The Illinois CPA Society is proud to announce the honorees of its annual Outstanding Leadership Awards program, which celebrates distinguished leaders within the CPA profession through a variety of prestigious awards. Please join us in celebrating the following honorees! For more information, please view the official announcement.

Award Recpients


Lifetime Achievement Award

Joe Bigane
Joseph F. Bigane III, CPA
Managing Director | JFB Tax Consulting LLC

Women to Watch Awards

Experienced Leaders

 

Nicole Lindley
Nicole M. Lindley, CPA 
Tax Partner | Mowery & Schoenfeld LLC

 

Sylwia Nazar
Sylwia A. Nazar, CPA, CDFA
Partner | Friedman & Huey Associates LLP

Emerging Leaders


Garima Arora
Garima Arora, CPA
Risk and Financial Advisory Consultant | Deloitte LLP

Ashley Carboni
Ashley M. Carboni, CPA
Director | KPMG LLP

Lester H. McKeever Jr. Advancing Diversity Awards

Experienced Leader

 

Danielle Booker
Danielle D. Booker, Ph.D., CPA
Assistant Professor of Accounting | Loyola University Chicago 
 

Emerging Leader

 

Kash Morgan
Kashane O. Morgan
Senior Audit Consultant | Komatsu Ltd.

Outstanding Educator Awards 

Lisa Busto
Lisa A. Busto, Ed.D., CPA
Associate Professor | Harper College

Josh Herbold

Joshua Herbold, Ph.D., CPA
Teaching Professor and Associate Department Head |Gies College of Business, University of Illinois

Joshua D. Lance Young Professionals Leadership Award

Andrew Guerrero
Andrew M. Guerrero, CPA
Senior Manager | Adelfia LLC

Beacon Awards

CLA


Sassetti

Excel Awards 

Gold Medal (Tie)

  • Matthew R. DiMillo, CPA – Mowery & Schoenfeld LLC | Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Maclain Smigielski, CPA – Deloitte LLP | University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

Silver Medal

  • Jeremy Reda, CPA – Ernst & Young LLP | Indiana University Bloomington 

Bronze Medal (Tie)

  • Anna Rutkowski – PwC LLP | Loyola University Chicago
  • Yuzhe Zhang – KPMG LLP | University of Illinois  

 

Distinguished Service Awards 

  • Eric Fader, JD, CPA – Duane Morris LLP | Taxation State & Local Committee
  • Mark S. Gallegos, CPA – Porte Brown LLC | Media Expert
  • David A. Hughes, JD – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | Taxation State & Local Committee
  • James R. Javorcic, CPA – CBIZ CPAs PC | Audit & Assurance Services Committee
  • Nadia Lagen, CPA – Ulta Beauty Inc. | Corporate Finance Conference and Financial Reporting Symposium Content Advisory Groups
  • Kelly K. McCabe, CPA – Grant Thornton Advisors LLP | Audit & Assurance Services Committee
  • Jason L. Treadwell – Treadwell Consulting Group | High School Outreach Program
  • Leslie AW Van Wolvelear, Ed.D., CPA, CGMA – Oakton College | High School Outreach Program