AAFCPAs Promotes Four to Manager to Support Firm Growth

Posted on May 29, 2020October 17, 2022

It is with great pleasure that AAFCPAs recognizes the skill, effort, and character of four exceptional team members who have recently been promoted to Manager. Through their commitment and tireless enthusiasm to deliver excellence in service to our growing client base, each of the following individuals has earned this distinguished recognition and promotion to his or her new role.

Manager Promotions Blog (Rory Burke, Steve Lanza, Pauline Legor & Liz Wright)

Rory Burke, CPA has extensive experience providing audit, tax, and advisory solutions to sophisticated nonprofits. He specializes in serving community & economic developers, charter schools & charter management organizations, and multiservice human & social service providers. To his clients, colleagues, and friends, Rory is known as someone who deeply cares about the nonprofit community, and specifically those that are improving places, building communities, and transforming lives for vulnerable populations. Learn more about Rory. >>

Steve Lanza, MSA, CPA is a member of AAFCPAs’ Commercial Tax Practice, providing sophisticated tax planning, strategy, and compliance solutions for diverse privately-held companies, as well as high-net-worth individuals. Steve makes it a point to know his clients—their finances, challenges, and their vision for the future. Clients appreciate the ability to rely on him throughout the year to discuss how decisions they may face will impact their company, as well as how they integrate into their personal tax situations. Steve is an inspiring and influential leader, known for opening his team up to new ideas and for making things happen. Learn more about Steve. >>

Pauline Legor, MBA, CPA is an active leader in AAFCPAs Healthcare practice serving behavioral health providers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). She advises clients on maximizing reimbursement, implementing data-driven patient care, and maintaining program compliance. Pauline has built strong relationships with AAFCPAs’ clients as a result of her technical knowledge, true professionalism, and keen attention to detail. Learn more about Pauline. >>

Liz Wright, MSA, CPA is responsible for leading high-energy teams in the execution of financial statement assurance engagements for commercial businesses and sophisticated nonprofit organizations. She is execution and logic-driven with a strong ability to improve processes and maximize efficiency. She is respected by her AAFCPAs’ team members and clients for her remarkable memory for specific details and is an invaluable resource for institutional knowledge.

Each of these team members brings diverse financial, technical, and industry experience to AAFCPAs’ clients, as well as an enthusiastic commitment to helping clients thrive. Please join us in celebrating their achievements and success!

About the Authors

Stephen Lanza, CPA, MSA

Steve provides proactive tax and business advisory services to private, closely-held businesses in a variety of industries, including: construction, manufacturing & distribution, and retail. He specializes in providing federal and state tax planning & compliance for C Corps, S Corps, partnerships & their owners. He advises clients on year-end and multi-year tax planning, including: guidance related to changing tax code; monitoring and forecasting of income and operations in order to avoid year-end surprises; historical and current year activity to ensure accuracy and completeness of federal and state filings; opportunities to maximize federal and state tax credits; and minimizing the impact of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).

Pauline Legor, CPA, MBA

Pauline is responsible for providing assurance, tax, and advisory solutions for diverse nonprofit organizations, including multiservice human & social service providers, behavioral health providers, community health centers, community development corporations (CDCs) and their affordable housing limited liability companies. Pauline is an active leader in AAFCPAs Healthcare practice, providing guidance to clients on implementing data driven patient care, maximizing reimbursement, and maintaining compliance with 340B drug pricing programs for both on-site and contract pharmacies. She has deep experience with cost report preparation, and insight to clients on revenue statistics, determination of full-time equivalent employees (FTE), expenses and visits, settlement amounts, and the calculation of allowable costs.