Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Cade Thompson is co-president and chief growth officer of Rocktop, a solutions-as-a-service company.

Stan Hannah, Ph.D., is a partner in Plante Moran's talent development practice.

Paul Bryant is partner of advocacy, equity and engagement at Plante Moran.

Heidi joined Arizent at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Previously, she was the special editions editor at real estate trade publication The Real Deal, covering residential and commercial markets in South Florida, Los Angeles and the metro New York area. Prior to TRD, she was features editor at hyperlocal New York news site DNAInfo, where she oversaw coverage of the city's residential real estate market. With a Bachelors of Science from the College of Communication at Boston University, Heidi majored in film and later worked for celebrated cinéma vérité documentarian Frederick Wiseman. She also did stints as film editor at Metro Newspaper and UsWeekly.

Twitter: @heidipantz

Randy Johnston is the CEO and founder, EVP of NMGI and K2 Enterprises

As founder and CEO of Napier Financial, John Napolitano, CPA, PFS, CFP, RLP, is a practicing financial advisor with approximately three decades of experience, working with families and small businesses to provide proactive guidance to help them make sound financial decisions. Prior to founding Napier Financial (formerly U.S. Wealth Management), he led Napolitano & Co., an accounting firm serving small and midsized businesses as well as high-net-worth individuals. In 1992, he separated Napolitano & Co.’s wealth management operations from its accounting business, establishing U.S. Wealth Management as an independent firm. A well-known financial advisor, writer, instructor, broadcast commentator and noted authority on financial planning within the financial community, Napolitano holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bentley University, as well as an M.S. in Taxes from Bentley’s McCallum School of Business. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for Bentley University’s graduate programs in taxation and financial planning, and has been a member of the Board of the Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts for the past 10 years, serving as president in 2012 and as chairman for 2013.

Mark Luscombe, JD, LLM, a CPA and attorney, is the principal federal tax analyst for the company and is a key member of the CCH Tax Legislation team tracking and analyzing legislation before Congress. Luscombe is the current chair of the Important Developments Subcommittee of the Partnership Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section and regularly speaks on a wide range of tax topics. In addition, Luscombe co-authors a biweekly tax strategies column for the respected professional publication Accounting Today and authors a monthly tax trends column for TAXES magazine. Prior to joining CCH, he was in private practice for almost 20 years with several Chicago-area law firms where he specialized in taxation.Luscombe offers a thorough understanding and analysis of federal tax, its application and its impact on both the individual and corporate taxpayer.

Hitendra R. Patil is the author of "Rise of the AIccountants — The What, Why, and How of Artificial Intelligence Exclusively for Accountants," as well as "Accountaneur" and "The Definitive Success Guide to Client Accounting Services."

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA, is the founder of Rootworks and serves as chief strategist for Rightworks. He has over 30 years of experience as a CPA and in management within the profession, and a passion for helping firm owners modernize and transform their practices into thriving, sustainable enterprises. He has earned numerous awards and continues to contribute to the profession with books, articles, podcasts and shows that educate and inform the industry in all areas of firm operations, industry trends and business model.

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk is president of the Accounting MOVE Project and of bbr companies, where she provides strategic guidance, project management and serves as an outsourced marketing director. She is also co-owner of Rally Rounds mastermind groups, which provides support, ideas, and accountability for accounting growth professionals. She is also a Cornell-certified DEI consultant, and the owner of the Accounting MOVE Project, the only annual benchmarking research and advocacy report that equips accounting firms to detect, develop and drive competitive advantages from diversity initiatives and trends.