Twenty-five leaders in the accounting profession received the 2019 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Award.
The awards, created by CPA Practice Advisor and jointly administered by the AICPA, promote and support the success of women leaders. A group of independent judges selected the award recipients, listed below:
Tommye Barie, senior consulting shareholder, Succession Institute LLC
Samantha Bowling, partner, Garbelman Winslow CPAs
Danielle Supkis Cheek, director of entrepreneurial advisory services, PKF Texas
Susan Coffey, executive vice president—Public Practice, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
Lynne Doughtie, chairman and CEO, KPMG, U.S.
Sarah Elliott, principal and co-founder, Intend2Lead LLC
Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, global strategy leader, cloud business group, Oracle
Cathy Engelbert, retired CEO, Deloitte US, and commissioner of the WNBA
Tracey Golden, AICPA vice chair and an audit partner, Deloitte
Kelly Grier, U.S. chairman and managing partner and Americas managing partner, EY
Kacee Johnson, strategic adviser, CPA.com, and founder, Blue Ocean Principles
Elizabeth Pittelkow Kittner, head of finance, International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)
Samantha Mansfield, director of 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, VP—Finance, 1st Financial Bank USA, and founder and CEO, Origin Evolution LLC
Joy Thomas, president and CEO, CPA Canada
Michelle Loyd Thompson, CEO and firm managing partner, Cherry Bekaert LLP
Jacquelyn Tracy, partner, Mandel & Tracy LLC
Amy Vetter, CEO and creator, The B3 Method Institute
Jennifer Warawa, executive vice president of partners, accountants and alliances, Sage
Sandra Wiley, president, Boomer Consulting Inc.
Jennifer Wilson, co-founder and partner, ConvergenceCoaching LLC
Candace Wright, director, Accounting & Assurance Services Group, Postlethwaite & Netterville
