Lisa Cines

Lisa J. Cines, CPA is the Managing Officer of Aronson & Company, a top fifty accounting and consulting firm based in Rockville, MD. She joined the firm in 1982 and has spent over 25 years in the industry. Cines earned her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland in 1981.

Business Background

Cines specializes in accounting, tax and consulting services with a special emphasis on implementing high level business plans and strategies in her work with government contracting and technology companies. Her areas of expertise include government cost principles and procurement regulations, cost accounting standards, project/cost accounting systems, and merger and acquisition transaction support. As an expert in the field, she makes various presentations to banking institutions, government contractors, and executives. Cines has also provided articles for various trade publications and is frequently asked to provide expert commentary regarding issues in the accounting field.

Industry Participation

Cines is an active participant in a large number of industry organizations as well as community groups. In 2006, Cines was named to the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) after previously having served on the AICPA Council. Her efforts have been recognized by several media and industry outlets and, in 2005, she was named one of the Washington Business Journal’s "25 Women Who Mean Business."

She currently serves as a member of both the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area and the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Initiative. Cines also lends her expertise and dedication to the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA) Accounting Education & Career Task Force and the University of Maryland Accounting Department.

References

"Lisa J. Cines appointed to top Moores Rowland International post in the U.S." http://www.mri-world.com/mri-world/mrimain.nsf/eed5948e5cfb46d680256ed9004153e8/7325f44d86f6909f802571da002e0f00?OpenDocument

"AICPA Board of Directors Committee Assignments"http://www.aicpa.org/About+the+AICPA/Understanding+the+Organization/AICPA+Board+of+Directors+Committee+Assignments.htm

“Lisa Cines Goes Behind the Numbers”http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/03/story16.html

“An Interview with Lisa J. Cines” by Mary Westbrook for Bisnow on Businesshttp://www.bisnow.com/archives/women/pre/index_cines.html

“Growing the ranks of female leaders”http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=104722&d=883&h=884&f=882&dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y

“Junior Achievement Board of Directors” http://www.myja.org/about/board/

“2007 Best of the Best” Inside Public Accounting http://www.fdcpa.com/press_room/BOB2007.pdf

“Women Who Mean Business 2005”http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/event/1874?mp=1

Aronson & Company Corporate Websitehttp://www.aronsoncompany.com