The AICPA’s Leadership Academy program was established last year to provide the next generation of CPA leaders with advanced intensive leadership training, access to well-connected professional networks and opportunities to exercise leadership within the profession.

Only 25 young professionals were selected to attend the three-day program, which offers leadership training, networking and education from some of the profession’s top thought leaders.

The attendees are all between the ages of 25 and 35 with valid CPA licenses and three or more years of experience in the profession.

The three young CPAs selected from the VSCPA are:

• Jaime Lynn Dernar, CPA, controller with FOX Architects LLC in McLean
• Marc E. Filer, CPA, a senior staff accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in McLean and chair of the VSCPA Young Professionals Advisory Council
• Nicole M. McGuire, CPA, a senior auditor with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Washington D.C.

Congratulations to all three outstanding VSCPA members.