CHAE of the Year Award

Awarded to the professional who earns the highest exam score for the HFTP Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) designation in a given year.

Past Recipients:

2024 - Samantha Sheffield, CHAE

2023 - Wayne Brett, CPA, CHAE

2022 - Michelle L.  Engle, CHAE

2021 - Adam Beloney, CHAE

2020 - Katie Paolino, CHAE

2019 - Ke (Freeman) Deng, CHAE

2018 - Elijah Spiritoso, CHAE

2017 - Guus Heijmans, CHAE

2016 - Kelly Montgomery, CHAE

2015 - David Meyer, CHAE

2014 - Eileen Sarris, CPA, CHAE

2013 - Shareef Fahmy, CHAE

2012 - Gergana Petrova, CHAE

2011 - Ed Kingsmore, CPA, CHAE

2010 - Jason Hizer, CHAE

2009 - Tony Kopp, CHAE

2008 - Patrick Walsh, CHAE

2007 - Donna W. Turner, CPA, CHAE

2006 - Luis Marcano, CHAE, CPA, CIA, CMA

2005 - Angela Powers, CPA, CHAE

2004 - Bruce Hoffman, CHAE

2003 - Brad Hoover, CHAE

2002 - David W. Patterson, Ph.D., CPA, CHAE

2001 - David A. Branson, CMA, CHAE

2000 - Leslie King, CHAE, CHTP

1999 - Gregory Manthei, CPA

1998 - David E. Perlman, CPA

1997 - Scott James Wachtel

1996 - Christopher Campbell, CHAE

1995 - A. Stephen Herzog, CHAE*, CMA, CFM, CBM, MBA

1994 - Keith M. Reiner, CHAE

1993 - Randy Dykman, MBA, CHE

1992 - Nancyann Emanuelson, CPA

1991 - Barry Robertson, CHA, FBAHA, CHAE

1990 - Tommilu B. Wahrman, CPA, CHAE

1989 - John G. E. Rosevear, CA

1988 - Marie Harding, CHAE

1987 - Deborah Tynan

1986 - Adolphus W. Dunn, CHA, CPA, CMA, CHAE

1985 - Douglas E. Jensen, CHAE

1984 - Robert S. Fiore, CHA