2024 Accounting Celebration and Networking Event
The annual Accounting Celebration and Networking Event is held toward the end of the spring semester and the end of the academic year. All accounting majors are invited to network with Lehigh accounting alumni and firm professionals and celebrate the many achievements of our students.
The latest Segal Speaker event was the largest yet, presented by guest speaker Dipti Gulati '90, CEO of Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche LLP. View the event highlights here.
Segal Speaker Events
The Segal Accounting Distinguished Speaker Event is an annual presentation that introduces students to current accounting issues from the perspectives of distinguished thought leaders in the accounting profession. Students can network with prominent accounting professionals who are leaders in public accounting firms, industry, government, regulatory bodies, and non-profit organizations.
The Segal Accounting Distinguished Speaker Event is made possible by the tremendous network of Lehigh alumni within the accounting profession and by the generous financial support of the William N. Segal and Andrew Segal Accounting Speaker Event Endowment.
Past Speakers
- Dipti Gulati '90 – CEO of US Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche LLP - 2024
- Erik Lange – NY Geo Practice Leader, Accounting Advisory Services, KPMG – 2023
- Len Combs ’92 – Trust Solutions Partner and Global Assurance COO, PwC – 2021
- Jon Warren ’09 – Controller, ECRI Institute – 2021
- Marc Siegel – Partner Advisory Services, EY – 2021
- Lara Abrash – Chair and CEO, Deloitte – 2021
- Mark Rajkowski ’81 – Board Director and Chairman, ACCO Brands Executive and Board Advisor, WestRock – 2021
- Mary T Kush ’88 – Principal, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC – 2021
- Paul Beswick – Partner, Assurance and Americas Leader for IFRS, EY – 2021
- Dan Basca ’06 ’07G – Partner, Tax, KPMG – 2021
- Ken Bouyer – Americas Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting, EY – 2020
- Weston Hicks ’79 – President and CEO, Allegheny Corporation – 2020
- Jeff Goldberg ’92 – Associate Chief Counsel, Litigation & Regulatory, Amazon – 2020
- Andrea Markezin ’79 – President, TABLE-Mgmt Treasurer, Pershing Square Foundation – 2020
- Nick Dykstra ’73 – Senior Director of Finance Intellectual Ventures – 2020
- Kathleen Healy ’97 – Managing Director, PwC, Member, US Auditing Standards Board – 2020
- Chris Pruitt – President and CEO, East Penn Manufacturing – 2020
- Wendy Shapss ’90 ’92G – Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting – 2020
- Kendall O’Brien – VP and CFO, Enterprise Innovations and Acquisition/Divestiture Operations, Johnson & Johnson – 2020
- Shannon Stafford – Global Head of Tax, The Carlyle Group – 2020
Student Recognition, 2024 Accounting Celebration and Networking Event - Vivian Chow ’88 – Chief Accounting Officer, DocuSign – 2020
- Robert L Brown ’78 – Audit Partner (retired), PwC, Vice-Chair, Lehigh University Board of Trustees – 2019
- Kristopher E. Knight – Member, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), Deputy Secretary of State and Director, Delaware Division of Corporations – 2019
- Ken Laguardia ’91 – Vice President, Tax, MetLife – 2019
- Chris Puglia – National Tax Leader for Insurance, Deloitte – 2019
- Mark Gerber – Forensic Partner, PwC, Former Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation – 2019
- Larry Smith – Senior Manager Director, FTI Consulting – 2019
- Joe Pensabene ’88 – Head of Lending Operation, Bayview Loan Servicing – 2019
- Cathy Englebert ’86 ’23P – Commissioner, WNBA, Former CEO, Deloitte – 2019
- Suzanne Daugherty ’86 – CFO (retired), PJM Interconnection – 2019
- Dan Basca ’06 ’07G – Partner, Tax, KPMG – 2019
- Sean Denham ’94 – Regional Managing Partner, Grant Thornton – 2019
- Dipti Gulati ’90 – CEO of US Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche LLP – 2019
- Scott Penque ’05 – Director, Risk Assurance, PwC – 2019
- John Ready ’04 – Assurance Partner, EY – 2019
- Erik Hoover ’96 – General Counsel, Dupont – 2019
- Bob Doll ’76 – Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager, Nuveen – 2019
- Barry Melancon – President and CEO, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – 2019