CMA and CSCA Awards
CMA® (Certified Management Accountant) and CSCA® (Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis) award winners have attained excellence in their exam scores.
CMA MEDALS
January/February 2020 Testing Window (English)
Gold Medal: Christine A. Denison, Ph.D., CMA, CPA
Silver Medal: Kathrine Rose Co Catindig, CMA
Bronze Medal: Ninglu Yi, CMA
May/June 2020 Testing Window (English)
Gold Medal: Richard Mattei, CMA
Silver Medal: Zhen Wang, CMA
Bronze Medal: Garrett Gold, CMA
July 25, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Gold Medal: Chuangao Tang, CMA
Gold Medal: Jiacheng You
Bronze Medal: Ye Yin, CMA
Bronze Medal: Zeping Cai
July 26, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Gold Medal: Yang Shen, CMA
Silver Medal: Cuixiang Wang
Silver Medal: Genlian Zhang, CMA
Silver Medal: Li Zhang, CMA
Silver Medal: Qing Yu
August/September/October 2020 Testing Window (English)
Gold Medal: Seanne Veniene Celestino Esguerra
Silver Medal: Yu Zhang
Bronze Medal: Jhomelyn Vanessa Ramos Fernandez, CMA, CPA
December 2020 Testing Window (Chinese)
Gold Medal: Hua Lan
Silver Medal: Yunjie Jia
Silver Medal: Liping Cao, CMA
CMA CERTIFICATES OF DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE
January/February 2020 Testing Window (English)
Abdulhadi Alaithan
Meera Kansagra, CMA
May/June 2020 Testing Window (English)
Yuchen Liu, CMA
Wei Fang
July 25, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Yongfu Zhang, CMA
Yunjun He, CPA
Feng Hu, CMA
July 26, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Senlei Liu, CMA
August/September/October 2020 Testing Window (English)
Marc Rodolf Briol Arca, CMA
Gautam Kumaraswamy, CMA
Yinan Zhang, CMA
December 2020 Testing Window (Chinese)
Xu Han, CMA
Ting Zhao, CMA
Mingyu Zhang
PRISCILLA S. PAYNE OUTSTANDING STUDENT PERFORMANCE AWARDS
January/February 2020 Testing Window (English)
Anshul Mehta, CMA
May/June 2020 Testing Window (English)
Victoria Heavy
July 25, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Jiawen Han
Xiangru Meng, CMA, CPA
July 26, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Xiaomei Zhao
August/September/October 2020 Testing Window (English)
Wei Ming Kendrick Low
December 2020 Testing Window (Chinese)
Yuhe Qiu
STUDENT CERTIFICATES OF DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE
January/February 2020 Testing Window (English)
Mathew Maliekal
Angelo Justin Paras, CMA
Teresa Crum
Scott C. Miller, CMA
May/June 2020 Testing Window (English)
Marley Tunnell
Yidian Gao
Iane Francis Pardillo Canizares
Theresa Kate Regis Palompon
July 25, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Shuhui Li
Ying Liu
Xiya Tan
Lingling Liao
July 26, 2020, Testing Window (Chinese)
Hui Wu
Minhui Jia
Zhenyong Zhuang
Xin Li
August/September/October 2020 Testing Window (English)
Ramon Bisang
Angel John Fua Geronimo
Dardan Mazreku
December 2020 Testing Window (Chinese)
Jinyang Li
Yukun Han
Chang Chen
Kaidi Xu
CSCA AWARDS
September 2020 Testing Window
Gold Award: Jonathan Augelli, CMA, CSCA
Silver Award: Michael Barton, CMA, CSCA, CPA
Bronze Award: David C. Neill, CMA, CSCA, CPA
Global Award Winners
Global award winners are IMA members who have demonstrated the values of IMA in everything they do. They have shown a strong commitment to both IMA and the accounting and finance profession.
IMA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Captain Larry R. White, CMA, CSCA, CFM, CPA, CGFM
EXEMPLARY GLOBAL BOARD MEMBER AWARD
Rick S. Thompson, CMA, CFM, CPA, CTP, CIA, CFE
IMA CHAMPION AWARD
Michael B. Lovelace, CMA, CPA, CISA
Purnima Mishra, CMA, CA
Lianne B. Loeks Munson, CMA, CSCA
Jaywardhan Semwal, CMA
Guruprasad Varadarajan, CMA, ACMA (India), CA
EXEMPLARY YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Loudie Jay Canonoy Falguera, CMA, CPA
Ashley Loflin
Marco Otti
Lybrand Awards
These awards recognize individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the profession through articles published in Strategic Finance and Management Accounting Quarterly from May 2020 through April 2021. Their work has advanced our knowledge of important topics in management accounting and finance, and they have greatly strengthened IMA’s reputation as a thought leader.
LYBRAND GOLD MEDAL
Charles E. Davis, Ph.D., CMA, CPA, CGMA, “Developing Creative Accountants,” Strategic Finance, April 2021
Pinky Rusli, Ph.D., and Nicholas J. Fessler, Ph.D., CMA, CPA, “When a ‘Cautious, Safety-Seeking’ Corporate Culture Leads to Aggressive Reporting Behavior,” Management Accounting Quarterly, Fall 2020
LYBRAND SILVER MEDAL
Douglas M. Boyle, DBA, CMA, CPA, and Brian W. Carpenter, Ph.D., CMA, “Dark Triad Personality Types and Fraud Behavior,” Strategic Finance, June 2020
CERTIFICATES OF MERIT
Monte R. Swain, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CGMA, “A Brief History of Management Accounting,” Management Accounting Quarterly, Winter 2021
Charles E. Davis, Ph.D., CMA, CPA, CGMA, “Four Design Choices That Can Make or Break Your Slide Deck,” Strategic Finance, May 2020
Danny Lanier Jr., Ph.D., CPA, “Lights, Camera, Action! A Framework for Using Reality TV to Boost Classroom Engagement Among Gen Z Learners,” Strategic Finance, August 2020
Douglas M. Boyle, DBA, CMA, CPA; Dana R. Hermanson, Ph.D.; and Ashley Stampone, CPA, “An Analysis of the IMA’s Lybrand Awards: 2010–2019,” Management Accounting Quarterly, Summer 2020
Margarita Lenk, Ph.D., CMA, and Diane Janvrin, Ph.D., CMA, CPA (inactive), “Social Media and Enterprise Risk: The Way Forward,” Strategic Finance, November 2020
Douglas M. Boyle, DBA, CMA, CPA, and Daniel J. Gaydon, “Managing Reputation and Financial Risks through Internal Whistleblower Programs,” Management Accounting Quarterly, Spring 2020
Margaret Shackell, Ph.D., CPA, “Reversing the Ratchet Effect: How Trust Can Improve Employee Performance,” Strategic Finance, March 2021
Reina G. Wiatt, CMA, CPA, “From Cloud to Edge: How Manufacturing is Benefiting from Edge Computing,” Strategic Finance, April 2021
Ken Milani, Ph.D., and Juan Rivera, Ph.D., CPA, “Budgeting for International Operations,” Strategic Finance, November 2020 through January 2021
CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
Kelly Richmond Pope, Ph.D., CPA, and Porschia Nkansa, Ph.D., CPA, CGMA, “Lights, Camera, Action! A Framework for Using Reality TV to Boost Classroom Engagement Among Gen Z Learners,” Strategic Finance, August 2020
Brett Considine, Ph.D., and John Peter Krahel, Ph.D., CPA, “Social Media and Enterprise Risk: The Way Forward,” Strategic Finance, November 2020
Jasmijn C. Bol, Ph.D., and Jeremy Lill, Ph.D., “Reversing the Ratchet Effect: How Trust Can Improve Employee Performance,” Strategic Finance, March 2021
Russell Williamson, Ph.D., CPA, “When a ‘Cautious, Safety-Seeking’ Corporate Culture Leads to Aggressive Reporting Behavior,” Management Accounting Quarterly, Fall 2020
Ronald D. Parker, “Dark Triad Personality Types and Fraud Behavior,” Strategic Finance, June 2020
Ross McClain and Anthony Herrera, “Developing Creative Accountants,” Strategic Finance, April 2021
Afia A. Oppong, “Managing Reputation and Financial Risks through Internal Whistleblower Programs,” Management Accounting Quarterly, Spring 2020
Student Awards
2021 STUDENT CASE COMPETITION WINNER
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ingrid Zarate-Albarran
Maeve Dow
Kiara Sims
D’Nasia Thompson
Paul Wolf
Faculty Advisor:
Daniel R. Siciliano, CMA, CFM, CPA
STUDENT CASE COMPETITION FINALISTS
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
James C. Kilduff Jr.
Allie Ryerson
Lauren Kasey Serrato
Ge Sun
Faculty Advisor:
Daniel R. Siciliano, CMA, CFM, CPA
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Javier Chavarria
Nianying Chen
Kevin Olivis
Burkey Rothenberger
Neha Shah
Faculty Advisor:
Daniel R. Siciliano, CMA, CFM, CPA
St. Aloysius College
Srishti Chadda
Om Gupta
Devansh Gulabwani
Avantika Shukla
Faculty Advisor:
Harbaksh Moolchandani
CHINA STUDENT CASE COMPETITION WINNER
Nankai University
Liu Ying
Hu Shuyu
Xu Nuo
Du YiHong
Liu XiaoXuan
Faculty Advisor:
Hong Bian
IMA MEMORIAL EDUCATION FUND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Iluminada Oyana Asumu Obiang, La Salle University
Eveline Bogdanski, Indiana University Bloomington
Devon Cutter, DeVry University
Kyra Dias Audino, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Fisayo Falokun, The University of Akron
Madelyn Haley, Culver-Stockton College
Katherine Hanus, Dixie State University
Quinn Johnson, Utah State University
Emily Richards, University of South Carolina
Ariel Stewart, Stark State College
Jordan Thompson, Grand Canyon University
STUART CAMERON AND MARGARET MCLEOD MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
John Velazquez, California State University, Bakersfield
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: OUTSTANDING GOLD STUDENT CHAPTERS
Athens State University
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
The University of Jordan
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The University of Scranton
GOLD STUDENT CHAPTERS
Culver-Stockton College
Grand Canyon University
Stark State College
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Utah State University
Valdosta State University
SILVER STUDENT CHAPTER
Ashland University
BRONZE STUDENT CHAPTERS
Appalachian State University
University of Missouri
HONORABLE MENTION STUDENT CHAPTER
University of Southern Indiana
STUDENT MANUSCRIPT WINNER
Maeve Dow, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, “UNLV IMA Student Chapter—COVID-19 Edition”
CENTURY STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
Jarom Hyde, Brigham Young University
CLARK JOHNSON ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stark State College
Educator Awards
URSEL K. ALBERS ACADEMIC MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Ashley Stampone, CPA, The University of Scranton
IMA FACULTY LEADERSHIP AWARD
Steven D. Smith, Ph.D., CMA, Brigham Young University
LEE BRUMMET AWARD
Kimberly Swanson Church, Ph.D., Missouri State University
July 2021
