EMERGING LEADERS


Recognizing members who have gone above and beyond.

SUBMIT A NOMINATION

Congratulations to the 2025 Award Winners! 

The Emerging Leaders award recognizes NYCPA members who demonstrated leadership in their organization, made significant professional achievements in the past year and have gone “above and beyond” in giving back to the community.

The NYCPA salutes these members who are making a difference:

MANHATTAN/BRONX CHAPTER
Arthur Khaimov, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Toby Ruth F. Kerslake, KPMG
Jason Garfield, UHY LLP
Alex Rockoff, Withum
Sean Stein Smith, CUNY, Lehman College

ROCHESTER CHAPTER
Eva Yehl, MMB+CO
Olga Kovaliov, Empire Valuation Consultants

NASSAU/SUFFOLK CHAPTER
Lisa McCullough, CohnReznick Advisory LLC

NORTHEAST CHAPTER
Steven Lewis, U.S. Light Energy

WESTCHESTER CHAPTER
Daniel Goldstein, Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC

Who’s Under 40 and Making a Difference as an Emerging Leader?

The Society is accepting nominations for the prestigious Emerging Leaders Award. If you know someone in your firm, your chapter or on a committee who deserves the recognition, please complete the nomination form below before February 2026. You can also nominate yourself.

NOMINATION FORM

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Must be a college graduate between the ages of 21 and 40 as of December 1, 2025. 
  • Must hold a leadership role of importance in their organization.
  • Must have made significant achievements in their career in 2025.
  • Must have had substantial involvement in community service outside of the performance of their day-to-day job.
  • Must reside or work in the State of New York.
  • Must be a member of the New York State Society of CPAs.
  • Winners of the 2025 Emerging Leaders Award are not eligible and will not be considered.

SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS:

Please ensure your nomination includes the following information:

  • Describe the nominee's current work.
  • List what the nominee has accomplished in his or her workplace.
  • Outline how the nominee's work has impacted the community.
  • Tell us how the nominee has gone above and beyond in giving back to the community and/or nonprofit organizations.
  • Suggest what future promise the nominee holds.
  • Additional comments and reasons for nomination (explain why this individual deserves a prestigious Emerging Leaders Award).
  • If you are nominating yourself, please be sure to complete the fields for nominee and nominator.

Nominations must be submitted no later than February 2026 to be considered.  

For questions regarding the nomination process, please contact Tameeka Benjamin, tbenjamin@nysscpa.org.