisors & Accountants Grassi — which recently was selected as one of the best of the best by Inside Public Accounting — is among the fastest-growing accounting firms in the country.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Tom Angelo

Tom Angelo Principal in charge, mid-Atlantic region HBK He has nearly three decades of experience providing tax, accounting and consulting services to high net worth individuals and entrepreneurial family-owned companies. He specializes in working with various midsize family businesses, and is the firm’s CEO-elect.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Ed Guttenplan

Ed Guttenplan Outgoing managing shareholder WilkinGuttenplan One final salute to Guttenplan, an icon in the industry who is retiring, 40 years after co-founding the firm.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Bill Hagaman

Bill Hagaman Global chairman HLB International One of the top accounting leaders of his generation, Hagaman is now the chairman of HLB, the global advisory and accounting network.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Jonathan Hirschfeld

Jonathan Hirschfeld N.J. managing partner PwC Leader of one of big four firms in N.J. recently was honored for his work helping Crossroads4Hope, a network of support for those with cancer.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Angela Ho

Angela Ho Compliance officer OceanFirst Bank A banker? Well, yes, but she’s far more than that. She is an impactful and influential voice and thought leader in accounting, serving on numerous state and national boards.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Michael Hochman

Michael Hochman Co-leader, N.J. market Grassi Advisors & Accountants In addition to firmwide role, he maintains a vast client base reflecting a wide spectrum of industries, including construction, manufacturing & distribution and real estate.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — A.J. Johnson

A.J. Johnson CEO N.J. Society of CPAs It’s hard to attend a business event and not find her there. She’s everywhere. The first step after taking over for a longtime leader is to meet any and all constituents.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Paul Krieger

Paul Krieger Managing partner, N.J. practice Deloitte & Touche Krieger, who leads more than 2,000 employees, also serves as the lead client service partner and advisory partner for public and private global clients.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Sarah Krom

Sarah Krom Managing partner SKC & Co. Her goal: Help entrepreneurial-minded owners focus on long-term strategy after putting out their short-term financial fires.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Evelyn McDowell

Evelyn McDowell Chair of accounting Rider University We love to have at least one educator on the list. This year, it’s McDowell, who not only serves her students in classrooms, but through her work at NJ CPAs — helping to mentor and inspire the...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Bryan Merrigan

Bryan Merrigan Managing partner Grant Thornton The leader of the firm’s MetroPark office, he has significant experience with initial public offerings, mergers & acquisitions, debt offerings and other complex business transactions.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Anthony Minnefor

Anthony Minnefor Partner-in-charge, National Private Equity Services Group EisnerAmper He has more than 20 years of accounting and auditing experience, including in-depth experience in the alternative investment industry.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Ed O’Connell

Ed O’Connell Partner; President Withum; NJ CPAs Current head of influential NJ CPAs, he also serves as a trustee of the NJ CPA Scholarship Fund and a member of several committees and interest groups.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Paul Peterson

Paul Peterson Managing partner Wiss & Co. Firm feels it has a unique offering, one that combines traditional accounting and tax services with business and information technology consulting services, delivered through an advanced technology platform with a socially responsible approach.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Maria Rollins

Maria Rollins Managing partner KRS CPAs Responsible for guiding the growth and governance of the firm; also manages the firm’s client accounting services and assurance.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — David Roth

David Roth Managing partner Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman He’s been a member of firm’s executive committee for nearly 30 years, while providing accounting, auditing and consulting services to private and public companies in the U.S. and abroad.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Lori Roth

Lori Roth Global managing partner Prager Metis N.J.-based leader oversees all of the day-to-day operations for the entire firm and provides guidance and oversight to every office managing partners and service line leaders.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Steven Schinella

Steven Schinella Managing partner, Roseland office CohnReznick In addition to overseeing N.J. office, he is member of firm’s consumer industry and manufacturing/distribution industry practices.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Alex Serrano

Alex Serrano Office managing partner Citrin Cooperman Large firm is only getting bigger. It recently acquired Gettry Marcus, an Accounting Today Top 200 firm, and North Carolina-based CH&B.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Anthony Sgammato

Anthony Sgammato Office managing partner Ernst & Young In addition to managing N.J. office, he is a partner on the assurance team, specializing in audits of both private and public companies from a broad range of industries.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Lee Sheilds

Lee Sheilds Office managing partner, Marlton Marcum With more than 25 years of public accounting and tax experience, he represents business and individual clients in a wide variety of industries, including real estate, manufacturing, distribution, technology and professional services.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Jennifer Shimek

Jennifer Shimek Managing principal, Short Hills office KPMG Oversees office of more than 860 — and, in her practice, specializes in regulatory enforcement and compliance for the health care and life sciences industries.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Alan Sobel

Alan Sobel Managing principal of office CLA New Jersey Former managing member at Sobel & Co. is now key player at CliftonLarsonAllen, where his primary client focus is advising business owners and high net worth individuals on tax, mergers & acquisitions, financial reporting and...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Sean Stein Smith

Sean Stein Smith Professor Lehman College He works at a New York-based college, but the influence of the Fairleigh Dickinson grad reaches across the state and country. He is a top thought leader in the profession, with a ubiquitous presence on social media.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Pat Walsh

Pat Walsh CEO & managing partner Withum Withum and Seton Hall created the CPA Pathway Apprenticeship pilot program — one where students work at Withum. It is way to ease the burden of fulfilling the 150 credit-hour requirement for accounting students to get a...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Diane Wasser

Diane Wasser Partner-in-charge, N.J., & managing partner, regions EisnerAmper She is responsible for N.J. office stewardship and growth, client service initiatives, talent maximization and day-to-day operations and administration.

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Accounting — Harry Wills

Harry Wills Managing partner Bowman & Co. A member of one of South Jersey’s top firms for nearly 40 years (and former managing partner in 2002-08), he resumed top role last March.

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