STAFF REPORT
2019 Horizon Awards Recognizing Tomorrow’s Leaders on Today’s Horizon
The FICPA is proud to announce the winners of its 2019 Horizon Awards, recognizing the brightest young CPAs at the forefront of our profession. Through service to our organization and their own, these YCPAs are advancing the CPA profession, working to better their communities and to support local economic development. CHANDRA CLINES, CPA
KATHRYN HORTON, CPA, CMA, CIDA
Chandra is a senior in the tax and accounting services department at Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund. Chandra has over five years’ experience in tax. Since moving to Tampa in 2015, she has been an officer in the FICPA West Coast Chapter andd serves on the Young CPA Committee. While at Florida Gulf Coast University, Chandra started Project Help, a crisis and sexual assault hotline. She continues to volunteer there four hours a week. Chandra also helps her local community by serving as a mentor for Tampa Bay Wave and a foster mother of 2-3 children.
Kathryn is an Audit Manager at Marcum LLP. She is an industry leader in the use of data analytics for audit processes, specifically using CaseWare IDEA. Kathryn was the recipient of the 2017 U.S. IDEA User of Excellence Award. An active member with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, Kathryn also is a member of the FICPA, Georgia Society of CPAs, and Institute of Management Accountants. She is a graduate of Leadership Fort Lauderdale Class XXII. Her community involvement includes volunteering with various not for profit organizations, including HANDY, Habitat for Humanity, Gilda’s Club and the Covenant House. Kathryn is a current participant of the FICPA’s Emerging Leaders Program.
KELSEY GRIFFIN, CPA, CFE
Kelsey is a Partner with Markham, Norton Mosteller Wright & Co. She is an integral member of the firm's Litigation, Forensic Accounting, and Mediation Services team. Kelsey served as the chair of the FICPA’s Forensic Accounting & Litigation Services Conference Committee in 2016. A graduate of the 2012 Fort Myers Leadership Program hosted by the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce GFMCC), she was program facilitator for the 2013 leadership class, a member of the Board of Directors and co-founded the Leadership NEXT program. Kelsey has served as the chairperson for the GFMCC Women in Business (WIB) Apex Awards (2011 and 2012) and she was co-chair of the WIB Committee in 2013-14.
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BRIAN MANUEL, CPA, CFE
Brian is a manager with Carr, Riggs & Ingram. For more than nine years Brian has been providing tax and assurance services for closely held businesses, non-profit organizations, municipalities and state agencies. He currently serves on the Board of Directors as the Treasurer of the Tallahassee Chapter of ACFEs. For several years he also has volunteered time to the FSU College of Business, working with their business incubator and helping teach students and young entrepreneurs about business planning, financial record keeping, and tax compliance. Brian actively serves as the FICPA YCPA Committee’s Vice-chair, and is in his third term of committee service. Brian formerly served two terms on the FICPA APAS Committee. He is a member of the Boy Scouts of America Suwannee River Area Council Executive Board, the 2-1-1 Big Bend board of directors and Tallahassee Network of Young Professionals.