CHAIRMAN/TAX PARTNER, RJI INTERNATIONAL CPAS
WHY: Public accounting executive with a 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.
IN THE NEWS: Presenter during the Business Journal’s 2023 Innovator of the Year Awards; introduced keynote speaker Kurt Busch, CEO of Syntiant.
NOTABLE: Appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a member of the California Board of Accountancy in 2007; elected president in 2010. CSUF graduate.
