Another day, another reason to celebrate Marylanders in our profession.

Less than a week after Anoop Mehta was elected chair of the American Institute of CPAs‘ 2022-23 Board of Directors, the list of Elijah Watt Sells Award winners for 2022 was announced by the AICPA — and the list includes two young professionals with Maryland ties.

• James Pevenstein, a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a bachelor of science in accounting and information systems. He is employed with CohnReznick in Tysons, Va.
• Robert Paradiso, a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a bachelor of science in accounting. Robert is a seminarian for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York and was formerly employed by Alvarez and Marsal in New York City.

The complete list of 57 winners can be found here.

Congratulations to James, Robert, and all of this year’s Elijah Watt Sells Award winners!