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AAFCPAs celebrates its 2025 partner class, recognizing the accomplishments of five outstanding professionals whose promotions and roles reflect both personal achievement and the firm’s continued growth. Each new partner has demonstrated a record of leadership, technical excellence, and a client-first approach. Together, they strengthen AAFCPAs’ ability to provide thoughtful, forward-looking solutions beyond our core audit and tax, including outsourced accounting and wealth management along with business transaction, technology, process and risk advisory.
2025 partner additions included:
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Enis Bezhani, CPA, MSA
Enis is a trusted advisor to charter schools, community development organizations, and sophisticated nonprofits with complex programs and funding. He helps clients navigate federal and state compliance requirements, structure capital campaigns, and manage complex real estate and affordable housing projects. With deep knowledge of grants, tax credits, and endowment accounting, Enis provides strategies that help align financial planning with operational goals. Since joining AAFCPAs in 2008, he has become a key voice for clients facing intricate regulatory and operational challenges.
Enis Bezhani
PartnerCPA, MSA
Enis Bezhani
PartnerCPA, MSA
Enis is a leader in AAFCPAs’ Charter Schools, Community Development, and Nonprofit Review & Compilations practices. He serves as a go-to resource for nonprofits navigating complex compliance landscapes, including those with substantial federal…
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Stacie Amaral Field, CPA, MBA
Stacie leads AAFCPAs’ Entrepreneurial Tax & Advisory practice, where she works closely with business owners, family enterprises, and entrepreneurs to address the full scope of their financial needs. She combines technical tax knowledge with a practical understanding of business strategy, helping clients integrate personal and business planning, streamline compliance, and prepare for succession. Stacie partners across the firm to ensure clients benefit from coordinated solutions in assurance, accounting, estate planning, and beyond. She has served AAFCPAs clients since 2004 and is recognized as both a leader in tax strategy and a mentor within the firm.
Stacie Amaral Field
Tax PartnerCPA, MBA
Stacie Amaral Field
Tax PartnerCPA, MBA
Stacie leads AAFCPAs’ Entrepreneurial Tax & Advisory practice, helping closely-held businesses—including family-owned enterprises and ambitious entrepreneurs—address the entirety of their financial needs. Her industry experience includes real estate, professional services, technology, manufacturing…
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Kelly Zack, MST
Kelly is a sought-after advisor in the complex field of state and local taxation. She works with multistate organizations to identify tax savings opportunities, minimize risk, and navigate ever-changing regulations. Kelly brings specialized expertise in nexus evaluation and apportionment, incentives and credits, and multistate compliance, providing guidance that helps clients remain competitive while meeting their obligations. Her leadership extends to community service as a board member of Victory Programs, Inc. Clients and peers alike recognize Kelly as a leading voice in the evolving SALT landscape.
Kelly Zack
Partner, State & Local Tax (SALT)MST
Kelly Zack
Partner, State & Local Tax (SALT)MST
Kelly is a senior leader in AAFCPAs’ State and Local Tax (SALT) practice. She advises individuals, partnerships, corporations, nonprofits, and trusts with multistate operations on strategic tax planning and risk mitigation. Her…
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Lisa Whittemore, MBA, CFE, CRMA
Lisa brings extensive experience in SOX 404 preparation—a key compliance requirement for public companies—as well as internal audit, risk management, and controls. A Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), she enhances AAFCPAs’ fraud examination and forensic accounting solutions, helping organizations detect and prevent financial misconduct while strengthening governance and transparency. Lisa partners with boards and executives to design sustainable control frameworks and manage regulatory complexity. Her arrival deepens AAFCPAs’ advisory capabilities and broadens opportunities to support public companies nationwide with practical, forward-looking solutions.
Lisa Whittemore
Partner, Risk AdvisoryCFE, CRMA, MBA
Lisa Whittemore
Partner, Risk AdvisoryCFE, CRMA, MBA
Lisa specializes in governance, risk, and compliance, drawing on her internal audit, enterprise risk management, and assurance experience within multi-billion-dollar global organizations. She partners with clients to strengthen internal controls, optimize processes,…
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Ronald C. Lipof
Ron guides start-up, growth, middle-market, exit-minded, and pre-IPO companies through mergers, acquisitions, and complex transactions across industries nationwide. With 30 years of experience in highly regulated and emerging sectors, he helps leaders strengthen operations, restructure, and drive long-term growth. Ron also co-leads AAFCPAs’ Cannabis practice, with highly specialized expertise supporting licensing, compliance, business planning, and deal execution. A published author and speaker, he has served on civic and nonprofit boards, received community and business awards, and actively supports philanthropic initiatives, including childhood cancer awareness and entrepreneur mentorship.
Ronald C. Lipof
Partner, Transaction Advisory & Cannabis
Ronald C. Lipof
Partner, Transaction Advisory & Cannabis
Ron is a Partner in AAFCPAs’ Transaction Advisory Practice, where he provides strategic guidance to start-up, emerging growth, middle-market, and pre-IPO companies navigating mergers, acquisitions, and other complex transactions in a variety…
“Our 2025 partner class is a source of pride for the entire firm,” said Carla McCall, CPA, CGMA, Managing Partner. “Enis, Stacie, Kelly, Lisa, and Ron have earned the trust of clients and colleagues alike through their insight, collaboration, and commitment to excellence. Their promotions highlight not only their individual achievements but also the strength of the firm’s collaborative advisory approach as we continue to grow and evolve.”
