62nd Annual Scholarship Awards Program

by NJCPA Scholarship Fund

Pines Manor |  April 26, 2022

This year the NJCPA Scholarship Fund will award more than $230,000 to deserving New Jersey high school and college students. The NJCPA applauds its members, chapters and firms for supporting our efforts in securing the future of the CPA profession. You can learn more at njcpa.org/scholarship.

AGENDA

Welcome

  • NJCPA President
    HARRY WILLS, CPA
    Bowman & Company LLP
  • NJCPA Scholarship Fund President
    HENRIETTA FUCHS, CPA
    CohnReznick LLP

Past Scholarship Recipient

  • 2010 College Award Recipient
    TARA BALDWIN, CPA
    WilkinGuttenplan

Scholarship Awards Presentation

  • Chairperson, NJCPA Student Programs & Scholarship Committee
    TOM PEDERSEN, CPA
2022_scholarship_program_for webpage

IN NAME OF COLLEGE AWARDS — $6,500

Bowman & Company LLP, In Memory of Lisa A. Donahue MELISSA PALLADINO Rider University
CohnReznick LLP JASMINE RAWSON Rutgers University - New Brunswick
EisnerAmper TIMOTHY ELEFONTE Montclair State University
Frazer, Evangelista & Company, LLC BRIAN PETROVIC The College of New Jersey
In Honor of NJCPA Council of Past Presidents COURTNEY NAPOLITANO Ramapo College of New Jersey
In Honor of NJCPA Past President, Frank Boutillette LAVOR BROWN Rutgers University - Newark
In Honor of NJCPA Past President, John F. Dailey Jr. JUSTIN BARNHARD Fairleigh Dickinson University
In Honor of NJCPA Past President, Michael A. Polito EMMA GAFFNEY Fairleigh Dickinson University
In Memory of Frederick and Lenore Horn SHLOMO SHAIN
YAAKOV KROLL 		Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
In Memory of NJCPA Past President, John S. Lee MICHAEL OSINSKI Rider University
In Memory of NJCPA Past President, Z. Thaddeus Zawacki NICOLE SHUBADEROV Seton Hall University
Mazars USA LLP JONATHAN PHAN Rowan University
PKF O’Connor Davies LLP, In Memory of Stephen F. Mannuzza JENIFER MENDIETA Kean University
Smolin, Lupin & Co., PA CELINE BHANTANA Caldwell University
Untracht Early LLC THEODORA VAZACOPOULOS Stevens Institute of Technology
WilkinGuttenplan, In Memory of Jules C. Frankel JOCELYN SHI Rutgers University - New Brunswick
WithumSmith+Brown JENNIFER BARRANTES PEREZ
MILAD BANISADEGHIAN 		Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Saint Peter’s University
 

COLLEGE AWARDS — $6,500

MIXHEVER ASANI Montclair State University
DAN BOTTIGLIERI Rowan University
SIGAL KHODARA Monmouth University
AMANDA KLEIN Caldwell University
MUSKAN MANTOO Rutgers University - New Brunswick
LELANI NASCIMENTO Kean University

 

IN NAME OF SOPHOMORE AWARDS — $2,000

Deloitte BRENDA CHAVEZ RAMOS Rider University
Deloitte CRISTIAN DE LOS SANTOS Rutgers University – Camden
Holman Frenia Allison, PC ERIN MURPHY Seton Hall University

 

SOPHOMORE AWARDS — $2,000

RENEE BURNS Monmouth University
DAVID MONSALVE Seton Hall University
NGOCTHY NGUYEN Rutgers University - New Brunswick
JOSEPHINE SALLUCE The College of New Jersey
SARAH SARNA Rutgers University - New Brunswick

 

MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS — $5,500

NJCPA/AICPA DANIA ESPINAL The College of New Jersey
NJCPA/AICPA MANUELA PAULA ALONSO Montclair State University

Winners of the $1,000 NABA Eastern Regional Scholarship and the $5,500 NJCPA/NABA-NNJ Scholarship will be announced later this year. 

 

HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS — $1,500

HELENA BILLERO Howell High School
KATRINE BIRKELAND Manalapan High School
DANIEL BRANCO Montville Township High School
MOLLY BURNS Point Pleasant Borough High School
NICOLE CIELUCH Red Bank Regional High School
KAYLA CORNISH Old Bridge High School
MELISSA DOMEN Allentown High School
DAVID FLORES Old Bridge High School
DEREK GERSON Fort Lee High School
JENNIFER HOWARTH Wayne Valley High School
DEV JOSHI Parsippany Hills High School
JUSTIN NEWELL Kittatinny Regional High School
NICHOLAS PALMADESSO Middletown High School North
LUCIA POLLARO Wayne Hills High School
OLIVIA SCHLOSKY Delran High School
IRENE WONG Edison High School

 

IN NAME OF HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS
DELOITTE FOUNDATION NJCPA SCHOLARS — $1,500

ANTHONY FRANCIS Rahway High School
ANGELIE JEAN-BAPTISTE West Orange High School
MEKA KING West Orange High School
JAN PAUL NOLASCO New Brunswick High School
BRANDON RODRIGUEZ REYES Rahway High School
MARCELO TORRES CHAVEZ West Orange High School

 

THANK YOU

Thank you to all of this year’s volunteers who helped with high school and college essay reviews and interviewing. We appreciate their commitment to this program.

EDUARDO ALAY
LYNN ALBALA
CHRISTOPHER ARUNKUMAR
DAVID AYNEJIAN
TARA BALDWIN
ANDREW BARTLETT
RYAN BERDNIK
AMY BOTH
PETER BOZZO
VIRGINIA BUCZKOWSKI
SEAN BYRNES
PATRICK CHONG
MEGGAN CIACCIA
CHRISTOPHER CICALESE
REN CICALESE
ZACHARY COHEN
ALYSSA COIRO
SOFIA CORDERO
KELLEY COSTA
PATRICIA DAQUILA
STEFANIE DESANTIS
DANIEL DRUCKER
KERRY DUDA
TANYA DUNBAR
DOUGLAS DURITZA
RACHEL EFTHEMES
SAM FELLIN
SHARON FIOLEK
ROBERT FODERA
LOIS FRIED
JOANNE GEYLIN
KERI GIACOMELLI
COLLEEN GLYNN
SUSAN GOLA
CANDY GORDON
ERICA HEALY
PATRICK HIGGINS
LARISSA HOFFMANN
MARYANN HOLLOWAY
ALISHA JERNACK
PANANYA KAMKOURKONG
GREGORY KASSAR
MIKE KELLERT
MEGAN KELLY
ELENA KLARBERG
MATTHEW KMETZ
ANKITA KODALI
KRISTINA KOSTOVSKI
AURORA LAZZARO
ANTOINETTE MARMORA
CAROL MCALLISTER
KAITLIN MCGEOWN
TAMIE MILES
STEPHEN MORANO
BAYAAN OLUYADI
MIKE O’NEILL
CELESTE PANDOLFI
TOM PEDERSEN
MATTHEW PEER
JENNIFER PEOPLES
AMY PERRONE
MELISSA PETRINA
RICHARD PISSOTT
MICHELLE PYATNYCHUK
JEANETTE RAMOS-ALEXANDER
JENNA SANFILIPPO
RUSSELL SCHWARTZ
CONCETTA SCORDATO
SARAH SNELL
CARL SPECHT
JULI-ANN TRUPPI
BRIANNA WALSH
RON WEST
CHRISTINA WHITE
JOSEPH WISNIEWSKI
RAY ZHANG

We extend a special thanks to 2021/22 NJCPA Chapter Presidents

TATIANA SAFRYGINA, CPA
Atlantic/Cape May Chapter

MICHELE THEUERKAUF, CPA
Bergen Chapter

JOSEPH ZAPF, CPA
Essex Chapter

MICHAEL LAMELA, CPA
Hudson Chapter

STEPHEN NOON, CPA
Mercer Chapter

KEVIN FELLIN, CPA
Middlesex/Somerset Chapter

AMBER PAPP, CPA
Monmouth/Ocean Chapter

PETER HERBST, CPA
Morris/Sussex Chapter

RUDY IPEKCIAN, CPA
Passaic County Chapter

ANTHONY PLAKIS, CPA
Southwest Jersey Chapter

JONATHON WESTCOTT, CPA
Union County Chapter

A special thank you to all the colleges and universities that supported this year’s program

CALDWELL UNIVERSITY
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
KEAN UNIVERSITY
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY
RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
RIDER UNIVERSITY
ROWAN UNIVERSITY
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
SAINT PETER’S UNIVERSITY
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Established in the 1960s, the NJCPA Scholarship Fund has grown to become one of the largest professional scholarship programs in New Jersey. Scholarship recipients are selected based on academic performance, an essay and personal interviews. Over the course of its existence, the Fund has awarded more than $7 million to support more than 2,000 New Jersey students.

2021/22 NJCPA Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees

President
HENRIETTA FUCHS, CPA
COHNREZNICK LLP

Vice President
RALPH THOMAS, CPA (DC), CGMA
NJCPA

Secretary
SUSAN GOLA, CPA
REAL POSSIBILITIES LLC

Treasurer
JENNIFER PEOPLES, CPA

Trustee
ROBERT FODERA, CPA
BAKER TILLY US LLP

Trustee
GERARD ABBATTISTA, CPA
EISNERAMPER

Trustee
BAYAAN OLUYADI, CPA
KTB SERVICES

Trustee
KATHLEEN POWERS, CPA
MATHENY MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER

Trustee
HARRY WILLS, CPA
BOWMAN & COMPANY LLP

Trustee
KRISTINA BRESA, CPA
TURNER CONSTRUCTION

Trustee
ANGELA GAROFALO, CPA
UNTRACHT EARLY LLC