Twenty-three Maryland CPAs have been recognized on Forbes’ list of America’s Best-in-State CPAs for 2025.

Billed as a "sequel" to last year’s inaugural Forbes Top 200 CPAs list, the Best-In-State List includes 1,000 CPAs from across all 50 states.

"It’s no easy feat to determine who should appear on a list of America’s top 1,000 Best-in-State CPAs," writes Steel Rose, CPA, a senior editor for accounting at Forbes. "The challenge is to recognize the body of work of those who rise to meet the calling again and again. To do so, our review team identified thousands of eligible candidates through interviews with industry insiders, outside nominations, editorial research, and an independent advisory board of accomplished CPAs.

"While our aim was to offer Forbes readers a resource for their personal and business accounting needs, in building the list we gleaned insights — as well as warning signs," Rose added. "As listmaker CPA Steve Morrison, national director of audit at Florida-based firm CohnReznick, says, the challenges for the profession involve nothing less than 'laying the groundwork for the CPA profession to continue serving the public interest in the coming decades.'”

The following Maryland CPAs have been included on the 2025 Forbes list:

• Samantha Bowling, Managing Partner, GWCPA *
• Jackie Cardello, Managing Partner, GRF CPAs & Advisors *
• Robert Carter, Managing Member, Paradigm Forensics *
• Dara Castle, National Leader, Government Contracting, RSM US *
• Monica Dalwadi, Managing Principal, Baker Tilly *
• Rachel Ellis, CEO and Founder, Ellis CPA *
• Aileen Eskildsen, CEO, Ellin & Tucker *
• Alex Franks, Founder, G&A Consulting Group *
• Javier Goldin, Founder, Goldin Group
• Tricia Katebini, Partner, GRF CPAs & Advisors *
• David Kessler, CEO, CohnReznick
• Lexy Kessler, Regional Leader, Aprio *
• Andy Kim, Owner, Kim and Associates *
• Michael Manspeaker, Consultant, SEK, CPAs & Advisors *
• Deon Norris, Founder, The Norris Group *
• Zokpia Olumese, Founder, Zokpia Accounting & Consulting
• John Pace, Partner, GRF CPAs & Advisors *
• Samuel Philipson, Partner, PKF O'Connor Davies *
• Stuart Rudo, Director, SC&H Group *
• Peter Ryan, Co-founder, Ryan & Wetmore
• Joye Sistrunk, Principal, Premier Group Services *
• David Turnbull, President, Turnbull, Hoover & Kahl *
• Jeff Wilson II, Principal, The W2 Group *

Congratulations to all of Maryland's honorees!

* MACPA member