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MACPA directors

Marianela R. Del Pino-Rivera, CPA
Sole practitioner

Notable: An MACPA member since 1984. Also a member of the AICPA and the D.C. Institute of CPAs. Winner of the MACPA’s 2005 Public Service Award. Founder and co-executive director of Learning Power, Inc., a 501C (3) corporation that operates a tutoring center for disadvantaged youth in Bowie and provides leadership training and life skills. Named Woman of the Year for 2000 by the Bowie-Crofton chapter of the Business and Professional Women’s Association. Served as vice chair on the Governor’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs from January 2004 to January 2008.

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. Member of the MACPA’s Political Action Committee and Education and Career Task Force. Also a member of the AICPA, the District of Columbia Institute of CPAs, the New York Society of CPAs and Financial Executives International. A frequent speaker on accounting and taxation matters. Frequently writes articles on accounting, taxation of management issues of interest to clients. Member of the boards of directors of the Ethics Resource Center, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, the Create Expressive Arts Center and the National Academy of Photography.

 

Holly G. Edington, CPA
Vice president, Human Resources, Corporate Office Properties Trust

Notable: An MACPA member since 1988. Previously, was director, Corporate Human Resources for Black & Decker and vice president and division controller for The Rouse Company. Currently serves as chair of the Board of Directors of the House of Ruth Maryland, where she has been a board member since 1999. A member of the Audit Committee for Catholic Charities. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Earned a master’s degree in real estate development from the Johns Hopkins University. A member of SHRM, CHRA and HRPS.

 


Herbert J. Geary III, CPA
Partner, Trice, Geary & Myers, LLC

Notable: An MACPA member since 1988. A member of the MACPA’s Eastern Shore Chapter Board of Directors from 1991-95; served as Eastern Shore Chapter president from 1994-95. Past president, treasurer and board member of the Green Hill Yacht and Country Club. Past president of the Salisbury Optimist Club. Past chairman of the St. Francis De Sales Parish Finance Council and the St. Francis De Sales School Development Committee and Foundation. Past treasurer of the Wicomico County Library Board of Trustees and the Wicomico Rotary Club and Paul Harris Fellow. Past part-time faculty member at Wor-Wic Community College. Past board member of the Salisbury University Varsity Club. Past member of the Wicomico County Performance Audit Group. Past board member of Deer’s Head Center Foundation. An officer in the Maryland Army National Guard from 1981-89, specializing in the training of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare with the 29th Infantry Division.

 


Jeffrey M. Lawson, CPA
Manager, Stoy, Malone & Company P.C.

Notable: Notable: An MACPA member since 2001. First became active with the MACPA as a speaker with Tomorrow’s CPA. Served on the AICPA’s standards-setting panel for the new CPA exam in June 2003. Past chair and founding member of the MACPA’s New / Young Professionals Network. Member of the MACPA’s Financial Literacy Advisory Council. Serves on the MACPA’s Employer / Educator Task Force.

 


Bruce H. Lubich, Ph.D., CPA
Graduate Accounting Program director and associate professor, University of Maryland University College

Notable: An MACPA member since 1991. Has served the MACPA as member and co-chair of Members in Education Committee, member of the Accounting Education and Career Task Force and member of the Financial Literacy Advisory Board. Has served on various American Taxation Association committees. Has consulted on accounting education for Peoples’ Republic of China and various businesses in the energy, pharmaceutical and publication sectors. As a principal in tax consulting firm, conducts research and quality assurance reviews. Has also served on several not-for-profit boards.

 


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

Notable: An active member of the MACPA since 1992. Served as a member of the association’s Government Contractors’ Committee for nearly 10 years and as chair for two years. Chair of the Governor's Workforce Investment Board's (GWIB) Aerospace Leadership Implementation Team, which seeks to describe the current and projected aerospace employment picture in Maryland. The team also aims to collect data from the governmental, non-profit and commercial sub-sectors to identify the main barriers and strengths for sustaining the human resources needed by the aerospace industry in Maryland.



Kathleen Murphy
President and CEO, Maryland Bankers Association

Notable: At-large member of the MACPA's Board of Directors. Served for 13 years as director of community banking for the American Bankers Association in Washington, D.C.  Prior to joining the ABA, served as director of communications for the Ohio Bankers Association and in the Financial Card Services Division of Bank One, both located in Columbus. Among many volunteer positions, serves on the Executive Committee of the Maryland Coalition for Financial Literacy, as president of the Maryland Government Relations Association, and in various capacities with the American Bankers Association and America’s Community Bankers.