EMERGING LEADERS


Recognizing members who have gone above and beyond.

NOMINATION LINK COMING SOON!

Congratulations to the 2026 Award Winners! 

The Emerging Leaders award recognizes NYCPA members who demonstrated leadership in their organization, made significant professional achievements in the past year and have gone “above and beyond” in giving back to the community.

The NYCPA salutes these members who are making a difference:

Buffalo Chapter
Kristin Re', Lumsden & McCormick, LLP

Manhattan/ Bronx
Adam Ross, Abrams Garfinkel & Ross LLP 
Alexander Lee, Legacy Wealth Nerds
Ariel Shamir, LMC Advisors LLC
Daniel Levin, CohnReznick 
John Confrey, Forvis Mazars 
Joseph Perfetto, Forvis Mazars 
Lauren Marcin- Reale, PKF O’Connor Davies 
Myles Silvers, RSM US LLP 
Reuben Gottlieb, Mark S. Gottlieb, CPA PC 
Steven Lee, CBIZ 
Xinming (Shimmy) Cui, BDO USA, P.C.

Nassau/ Suffolk Chapter
Alyssa Popov, BDO USA, P.C. 
Janina Teoxon, EisnerAmper 
Vanessa Gordon, Grassi 

Northeast Chapter
Jessica Gardinier, KPMG LLP 

Queens/ Brooklyn Chapter
Nate Kutob, BDO USA, P.C. 

Rochester Chapter
Blake Sanderson, MMB+CO 
Emily Hill, Insero Advisors LLC 
Joseph Greene, Evans and Bennett, LLP 

Who’s Under 40 and Making a Difference as an Emerging Leader?

The Society is accepting nominations for the prestigious Emerging Leaders Award. If you know someone in your firm, your chapter or on a committee who deserves the recognition, please complete the nomination form below. You can also nominate yourself.

NOMINATION LINK COMING SOON!

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Must be a college graduate between the ages of 21 and 40 as of December 1, 2025. 
  • Must hold a leadership role of importance in their organization.
  • Must have made significant achievements in their career in 2025.
  • Must have had substantial involvement in community service outside of the performance of their day-to-day job.
  • Must reside or work in the State of New York.
  • Must be a member of the New York State Society of CPAs.
  • Winners of the 2025 Emerging Leaders Award are not eligible and will not be considered.

SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS:

Please ensure your nomination includes the following information:

  • Describe the nominee's current work.
  • List what the nominee has accomplished in his or her workplace.
  • Outline how the nominee's work has impacted the community.
  • Tell us how the nominee has gone above and beyond in giving back to the community and/or nonprofit organizations.
  • Suggest what future promise the nominee holds.
  • Additional comments and reasons for nomination (explain why this individual deserves a prestigious Emerging Leaders Award).
  • If you are nominating yourself, please be sure to complete the fields for nominee and nominator.

For questions regarding the nomination process, please contact Tameeka Benjamin, tbenjamin@nysscpa.org.