OSCPA Trailblazer selected for AICPA’s 2023 Leadership Academy

Holly Liu, CPA, was one of only 36 CPAs selected by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to join its 2023 Leadership Academy. 

The OSCPA Trailblazer will join the AICPA's 15th graduating class and was selected based on her exceptional leadership skills and professional experience.

Liu is a 2017 East Central University alumna; she is also an active member of OSCPA’s Young Accounting Professionals (YAP) Committee and Accounting Careers Committee.

This year's AICPA Leadership Academy will span over four days on December 11-14 in Durham, N.C., and will be led by Elizabeth Burkhalter, senior manager of young member/early career initiatives on the AICPA's Diversity and Inclusion Team. 

The AICPA Leadership Academy was designed to strengthen and expand the leadership skills of promising young professionals while they network with a peer group of talented and motivated CPAs.

The Leadership Academy features career development workshops and sessions with some of the accounting profession’s most prominent influencers. Participants were selected from public accounting firms of all sizes, business and industry, government and consulting firms.

The 2023 Leadership Academy attendees were recommended by their employers, state CPA societies and/or volunteer organizations. Candidates submitted resumes and a statement explaining how participating in the Leadership Academy would impact them personally and professionally.

To date, more than 480 CPAs have participated in the AICPA Leadership Academy, many of whom have gone on to take on leadership positions in their firms, businesses, and volunteer organizations.

For more information about the AICPA Leadership Academy, visit AICPA.org/Leadership.