Accounting Alumnus of the Year Award
The Accounting Alumnus of the Year award was created in 1990 to honor the achievements of distinguished Fisher accounting alumni.
The recipient must not only exemplify Fisher's core values, but must meet three basic criteria of noteworthy career achievement, significant humanitarian effort, and outstanding contribution to the Fisher community.
2020/21 Recipient
Herb Engert ’89
Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP New York Office
St. John Fisher College honored Herb Engert ’89 as its 2020/2021 Accounting Alumnus of the Year during the 31st annual Accounting Awards Celebration, held on April 27, 2021 via Zoom.
Engert is the managing partner of Ernst & Young LLP’s New York City office, the firm’s U.S. headquarters.
Prior to his current role, Engert served as the firm’s global private equity leader, where he worked with leadership across regions, service lines, and sectors to build solutions and drive quality service for private equity funds and their portfolio companies. He has also led many of EY’s most dynamic growth-oriented companies, supporting them through their transformation, digital strategies, and growth.
Engert is a true believer in authentic leadership, committed to making an impact on diversity and inclusiveness efforts — including LGBTQ+ equality — in the workplace, youth mentorship, and next-generation talent. A supporter of the arts, he serves on the board of the Roundabout Theatre Company and is active with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He is also actively involved with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur networking nonprofit, Endeavor, and The Kauffman Foundation, which provides funding so that enterprising individuals may achieve financial success.
In 2019, Engert was recognized by City & State as one of the most influential and powerful finance leaders in New York City.
Past Recipients
Recipients 2020 -
2020/2021
Herb Engert ’89
Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP New York Office
Recipients 2010 - 2019
2019
Lauren Gleba Burns ’82
Vice President, Business Development, for TalentBridge LLC
2018
David Pitcher ’78
Partner and Shareholder, Davie Kaplan, CPA
2017
James P. Brennan '92
Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
2016
Keith Senglaub '81
Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO, Feld Entertainment
2015
Jill Knittel '94, '03 (MBA)
Financial Advisor, Sage Rutty & Co., Inc.
2014
Steven Terrigino '89
Partner, The Bonadio Group's Small Business Advisory Group
2013
Cheryl Yawman '86
Practice Director of Accounting and Finance, Cochran, Cochran and Yale
2012
Thomas Walpole '74
Owner, Thomas P. Walpole, CPA
2011
Richard Brienzi '81
Executive Vice President and CFO, Ovation Payroll, Inc.
2010
Robert E. Tokarz '71
Retired Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Recipients 2000 - 2009
2009
John F. Magee, CPA '81
CFO, The Bonadio Group
2008
Raymond J. D'Agostino '74
Partner, Deloitte
2007
Michael C. Goonan '75
CFO & VP, University of Rochester Medical Center
2006
James J. Leo '71
CFO, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
2005
Victor E. Salerno, Jr. '66
CEO, O'Connell Electric Company
2004
Kristin M. Clark '86
Partner, The Bonadio Group
2003
John F. Heveron '69
President, Heveron & Heveron, CPAs
2002
Martin Mucci '81
Senior VP of Operations Paychex
2001
P. Gerald Sokolski '63
Tax Partner Mengel, Metzger, Barr & Co.
2000
Nancy E. Catarisano '83
Partner, Insero & Co.,
Recipients 1990 - 1999
1999
Stanley D. Konopko '76
Partner, The Bonadio Group
1998
Gary J. Scott '69
Administrative Director, Westfall Surgery Center
1997
Gerald J. Archibald '74
Partner, The Bonadio Group
1996
Edward J. Lynd '56
Financial Consultant, Retired
1995
James T. Sorenson '70
International Managing Partner, KPMG
1994
Gerald E. VanStrydonk '66
Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
1993
David A. Niermeyer '63
President, Stakmore Company, Inc.
1992
Paul E. Haney '63
Monroe County Legislature
1991
Thomas B. Hogan '67
Managing Partner, Deloitte
1990
Thomas F. Bonadio '71
Managing Partner, The Bonadio Group