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Accounting Pipeline Initiatives

The mission of MassCPAs' Accounting Pipeline Initiatives Committee (previously the Accounting Career and Development Committee) is to enhance relations among the accounting profession, accounting educators, practitioners and students; to assist accounting educators with the planning of presentations and career programs; and to attract, inspire and engage promising individuals into the accounting profession.

The Accounting Pipeline Initiatives Committee is chaired by Shay Blanchette, CPA, of Babson College., and Cassandra Palencia, CPA, of BDO USA, P.C., It is a perfect fit for campus recruiters and members of academia. If you have questions regarding the committee please contact the Committee Liaison, Allie Orlando.


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Members

  • Robert Angell III
  • Jeanne Bagdon

    Executive Director

    UMass Amherst - Isenberg - Amherst

  • Molly Barbour

    Audit Manager

    Deloitte LLP - Boston

  • Mia Bettencourt

    Audit Associate

    KLR - Boston

  • Shay Blanchette

    Babson College - Babson Park

  • Rando Bleta

    KLR - Boston

  • Donna Brady

    College Faculty and Smalll Office CPA

    Donna M Brady, CPA - Hull

  • Michael Brodsky

    Fraud Risk Center

    Deloitte LLP - Boston

  • Holly Brookes
  • Jason Brosnan

    Tax Senior Manager

    Grant Thornton LLP - Boston

  • Alison Burgett

    Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP - Canton

  • Franklin Caraballo CPA

    Managing Director

    Caraballo CPA, Inc. - Andover

  • Cynthia Caruso

    Professor of Accounting

    Endicott College - Beverly

  • Kaitlyn Cecala

    Chief of Staff

    StoneTurn Group LLP - Boston

  • Julie Chasse

    Director, Professional Accounting

    Northeastern University College of Business Administration - Boston

  • Douglas Chene

    Associate Professor and Chair, Depart

    Salem State University - Salem

  • Jacob Coker

    Financial Services Assurance Senior

    Ernst & Young LLP - New York

  • Maria Connell

    Controller

    360 Finance, LLC - Salem

  • Marquis Cooper

    Manager, Global Internal Audit

    Boston Scientific Corp - Marlborough

  • Aliza Cooperman

    Director of Tax

    King McNamara Moriarty LLP - Norwood

  • Amanda Curtis

    Membership Operations & Data Strategy

    Massachusetts Society of CPAs - Boston

  • Zachary Donah

    Massachusetts Society of CPAs - Boston

  • John Driscoll Jr.

    Professor

    Suffolk University - Boston

  • Rose Flaherty

    Tax Supervisor

  • Jill Foley

    Massachusetts Society of CPAs - Boston

  • James Germain

    Deloitte LLP - Boston

  • Tara Grealis

    Western New England University - Springfield

  • Mahendra Gujarathi

    Bentley University Department of Accountancy - Waltham

  • Thomas Hogan

    Associate Professor

    University of Massachusetts Dept of Accounting & Finance - Boston

  • Anna Howard

    Senior Partner & Professional Develop

    American Institute of CPAs - Durham

  • Brenda Kostyk

    Career Adviser

    Babson College - Babson Park

  • David LaGasse

    Chief Financial Officer

    McLean Hospital - Belmont

  • Gunjan Lalaji

    Controller

    Templum, Inc. - New York

  • Brian LeBlanc

    Owner

    Brian P LeBlanc, CPA - Salem

  • Tracy LeMaire

    Evolve CPA Consulting - Sutton

  • Kimberly Lima

    Co-Founder/Virtual CFO

    Safe Harbor CFO Services - Swansea

  • Christie Marotta

    Jardim & Marotta LLC - New Bedford

  • Victoria McHale

    Tax Senior

    Wolf & Company, P.C. - Boston

  • Carol McNeil

    Tax Director - Private Client Service

    PwC LLP - Boston

  • Ashley Meehan

    Audit Manager

    CohnReznick - Braintree

  • John Micalizzi

    Human Resource Leader

    RSM - Boston

  • Katelyn Minichiello

    Grant Thornton LLP - Boston

  • Sean Morrison

    CliftonLarsonAllen LLP - Quincy

  • Brigitte Muehlmann

    Professor

    Babson College - Babson Park

  • Jeremy Newell

    Manager (Forensic Accounting / Auditi

    StoneTurn Group LLP - Boston

  • Jennifer Niece

    Learning & Development Senior Manager

    PKF O’Connor Davies - Woburn

  • Christine Niland

    HR/Office Manager

    QRGA, LLP - Norwood

  • Melissa Nystedt

    Massachusetts Society of CPAs - Boston

  • Allie Orlando

    Massachusetts Society of CPAs - Boston

  • Cassandra Palencia

    Manager

    BDO USA, P.C. - Boston

  • Craig Peterson

    Account Manager

    eCratchit - Hingham

  • Ray Pfeiffer

    Professor of Accounting

    Simmons University - Boston

  • Itzeen Leonor Pla Hernandez

    Accounting Manager US & Mexico

    Etsy - Brooklyn

  • Melissa Polit

    Audit & Tax Manager

    Raphael and Raphael LLP - Boston

  • Mary-Joan Potvin

    Lecturer, Accounting

    Bentley University - Waltham

  • Tracey Riley

    Associate Professor of Accounting

    Suffolk University - Boston

  • Caitlyn Rodrigues

    Leonard, Mulherin & Greene PC - Braintree

  • Dianne Rossi Feldman

    Senior Lecturer & Director for Underg

    Boston College - Chestnut Hill

  • Rachel Sanderson

    PwC LLP - Boston

  • Alison Sawyer

    Merrimack College - North Andover

  • Melissa Sawyer

    Senior Associate Director

    Bentley University LaCava - Waltham

  • Joshua Schmidt

    Grant Thornton LLP - Boston

  • Joseph Scioli

    LGA, LLP - Chestnut Hill

  • Lee Sentnor

    Director - Professional Practice

    BDO USA, P.C. - Boston

  • Lynne Skerry
  • Kerry Stakem

    Strategic Initiative Director

    PwC LLP - Boston

  • Pamela Trafford

    UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management - Amherst

  • Kevin Wall

    Livingston & Haynes PC - Wellesley

  • Christopher Walsh

    PwC LLP - Boston

  • Erik White

    Senior Manager, Forensic & Integrity

    EY - Boston

  • Eileen Yuen

    Tax Senior Manager

    Grant Thornton LLP - Boston

  • Yi Zhang

    Citrin Cooperman & Company LLP - Braintree

Questions? Contact Allie Orlando at aorlando@masscpas.org, or Zach Donah at zdonah@masscpas.org