Accounting February 6, 2026
AICPA News – Feb. 2026
AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs, the Association of International CPAs, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
August 21, 2017
The 2017 Under 40 Honorees: Breaking New Ground on All Levels
This year’s 40 Under 40 and 20 Under 40 honorees are visibly and incrementally changing the accounting profession through their exemplary leadership, their innovative thinking, their collaborative efforts guaranteed to provide unity to the ...
August 21, 2017
Bas Kniphorst – 2017 20 Under 40 Honoree
Bas Kniphorst Age: 39 Employer: Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US Title: Vice President Product Management City/State: Riverwoods IL Website: www.CCHGroup.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/baskniphorst/ Twitter: Upon graduation from college I was intrigued by the world of content and joined Wolters Kluwer in 2001. The internet had radically altered the business model and the...…
August 21, 2017
Karly Laughlin, CPA – 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree
Karly A. Laughlin, CPA Age: 30 Employer: Belfint, Lyons & Shuman, P.A. Title: Manager, Tax and Small Business City/State: Wilmington, DE Website: www.belfint.com Twitter: @DelawareCPA and @BelfintCPAs Professional Associations/Memberships: Delaware Estate Planning Council (Board Member), Delaware CarePlan, Inc. (Treasurer), Wilmington Tax Group, Delaware Society of CPAs, AICPA I began my career with BLS as...…
August 21, 2017
Daniel Vidal, MS – 2017 20 Under 40 Honoree
Daniel Vidal Age: 28 Employer: Expensify Title: Head of Business Development City/State: Portland, OR Website: www.expensify.com Twitter: @DanielVidal88 Having the opportunity to create Expensify’s partnership programs from scratch has been an incredible journey. My role at Expensify started informally. Initially, it was just overseeing conversations with all our non-customers: individuals whom we had no...…
August 21, 2017
Steven Morrison, CPA – 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree
Steven Morrison, CPA Age: 39Employer: MBAFTitle: PrincipalCity/State: Miami, FloridaWebsite: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenmorrisoncpa Listen to this podcast Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA Auditing Standards Board (“ASB”) Board member SAS No. 132 Task Force Chair FICPA Educational Foundation, Board of Trustees University of Florida Accounting Conference (2018 chair) Miami-Downtown Chapter, past board member and past chair Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards,...…
August 21, 2017
Sofia Jelanizada DeBlanc, CPA, CFE – 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree
Sofia Jelanizada DeBlanc, CPA, CFE Age: 30 Employer: Deloitte- USA Title: Advisory Manager City/State: Falls Church, VA Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-j-deblanc-cpa-cfe-a3573657/ Twitter: N/A AICPA VSCPA NASBA ACFE My story began in 2006 when I received a...
August 21, 2017
Alina Nikishina, CPA – 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree
Alina Nikishina, CPA Age: 30Employer: Insperience Business ServicesTitle: VP of Firm ManagementCity/State: Littleton, CO Website: www.insperience.com Listen to this podcast Professional Associations/Memberships (please include any leadership roles): PASBA (Professional Association of Small Business Accountants); CASBA (Colorado chapter of PASBA); the Alliance of Professional Women (Member & Secretary for Outreach Committee) In the last few years,...…
August 21, 2017
Clay Huffman, CPA – 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree
Clay Huffman, CPA Age: 33 Employer: Frazier & Deeter Title: Senior Manager City/State: Atlanta, Georgia Website: http://www.frazierdeeter.com/ Twitter: @frazierdeeter Professional Associations/Memberships: Georgia State Board of Accountancy, Vice Chairman; Georgia Society of CPAs, Leadership Council; University of Georgia Terry College of Business Young Alumni Board, Chairman; LEAD Atlanta, Class of 2017 During my career in...…
August 21, 2017
Ryan Watson, CPA – 2017 20 Under 40 Honoree
Ryan Watson, CPA Age: 31 Employer / Title : Principal at Upsourced Accounting City/State: Cincinnati, OH Website: ahalogy.com | upsourcedaccounting.com Twitter: @ryankwatson I’m the co-founder and principal of Upsourced Accounting, a tech-enabled accounting practice in Columbus, OH, and head of finance and operations for Ahalogy, a Cincinnati-based startup focused on content and influencer marketing for...…
August 21, 2017
David Gosselin, CPA – 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree
David Gosselin, CPA Age: 35Employer: dbbmckennonTitle: PartnerCity/State: Long Beach, CAWebsite: www.dbbmckennon.com Listen to this podcast David has pioneered Equity Crowdfunding for the CPA industry. After passage of the JOBS Act in 2012, David sought out to become the national CPA expert and thought-leader in equity crowdfunding for the newly created Regulation A+ and Regulation Crowdfunding mechanisms...…
August 21, 2017
Michelle A. Walsh – 2017 20 Under 40 Honoree
Michelle A. Walsh Age: 39 Employer: XCM Solutions Title: Vice President of Client Services City/State: Quincy, Massachusetts Website: www.xcmsolutions.com Twitter: @_michellewalsh Michelle has been in the accounting industry for the majority of her career. She started in public accounting in 2000 as an auditor at Eisner, LLP, in New York, NY where she...…
August 21, 2017
Danielle Supkis Cheek, CPA, CFE, CVA – 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree
Danielle Supkis Cheek, CPA, CFE, CVA PresidentSelf, D. Supkis Cheek, PLLCHoustonwww.SupkisCheek.com Listen to this podcast Professional Associations/Memberships: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Technical Issues Committee, 2014-Present Woman’s Global Leadership Summit Planning Committee, 2015- Present Texas Society of Certified Public Accounts (TSCPA) Board of Directors, 2017- Present Houston Chapter of...…