MANAGING PARTNER, ERNST & YOUNG
WHY: Runs Orange County office of accounting and consulting giant.
IN THE NEWS: Appointed to managing partner and assumed role in January. First job out of college was from EY, spent 23-year career at firm.
NOTABLE: Family began farming business in OC planting grapes, avocados and oranges. Born in Newport Beach and raised in Irvine. Attended University of Tennessee on a vol-
leyball scholarship.
QUOTABLE: “What I love about Orange County is how much I’ve seen it grow and change over the years,” she said. “There’s an amazing entrepreneurial spirit in Orange County.”
