Accounting and Auditing Update (E2005209)

Ed Mendlowitz, CPA, PFS, ABV, CFF is a partner at WithumSmith+Brown, PC.  He is a member of AICPA, NYSSCPA, NJSCPA and NCACPA.  Ed is the author of 27 professional books including the bestselling How to Review Tax Returns (2014 CPA Trendlines); author of over 1500 articles and blogs and 300 continuing education courses and speeches.  He won the Lawler Award for best article published in 2001 in Journal of Accountancy; and his article in January 2011 Journal of Accountancy was that year’s most viewed article.  Ed has testified twice before House Ways and Means Committee on tax reduction, equity and reform; he is admitted to practice before U.S. Tax Court; and is an MBA professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University.  He was a team captain and performed peer and quality reviews for over 60 practices.  Ed is also author of twice weekly blog, www.partners-network.com.

Brad is an assurance principal at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP). He has significant experience in financial reporting, tax compliance and planning for closely held businesses, SEC registrants, nonprofit organizations and strategic business planning, and in industries, such as real estate, construction, architectural and engineering, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. Brad is a member of the AICPA and the NJCPA, and was a former NJCPA president. In addition, Brad has served as an adjunct professor of accounting at William Paterson University and the College of Saint Elizabeth.

June is a principal at WilkinGuttenplan and is the president-elect of the NJCPA for the 2024/25 term. She has been a member of the NJCPA since 1995 and has served in a variety of capacities, including the Peer Review Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and Volunteer Relations Committee, and was 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. She is also an active participant in the Accounting & Auditing Standards and Nonprofit interest groups. Before WilkinGuttenplan, June was the managing member of zbt Certified Public Accounting & Consulting, LLC. She is a former treasurer of Garwood Municipal Library; a recipient of NJCPA’s Volunteer Award in 2018 and its Women to Watch Award in 2019; one of New Jersey Monthly’s Leading Women in 2015 and one of NJBIZ Accounting Power 50 from 2020 to 2022.