NJCPA Board of Trustees
2025/26 Officers
John M. Szczomak, CPA, member of the firm at Smolin, Lupin & Co., LLC, has been a member of the NJCPA since 1990 and has served as NJCPA trustee, treasurer and secretary in addition to being an NJ-CPA-PAC Trustee and an NJCPA Scholarship Fund Trustee. He was also on the board of the Essex Chapter, chairperson of the Professional Conduct and Finance committees and a member of the Cooperation with Bankers Committee, Healthcare Committee, Financial Services Resource Group and Accounting & Auditing Standards Interest Group. For more than three decades, John has been serving clients in the healthcare, distribution, real estate, retail and wholesale industries. He focuses on individual and business tax planning, retirement and professional services support. John is also on the board of the Fighting Children’s Cancer Foundation and chair of the Finance Committee at St. Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church in Paterson. Szczomak is a past president of the New Jersey State Elks Association. He is a graduate of William Paterson University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.
Christopher M. Lovasz, CPA, managing director at Deloitte, has been a member of the NJCPA since 1998 and has supported the Society in a variety of ways. He has been actively involved in the Student Programs and Scholarship Committee since 2009, helping to lead the NJCPA Scholarship Fund through important changes to the program including additional categories of awards. He is also a 2022 NJCPA Ovation Award winner in the Impact category. Chris was an NJCPA Trustee and is a member of the Retirement Savings Plan Committee and the Finance Committee. He has more than 30 years of experience at Deloitte, previously as an M&A managing director and audit managing director. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Lehigh University.
Katherine E. Zech, CPA, partner at PKF O’Connor Davies, LLP, has been a member of the NJCPA since 2010. She has served on the board of directors of the Union County Chapter since 2015 and on the Emerging Leaders Council. At PKF O’Connor Davies, she works in the firm’s Business Solutions Group and specializes in business consulting, advisory services, and individual, partnership and corporate tax planning and accounting for privately held and family-owned businesses. Kait champions networking for young professionals within her firm and other industry organizations. She is a recipient of the Gateway Chamber of Commerce Generation Now Game Changer award (2019), the NJCPA Ovation Award in the Woman to Watch category (2020) and the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey One to Watch award (2021). She earned a Bachelor of Science at Seton Hall University.
JoAnne Geylin, CPA, CAP, partner at Geylin & Associates, PC, has been a member of the NJCPA since 2003 and has held positions at the chapter and state levels. She has been treasurer, secretary, vice president and and president of the Bergen Chapter, participating in the chapter’s board since 2013. As treasurer, JoAnne chairs the Finance Committee and she is also a member of the Education Foundation Executive Committee, the Investment Committee, the State Taxation and Federal Taxation interest groups and the Student Programs & Scholarship Committee. JoAnne brings more than 25 years of experience to her practice, having previously been a director at EisnerAmper and a member of its Center for Family Business Excellence; a senior tax manager at Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Gutilla, P.C. and a tax manager at KPMG Peat Marwick. JoAnne serves on the advisory board for the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College. She received her Bachelor of Art from Ramapo College.
June M. Toth, CPA, CFF, CITP, CGMA, principal at WilkinGuttenplan, has been a member of the NJCPA since 1995. She has served in a variety of capacities, including the Peer Review Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and Volunteer Relations Committee, and was an NJCPA trustee, treasurer, chair of the NJ-CPA-PAC Board of Trustees, chair of the Committee Operations Committee and vice leader of the Business Valuation, Forensic & Litigation Services Interest Group. June is also an active participant in the Accounting & Auditing Standards and Nonprofit interest groups. Before WilkinGuttenplan, she was the managing member of zbt Certified Public Accounting & Consulting, LLC. June is the president of Roots & Wings, a nonprofit dedicated to aged-out foster youth and was a former treasurer of Garwood Municipal Library. She was also a recipient of the NJCPA Volunteer Award in 2018 and the Ovation Award in the Woman to Watch category in 2019; one of New Jersey Monthly’s Leading Women in 2015 and one of NJBIZ Accounting Power 50 from 2020 to 2022. June earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Rutgers University, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
CEO & Executive Director: Aiysha (AJ) Johnson, MA, IOM
Aiysha (AJ) Johnson, MA, IOM, is the CEO and executive director of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. Previously, she was executive director of BKR International’s Americas Region, overseeing the implementation of all strategic efforts for BKR accounting and business advisory member firms in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. AJ serves on the boards of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the Community Foundation of New Jersey and Together for Youth and Junior Achievement of New Jersey. She is a recipient of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association’s Leonard C. Johnson Award, was recognized among the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting by Accounting Today (2023 and 2024), named on the NJBIZ Leaders in Finance list (2025), its Power 100 (2024) and its Accounting Power 50 lists (#1 2023 and 2024), and cited as a 2023 People to Watch in Finance. She was named to ROI-NJ’s ROI Influencers: Accounting Power List (2024, 2025), Top 50 Women in Business (2024) and People of Color (2023). AJ served on the Alumni Board of the University of Chicago (2021-2023), where she graduated with a Master's in Administration and Policy. She also completed the Senior Management Program in Business Management at University of Chicago/IE School of Business and holds a certificate in Management Accounting for Leaders..
2025/26 Trustees