MACPA officers

Chair

Allen P. DeLeon, CPA, RIA
Partner and founder, DeLeon and Stang, CPAs

Notable: An MACPA member since 2003. Chair of the MACPA’s Legislative Committee. A member of the MACPA’s Political Action Committee and Education and Career Task Force. Also a member of the AICPA, the AICPA’s governing Council, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (where he serves as immediate past chair of the board), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Catholic Business Network of Washington D.C. Also a certified Personal Financial Specialist and a certified PIN security instructor. A member of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and an avid golfer.

Vice Chair

Anoop N. Mehta, CPA
Vice president and CFO, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.

Notable: An MACPA member since 1992. Serves on the MACPA’s Government Contractors Committee and chaired the committee from 2001-03. Serves as treasurer and member of the Board of Directors for the Maryland Space Business Roundtable. Also serves on the National Advisory Board of the Diversified Investment Advisors. Chaired Maryland’s Governor’s Workforce Investment Board (GWIB) Aerospace Industry Implementation Leadership Team (2006-09). Graduate of Leadership Howard County, class of 2010. A member of the AICPA, the National Contract Management Association and many other civic organizations. Has taught classes on various topics affecting government contractors. Has appeared on public television to discuss aerospace industry workforce issues in Maryland. A sixth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do who teaches martial arts and operates the karate school for the past 30 years.

Secretary / Treasurer

Byron Patrick, CPA.CITP, MCSE
Co-founder and CEO, Simplified Innovations Inc.

Notable: An MACPA member since 1999. A member of the MACPA’s the Structure and Governance Under 35 Task Force in 2000. A founding member and past chair of the MACPA’s New / Young Professionals Network (NYPN). Remains active as a NYPN advisor. Current member of the MAPCA’s Technology Committee. Has participated in a number of additional MACPA task forces, committees and is a frequent presenter on technology topics. A member of the AICPA’s IT Executive Committee. Co-founded Simplified Innovations after five years as IT director at KAWG&F, where he helped the firm become the first to have virtual offices in Second Life.

Immediate Past Chair

Kimberly N. Ellison-Taylor, CPA
North American director, Oracle USA’s Public Sector, Oracle Corporation

Notable: An MACPA member since 2000. A member of the MACPA’s Technology Committee and the New / Young Professionals Network. Prior to joining Oracle, served as chief information technology officer for Prince George’s County, as a manager in KPMG’s Information Risk Management practice, and with Motorola’s U.S. Federal Market’s Division as a systems integration program manager. Began her career at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where she served in numerous leadership roles. Speaks at local schools as part of the MACPA’s Career Awareness Program. Recipient of one of InfoWorld's 25 “CTO of the Year” awards for 2004.