Lisa Heller Receives Champion of Women Award
GRF CPAs & Advisors is proud to congratulate Lisa Heller on being recognized with the 2026 “Champion of Women Award” at the GWSCPA Women’s Leadership Conference. This recognition celebrates accomplished women leaders in the accounting profession who demonstrate outstanding professional achievement, leadership, and dedication to advancing the industry and supporting their communities.
The GWSCPA 2026 Women’s Leadership Conference
The GWSCPA Women’s Leadership Conference brings together professionals from across the accounting and finance community to recognize and celebrate women who are making a meaningful impact within their organizations and the profession. Honorees are recognized for their leadership, mentorship, and commitment to excellence in public accounting and beyond.
About Lisa Heller
Lisa Heller has more than 25 years of experience working with tax-exempt organizations and serves as Partner and Director of GRF’s Nonprofit Tax Department. As a subject matter expert in exempt organization taxation, she advises a wide range of nonprofit clients, including healthcare organizations, trade associations, public charities, private foundations, and research organizations, on complex tax compliance and advisory matters. Lisa frequently writes and speaks on issues impacting tax-exempt organizations and serves as Vice Chair of the AICPA Exempt Organizations Tax Technical Resource Panel. She is a past chair of the Greater Washington Society of CPAs Nonprofit Symposium and was recently recognized on the Forbes 2026 Best-In-State CPAs list.
About GRF CPAs & Advisors
Headquartered in the Washington, DC metropolitan region, GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF) is a full-service professional services firm providing clients with audit and assurance, tax services, outsourced accounting, and advisory solutions. Celebrating 45 years in 2026, GRF leverages a deep bench of industry expertise to assist nonprofit organizations, government contractors, privately held businesses, trusts, and individuals with their most challenging financial and operational issues.
Formed in 1981 through the merger of the practices of Michael C. Gelman and Jerrold Rosenberg, the firm expanded in 1988 with the addition of Michael A. Freedman and became Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman CPAs. Today, GRF is recognized among Inside Public Accounting’s Top 200 Firms, Accounting Today’s Best Accounting Firms to Work For, and the Washington Business Journal’s Top 20 Accounting Firms. Accounting Today has also honored the firm among its Firms to Watch, Top Firms in the Capital Region, and Best Firms for Young Accountants.
The firm is a member of CPAmerica, one of the largest associations of CPA firms in the United States. GRF’s membership guarantees clients access to the expertise and resources of more than 4,000 accounting and advisory professionals at 78 member firms throughout the country. CPAmerica is a member of Crowe Global, providing clients with access to the eighth-largest accounting network in the world, with over 200 independent firms in more than 130 countries.
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