Twenty-five female leaders received the 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Award, sponsored by the AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor magazine.
A group of 13 judges selected the award recipients based on their efforts at creating a culture of innovation or excellence within their organizations or developing technologies that improve firms' productivity and profitability; reaching a level of management and ownership in their company, with demonstrable impact on its success; and actively mentoring those following in their footsteps.
The 2018 winners are:
Karen Abramson, CEO, Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting
Danielle Supkis Cheek, director, entrepreneurial advisory services, PKF Texas
Susan Coffey, executive vice president—Public Practice, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
Lynne Doughtie, U.S. chairman and CEO, KPMG
Abby F. Dupree, managing partner, Carroll & Company CPAs
Jennifer Elder, owner, The Sustainable CFO
Sarah Elliott, principal and co-founder, Intend2Lead LLC
Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, Global Strategy Leader—Financial Services Industry Group, Oracle, and past AICPA chairman
Cathy Engelbert, CEO, Deloitte US
Julie H. Gustavsson, partner and COO, Keiter
DeAnn Hill, owner, DeAnn Auman Hill, CPA
Jenni Huotari, partner and director of Business Outsourcing & Strategy, Eide Bailly
Kacee Johnson, strategic advisor, CPA.com, and founder, Blue Ocean Principles
Elizabeth Pittelkow Kittner, controller, Litera Microsystems
Tamera Loerzel, partner, ConvergenceCoaching LLC
Samantha Mansfield, director, Professional Development and Community, CPA.com
Gail Perry, editor-in-chief, CPA Practice Advisor
Amy Pitter, president and CEO, Massachusetts Society of CPAs
Natasha Schamberger, president and CEO, Kansas Society of CPAs
Lindsay Stevenson, vice president, finance, 1st Financial Bank USA
Amy Vetter, president and CEO, B3 Method Institute
Jennifer Warawa, executive vice president, Partners, Accountants and Alliances, Sage
Katherine Watts, partner in charge, Horne LLP
Sandra Wiley, president, Boomer Consulting Inc.
Jennifer Wilson, co-founder and partner, Convergence-Coaching LLC
