Congratulations to the 2021 NJCPA Scholarship Recipients

We are pleased to announce that the NJCPA Scholarship Fund awarded approximately $230,000 in scholarships in March to 49 New Jersey high school and college students. Out of more than 160 applications, 13 college-bound high school seniors were given a one-year award of $1,500 each and 36 college students were awarded $6,500 each. Scholarships were awarded based on academic performance, standardized test scores, essays and personal interviews.

Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients:

High School Awards ($1,500)

• Kyra Blakeslee, Wayne Hills High School
• Jack Bolan, Morris Knolls High School
• Karlie Byrd, Buena Regional High School
• CaileyCanessa, Shore Regional High School
• Abigail Chandrika, Sayreville War Memorial High School
• Anthony Dellomo, Washington Township High School
• Lauren Gelber, Wayne Hills High School
• Shailee Goradia, South Brunswick High School
• Rebecca Gross , Northern Valley Region-Old Tappan High School
• Sophia Powers , Jackson Memorial High School
• Abbey Quagliana, Wayne Hills High School
• Joshua Wiesenfeld, River Dell Regional High School
• John Zerillo, Burlington Township High School

College Awards ($6,500)

• Tushar Mittal Agrawal, Ramapo College of New Jersey
• Juliet Akcay, Rider University
• Arshya Chopra, The College of New Jersey
• Kristen Collins, Rutgers - Livingston College - New Brunswick
• Gianna Coscia, William Paterson University of New Jersey
• Alistair Dias, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick
• Onyinyechi Ekeabu, Rutgers School of Business - Camden
• Dania Espinal, The College of New Jersey
• Andrew Gorka , Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick
• Melissa Palladino, Rider University
• Vidhi Shah, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick
• Sleyker Tarifa, Rider University
• John Tyahla, Rider University 

In Name of Awards ($6,500)

• Bowman & Company, LLP - In Memory of Lisa Donahue
  Tyler Bell, Rowan University
• CohnReznick
  Jonathan Weitzman, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison
• EisnerAmper LLP
  Juliana Cirianni, The College of New Jersey
• Frazer, Evangelista& Company LLP
  Fedenso Vital, Seton Hall University
• In Memory of Frederick and Lenore Horn
  Richard Guerriero, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
  Cassandra Laman, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Hackensack
• In Honor of John F. Dailey Jr.
  Rocco Evangelista, Rowan University
• In Memory of John S. Lee
  Julia Commiso, Rider University
• In Memory of Joseph D. Leone Jr. (Monmouth/Ocean Chapter)
  Edward Dudek, The College of New Jersey
• Mazars USA LLP
  Bharvi Patel, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick
• In Honor of Michael A. Polito
  Nicholas Gargiulo, Rutgers University- New Brunswick
• NJCPA Council of Past Presidents
  Isabella Lam, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
• PKF O’Connor Davies LLP - In Memory of Stephen F. Manuzza
  Adam Cohen, Rutgers Business School-Newark
• Smolin, Lupin & Co. PA
  Jehan Abayhan, Montclair State University
• Untracht Early
  William Corzo, William Paterson University of New Jersey
• WilkinGuttenplan - In Memory of Jules C. Frankel
  Hanna Batchelder, The College of New Jersey
• WithumSmith+Brown
  Bart Leleniewski, Rider University
  Kristen Walsh, Montclair State University
• In Memory of Z. Thaddeus Zawacki
  Emilie Seguin, Seton Hall University

Minority Scholarships

• NJCPA/American Institute of CPAs ($5,500)
  Louma Hannawi, Ramapo College of New Jersey
  Mark Vintayen, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
• NJCPA/National Association of Black Accountants – Northern New Jersey Chapter ($5,500)
  Gary Carter, Rutgers University - Newark
  Anissa Crump, The College of New Jersey