Accounting Program Advisory Council

  • Daniel Basca '06 '07G is a mergers and acquisition partner for KPMG and co-founder of KPMG’s Partnership Transaction Group. A licensed CPA, with more than 15 years of experience with KPMG, Dan is based in Washington, DC.
     
  • Amanda Cerrachio ’25 is an associate in KPMG’s Financial Services Audit practice in the New York metropolitan area. She graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Beta Alpha Psi and Beta Gamma Sigma.
     
  • Marley Cohen '20 '21G is a senior associate for PwC. At Lehigh, she was awarded the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs Senior Award and the President’s Scholar Award. Before joining PwC, Marley spent a year in the FASB Postgraduate Technical Assistant Program.
     
  • Chris D’Angelo '02 is a partner for KPMG’s audit practice. He has over 20 years of accounting and financial reporting experience specializing in acquisitions and divestitures. Chris is a licensed CPA and an accredited IFRS reviewing partner.
     
  • Ian Gillen ’04 is a principal in EY’s Financial Services Organization (FSO) Enterprise Risk practicebased in the New York metropolitan area. He advises financial services clients on enterprise risk, governance, controls, and related risk management matters.
     
  • Lauren Hanat '10 '12G is a principal at BDO, providing business advisory and accounting services to franchise clients. Before joining BDO, Lauren served as executive director of internal audit for Drexel University and was in the Forensic Services Practice for PwC.
     
  • Kathleen Healy '97 is a managing director in the National Quality Organization for PwC. She is a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and a licensed CPA in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
     
  • Jeremy Kaye ’15 is a senior manager in Deloitte’s Audit & Assurance practice in New Jersey. He has spent his career with Deloitte and is active in the accounting profession through organizations including the AICPA and New Jersey Society of CPAs.
     
  • John Keyser, Ph.D. is an accounting professor at Arizona State University. Professor Keyser has also served on various AICPA and CAQ committees and as a technical advisor to the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board.
     
  • Joseph McGrath, Jr. '04 '05G is an audit partner for Deloitte’s Morristown office in New Jersey. Named as one of America's Top 200 CPAs by Forbes, Joe has over 19 years of experience with Deloitte and is an award-winning member of the NJCPA.
     
  • Mike Nichols '91 is a partner for EY’s financial services practice. He also serves as the EY’s growth markets leader for the Mid-Atlantic and as co-program director for the firm’s Entrepreneur of the Year Program in Philadelphia.
     
  • Lucas Rich ’24 is a senior consultant with Deloitte in New York and is completing a rotation in the firm’s National Office. A licensed CPA in New York, Lucas was named one of Poets&Quants’ "100 Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors of 2024."
     
  • Jenna Richman '07 is a Partner in Deloitte’s Audit & Assurance practice located in New York City. As a licensed CPA, Jenna specializes in the financial services industry working with multinational asset managers and banking & capital markets clients.
     
  • Lindsay Schmedes '04 '05G is a tax partner for PwC’s industry tax practice in New York and is the regional consumer markets tax leader. A licensed CPA, Lindsay has over 20 years of experience primarily in corporate tax for large publicly traded companies.
     
  • Nate Soron '99 is a partner in PwC’s tax practice in New York. He is a licensed CPA in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts and has extensive experience advising clients on tax matters.

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