Forbes has named 76 professionals from Forvis Mazars to its 2026 Best-In-State CPAs list. The list spotlights practitioners who have demonstrated the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and dedication to client service, as determined by Forbes editors.
For the second year in a row, Forvis Mazars has more honorees on the list than any other CPA firm in the country.
The honorees from Forvis Mazars, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States, hail from 21 states and serve clients of many sizes across a wide variety of sectors. Many of the honorees lead sector practices for the firm at a national level, while others focus on complex tax, audit, or consulting work to help meet clients’ needs.
“It’s gratifying to see so many of our leaders and partners recognized by Forbes for their contributions to the profession,” said Tom Watson, CEO of Forvis Mazars. “Each of these individuals is deeply committed to unlocking potential for their clients, communities, and future leaders at the firm as we continue to focus on long-term success and making tomorrow better than today.”
Key facts about the 2026 Best-In-State honorees from Forvis Mazars:
- Forbes recognized 76 CPAs from Forvis Mazars across 21 states, from New York to California.
- Six are national sector or practice leaders who head dedicated teams serving clients nationwide.
- Fifteen are managing partners or market leaders who lead a practice unit at Forvis Mazars in local markets across the country.
- More than 50 were also recognized on the 2025 list.
- Eight were also recognized on Forbes’ 2024 or 2025 Top 200 CPAs in America lists.
To see the full list of honorees from across the country and learn more about methodology, visit Forbes.com.
The 2026 Best-In-State CPAs from Forvis Mazars include:
Alabama
- Bradley Rayborn – Birmingham
Arizona
- Janeen Butler – Phoenix
California
- Karine Philippon – Los Angeles
Colorado
- Robert Conner – Denver
- Tammy Rivera – Denver
- Omar Yassine – Denver
Florida
- Bill Blend – Orlando
- Brian Matlock – Boca Raton
- Brian Smith – Tampa
- Teri Sowder – Jacksonville
- Daron Tarlton – Tampa
- Adam Thomas – Tampa
- Paul Thompson – Jacksonville
Georgia
- Angela Donnelly – Atlanta
- Kendra LaFleur – Atlanta
Illinois
- Thomas Murtagh – Chicago
- Brian Pavona – Chicago
- Megan Stern – Chicago
Indiana
- Nicholas Eichelman – Indianapolis
- Kevin Hamernik – Indianapolis
- Dave Leising – Indianapolis
- David Rabb – Indianapolis
- Greg Rexing – Indianapolis
- Andy Rinzel – Indianapolis
- JoAnna Simek – Indianapolis
- Daniel Waninger – Indianapolis
Iowa
- Jessica Richter – Des Moines
Kansas
- Matt List – Wichita
Kentucky
- Cara Benningfield – Bowling Green
- Matt Coffey – Bowling Green
- Jennifer Sanders – Louisville
- Jennifer Williams – Louisville
Mississippi
- Donna Bruce – Jackson
- Wil Crawford – Jackson
Missouri
- Kristen Bright – Springfield
- Rachel Dwiggins – Kansas City
- Tondee Lutterman – Kansas City
- Angela Morelock – Springfield
- Juli Pascoe – Springfield
- Gary Schafer – Springfield
- Ryan Sivill – Springfield
- Erica Smith – Springfield
- Tony Spratte – St. Louis
- Joe Watt – Kansas City
New Jersey
- Michael Coletti – Iselin
New York
- Julie Petit – New York City
North Carolina
- Aprille Bell – Greensboro
- Liz Gantnier – Charlotte
- Kristy Kennedy – Raleigh
- Stuart Nofsinger – Charlotte
Oklahoma
- Robyn Devore – Tulsa
- Chad Moore – Oklahoma City
South Carolina
- Sarah Windham – Charleston
- Scott Yandle – Greenville
Texas
- Chris Clark – Dallas
- Neely Duncan – Dallas
- Angie Dunlap – Houston
- Keith Foster – Dallas
- Sara Grenier – Forth Worth
- Howard Hong – Dallas
- Scott Humphrey – Dallas
- Kayla Marsh – Dallas
- Makayla Matheson – San Antonio
- Jon McDowell – San Antonio
- Rachel Ormsby – Dallas
- Nancy Ozuna – San Antonio
- Brinn Serbanic – Dallas
- Mike Van Booven – Houston
- Brian West – Houston
Utah
- Mariah Nielsen – Salt Lake City
Virginia
- Brian Burns – Richmond
- Kate Desai – Metro D.C.
- Nick Dulo – Metro D.C.
- Fran Randall – Richmond
- Caleb Vuljanic – Metro D.C.
- Jennifer Wold – Richmond
List Methodology
Forbes’ Best-In-State CPAs list highlights the finest in the profession: CPAs with impressive track records in their specialties, who have broken barriers to emerge as leaders in their fields, have contributed to advancing the CPA profession, and have given back to society. They come from a variety of backgrounds, specializations and geographic regions, and firms of all sizes. Selection is based on a rigorous, multi-stage process of editorial research and evaluation. As with all Forbes lists, candidates do not pay any fee to be considered or selected.
