The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) welcomed John Szczomak, CPA, member of the firm at Smolin, Lupin & Co., LLC, as its new president for the 2025/26 term. Szczomak succeeds June Toth, principal at WilkinGuttenplan, on June 1.
As NJCPA president, Szczomak plans to focus on the CPA pipeline challenges and encouraging more people to enter accounting as well as mentoring the younger generation. “The more people put time into mentoring, the better our profession will be,” he explained.
“We are pleased to welcome John as president and are very excited by his enthusiasm to connect with younger professionals and inform them about this great profession. Mentoring is important in all fields, but it is particularly needed in accounting to explain the many opportunities that are available to CPAs,” Aiysha Johnson, CEO and executive director at the NJCPA said.
Szczomak has been a member of the Society since 1990. He has participated in the Cooperation with Bankers Committee, Healthcare Committee, Financial Services Resource Group and Accounting & Auditing Standards Interest Group, and he served as NJCPA trustee, treasurer and secretary as well as a New Jersey CPA Political Action Committee Trustee, on the Essex Chapter Board and as an NJCPA Scholarship Fund Trustee.
At Smolin Szczomak and his team handle high-net-worth, health care, retail and professional services, concentrating primarily on tax. He is also on the board of the Fighting Children’s Cancer Foundation and chair of the Finance Committee at St. Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church in Paterson. Szczomak was past president of the New Jersey State Elks Association. He resides in Totowa with his wife, Jody.
2025/26 NJCPA Board of Trustees:
President: John Szczomak, CPA — Smolin, Lupin & Co.
President-Elect: Christopher Lovasz, CPA — Deloitte
Secretary: Katherine Zech, CPA — PKF O’Connor Davies
Treasurer: JoAnne Geylin, CPA, CAP — Geylin & Associates
Immediate Past President: June Toth, CPA, CFF, CITP, CGMA — WilkinGuttenplan
CEO & Executive Director: Aiysha Johnson, MA, IOM — NJCPA
Trustees:
Zachary Cohen, CPA — CFGI
Jerry Conaty, CPA, CFE, RMA, PSA — Holman Frenia Allison
Kerry Duda Wilson, CPA — WilkinGuttenplan
Amy MacFadyen, CPA — EisnerAmper
Gary Mannuzza Jr., CPA — The Koenig Group
Jason Rosenberg, CPA, EA, MST, CGMA — Wiss & Company
Chris Schiffer, CPA, CFP, MBA, AIF — Wealth Enhancement Group
Russell Schwartz, CPA — Russell Schwartz CPA
Catherine Syslo, CPA — CohnReznick
Michele Theuerkauf, CPA — Michele Theuerkauf, CPA LLC
Robert Valas, CPA/ABV, CVA, CFE — Cullari Callico
Paula Young, CPA — EisnerAmper
