The
CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois awarded a record $161,000 in tuition scholarships to 61 accounting students attending 23 colleges and universities during the 2026-2027 academic year.
Recipients of the Illinois CPA Society Accounting Scholarship included:
David Arroyo, Drew Chipman, Devin David, Swapna George, and
Rida Kim at DePaul University;
Jessie Cardiel at Saint Xavier University;
Joseph Dean and
Madeline Stork at Illinois Wesleyan University;
John Dwyer, Mathew Salazar and
Abigail Zacatzi at Northern Illinois University;
Natalie Engelman, Bowen Huang, Alex Jimenez, Haiden Mast, Isabelle O'Day, David Podczerwinski, Anna Sagmeister and
Madan Shrestha at the University of Illinois;
Elizabeth Good, Olga Makhlay, Owen Pullis, Fatima Qaiser and
Benjamin Torres at Loyola University;
Gannon Harshman at Millikin University;
Megan Hoffman at University of Illinois Springfield;
Anna Lakomiak at Benedictine University;
Rachelle Pinto at Dominican University;
Anna Topor at Lewis University; and
Ashley Torres at Rockford University.
The recipients of the 2026 James A. Sikich Visionary Scholarship were
Jessica Hu and
Jason Mascarenhas. Hu will pursue her Master of Accounting Science degree at the University of Illinois, while Mascarenhas is an incoming senior at the University of Illinois majoring in accountancy and data science with a minor in informatics.
The RubinBrown Charitable Foundation Scholarships went to
Victoria Lozano and
Dhavni Shah at DePaul University.
The recipients of the Herman J. Neal Accounting Scholarship included
Tyshawn Allison of Northern Illinois University;
Khamiya Langston of Elmhurst Unviersity;
Martha Pierre-Louis of Loyola University;
Hussam Sharfi of the University of Illinois Chicago; and
Ashley Terry of DePaul University.
The Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarships went to
Daniella Berkane of Loyola University;
Esmeralda Corona,
Giselle Naranjo,
Mikah Ribble and
Cristina Tejeda of the University of Illinois;
Mahnoor Fatani of Benedictine University;
Lilliana Gutierrez of the University of St. Francis;
Cheryl Jones of DePaul University; and
Quynh Tran of the University of Illinois Chicago.
Community College Scholarships went to:
Vincenzo Cavazos of Moraine Valley Community College;
Kate-Lynn Hodges of Prairie State College;
Katherine Sell of Illinois Central College;
Caden Shaputis of Rend Lake College;
Guohua Su of Harold Washington College;
Justin Varvara of the College of DuPage; and
Andrew Weingardt of Oakton College.
Finally, Freshman Scholarships went to
Caiden Aldrich Cando, Calvin Andrews,
Jade Bowen, Akshar Patel, A'Lyvia Perry and
Jonathan Ramirez.
