Outstanding Educator Awards
Michael T. Popowits, CPA, MAS
Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting
Director of Student Professional Development, ILEAD
UIC Business
Christine A. Wayne, EdD, MBA, CPA
Accounting Professor/ Department Coordinator, William Rainey Harper College
Young Professionals Leadership Award
Curt M. Mastio, CPA
Managing Member, Founder's CPA and Adjunct Instructor, Northwestern University
Time and Talent Public Service Volunteerism Award
Kutchins, Robbins & Diamond Ltd.

This past year, 61 volunteers participated in the Illinois CPA Society’s CPA Day of Service by volunteering at Little City in Palatine, IL, which is an organization that is dedicated to servicing children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The volunteers worked with program participants and assisted with activities including games, crafts, a cooking class and a dance.
Distinguished Service Awards
- Linda S. Abernethy, CPA, RSM US LLP, Governmental Executive Committee
- Margaret L. Al-Qassas, CPA, Michael Silver, Taxation Executive Committee
- Tony Boras, CPA, Crowe LLP, Governmental Report Review Committee
- Scott R. Cosentine, CPA, CAMS, CGMA, Ashland Partners & Company LLP, Audit and Assurance Services Committee
- Beth M. Cwik, CPA, CFP, Huck Bouma PC, Taxation- Estate, Gift and Trust Committee
- Alison H. Fetzer, CPA, ORBA, Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee
- Karen M. Fleming, CPA, MST, BKD CPAs & Advisors, Taxation- Estate, Gift and Trust Committee
- Robert T. Hedrick, EA, MST, Hedrick Systems Group Inc., Taxation- Practice and Procedures Committee
- Mark S. Heroux, JD, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP, Taxation- Practice and Procedures Committee
- Mark S. Klesman, CPA, CGMA, Klesman & Company PC, Peer Review Report Acceptance Committee
- Ellen L. Landgraf, PhD, CPA, CFE, Loyola University Chicago, Ethics Committee
- Monty D. Meyer, CPA/PFS, MST, USTCP, Monty Meyer CPA & Associates PC, Taxation- Practice and Procedures Committee
- Kim D. Meyer, CPA, Hudgens & Meyer LLC, Peer Review Report Acceptance Committee
- Brittany Y. Okossi, CPA, KPMG LLP, Mary T. Washington Wylie Alumni Advisory Group
- Linda C. Rapacz, CPA, Linda C. Rapacz CPA, PC, Peer Review Report Acceptance Committee
- Jonathan E. Strouse, CPA, Harrison & Held LLP, Taxation- Practice and Procedures Committee
- Andrew VanSingel, JD, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation- Practice and Procedures Committee