Connecticut Society of CPAs Women's Awards Program to Honor Outstanding Connecticut CPAs
December 23, 2022
(Rocky Hill, CT) – The Connecticut Society of CPAs (CTCPA) will honor eight outstanding women at the CTCPA Women's Awards event on January 18 at the TPC River Highlands. The program recognizes excellence in leadership and management in the accounting profession.
Awardees will be honored in two categories: Distinguished Service and Women to Watch.
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes women who have advanced to a higher level or leadership position within their organizations. Winners were selected based on demonstrated thought leadership, major or unique contributions to the profession, contributions to the community, and mentoring other professionals.
The Women to Watch category honors professionals who have made significant contributions to the profession and their communities, but have not yet reached the highest levels of advancement. Winners were selected based on demonstrated leadership, creation and implementation of unique initiatives, and contributions to the community.
This is the fourth year the CTCPA has honored outstanding female leaders in the profession.
“These dynamic women have made invaluable contributions to their organizations, their colleagues and peers, and the profession,” said CTCPA Executive Director and CEO Bonnie Stewart, who continues to elevate diversity, equity, inclusion, and access at the 115-year-old membership organization. “Our honorees embody the vital role CPAs play in protecting the public and leading organizations through fiscal responsibility and transparency, innovation, and growth in an ever-changing environment.”
Honorees are as follows:
Distinguished Service Award Winners
Isabelle V. Curtiss, CPA/PFS
Isabelle V. Curtiss, P.C., CPA
Isabelle is the owner of Isabelle V. Curtiss, P.C., CPA. As both a CPA and a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS), she has amassed a long list of accolades throughout her career. A former CTCPA Board member, she served as a member of or liaison to many committees and was founder of the CTCPA Personal Financial Planning Committee.
Jeanna M. Doherty
Ernst & Young LLP
Jeanna is a partner at Ernst & Young LLP (EY), where she has worked since graduating from college 28 years ago. She is the firm's Americas Assurance Operations Leader. She works with assurance leadership on planning, budgeting, talent, and process optimization. She also serves as coordinating partner for health clients and leads the firm's assurance audit environmental efforts, helping more than 800 audit clients prepare for proposed new SEC rules on climate disclosures.
Kimberly Napp, CPA
Whittlesey
Kimberly is a partner in the Audit Department at Whittlesey, concentrating on nonprofits and credit unions. She co-founded and co-chairs the firm's women's leadership group, Women of Whittlesey (WoW), and is the firm's Quality Control Director. She is also a member of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Resource Council.
Teresa S. Polley
SSGA Select Sector SPDR Trust
Teresa currently serves as Independent Trustee and Audit Committee Chair for SSGA Select Sector SPDR Trust, an ETF complex of 11 funds covering the sectors of the S&P 500. She also serves on not-for-profit boards, including her alma mater, Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, and Girl Scouts of Connecticut, and on the CTCPA Investment Committee.
Noelle A. Taddei, CPA, MST
Educator, Accounting Coach, and Career Advocate
Noelle's professional life today evolved from a varied journey as a CPA in public accounting, Fortune 100 corporate, and education. She now combines her passion with her experiences and shares them as a college professor, career advocate, and accounting coach for the Travelers EDGE (Empowering Dreams for Graduation and Employment) program.
Amber D. Tucker, CPA
FML CPAs
Amber is a partner with FML CPAs, a regional accounting firm headquartered in Glastonbury, where she leads the Not-for-Profit Assurance and Tax practice alongside colleague Brian Kelleher. Amber helps guide the team of 20 professionals as they develop the skills necessary to best serve not-for-profit clients in all their accounting and advisory needs.
Women to Watch Winners
Melissa Braun, CPA
Whittlesey
Melissa is a Manager in the Whittlesey Tax Department, providing tax and consulting services to commercial, residential, and affordable housing real estate entities, financial institutions, construction, manufacturing and closely held businesses, and high-net-worth individuals.
Alina Macchia
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Alina is an Audit & Assurance Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), with more than 11 years of experience serving large public and private clients within Deloitte's financial services group in Connecticut. She specializes in the banking and capital markets and investment management industries. In addition, she is active in many other activities such as facilitating technical trainings, serving as a coach to several mentees, and co-chairing Deloitte's Talent Advisory Council in Stamford.
With a membership of more than 6,000 in public practice, business and industry, government, and education, the CTCPA's mission is to advocate on behalf of the accounting profession, foster a professional community, and provide high-quality professional development opportunities.
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