The AM&AA Chapter Leader of the Year Award recognizes a leader for their outstanding achievements, membership development, and service within their local chapter.
This award encourages chapter leaders to maintain a high standard of excellence in their work and drive the development of initiatives for their chapter.
Honorees demonstrate strong leadership and organizational skills, creativity, and dedication to the growth of the organization.
Christine M. Hollinden, CPSM, CEPA, CM&AA, CVGA, CEO & Founder at Hollinden Inbound Marketing + Strategists – Christine leverages her expertise in consulting, M&A, marketing, and financing from roles at Grant Thornton, PwC, and KPMG to help organizations achieve growth. She is a frequent presenter for the AICPA, AM&AA, Association of Financial Professionals, BDO, and Geneva Group International, among others. An active leader in her community, she serves on the board for the 5 Buckets Foundation for financial literacy and the Texas Business Hall of Fame. In her spare time, Christine is an avid golfer and is president of a food and wine society.
Tony Boschetto, CPA, MST, CMAA, CVGA, Partner at KLR Outsourcing – Accounting Advisory and Strategic CFO Services.We work with privately held business owners on; Value Growth, M&A transactions, Succession Planning and provide Senior Level Accounting Resources to Transform the Office of the CFO to drive growth and value. Providing outsourced CFO, Controller and Accounting Staff.We work collaboratively with business owners and advisors to prepare an organization for scalability, develop and execute on an exit strategy and maximizing the value of the business. Providing M&A advisory services, transaction support, buy-side and sell-side services.
Steve Kesten, Shareholder & Corporate M&A Group Chair at BoyarMiller – Steve Kesten is the head of the Corporate M&A section and a shareholder at BoyarMiller law firm in Houston. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions; private securities; formation and representation of private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds; entity selection and formation; and general contract review. Steve also assists in the purchase and sale of middle-market companies, private placements, private equity, and venture capital investment.
