PICPA Adds 4 Accounting Professionals to Board, Installs New Leaders

The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), the leading advocate for accounting professionals in Pennsylvania, welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors.

The new members were sworn in during PICPA’s Annual Meeting on May 5, 2026, at The Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa in Bedford, Pennsylvania.

They include:

Kara Darlington, CEO at SEK CPAs and Advisors
Stefania DeMarco, Managing Director, Clients & Markets at Uniqus Consultech Inc.
Alexis O’Shaughnessy, Assurance Senior Associate at PwC
Joel Valentine, President and CEO at Wessel & Company

Additionally, five members were sworn into new leadership roles:

President: Sean McVey, Partner at Deloitte
President-Elect: Chris Kosty, Director of Business Intelligence at Fred Rogers Productions
Vice President: Timothy Martin, CFO at Compco
Vice President: Sara Fry, of Lancaster, PA
Treasurer: Ian McDowell, Audit and Assurance Principal at S.R. Snodgrass

“We are proud to have some of the most influential professionals in accounting serving on our board and leading our organization into a new era,” PICPA CEO Jen Cryder said in a statement. “Hailing from a wide range of respected firms and companies, they are deeply familiar with the challenges and opportunities CPAs face every day. That insight equips them to help PICPA prepare our members for the evolution of our profession being driven by technology and a changing workforce.”

PICPA’s board of directors is charged with oversight of the property and affairs of the organization. It is composed of PICPA officers and seven at-large directors elected for two-year terms. These volunteer representatives support the organization’s mission to serve, support, and advocate for the profession and to be a meaningful resource for its nearly 18,000 members.

Photo caption: (From left to right) PICPA board members Ashley Stampone, Stefania DeMarco, Chris Kosty, Timothy Martin, Sara Fry, David Stonesifer, Sean McVey, Ian McDowell, Alexis O’Shaughnessy, Kara Darlington, Enzo Santilli, and Joel Valentine (Photo courtesy of PICPA)