MANNY RAMIREZ
CHAIRMAN/PARTNER IN CHARGE
RJI INTERNATIONAL CPAS
WHY: Public accounting executive with local career spanning more than four decades. CEO of Irvine-based accounting firm from 1993 to 2013 before becoming chairman. Named board treasurer and president elect of industry association DFK USA. Expert in manufacturing along border.
IN THE NEWS: Named one of “America’s Top 200 CPAs” by Forbes. Presenter during the Business Journal’s 2023 Innovator of the Year Awards.
NOTABLE: Appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a member of the California Board of Accountancy in 2007; elected president in 2010. CSUF graduate.