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Kathleen A. Mills has more than 15 years of experience in public accounting. Kathleen specializes in providing accounting and auditing services in industries including real estate, hospitality, employee benefit plans, manufacturing and distribution and other commercial sectors consisting of both privately held and publicly traded companies.

Throughout her career, she has gained valuable experience working on engagements under various financial reporting frameworks, including U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and the income tax basis of accounting.

Kathleen serves as an instructor in the organization’s in-house continuing professional education (CPE) program and is involved in recruiting and career advisor initiatives. She is also an adjunct professor in the accounting and business law department at St. Francis College, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate level accounting courses.

In 2025, Kathleen was recognized by the AICPA with its annual Emerging Leaders Award and named to Forbes’ “America’s Top 200 CPAs” list. In 2021, she was honored by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants as an Emerging Leader in its annual “40 Under 40” awards.