Margaret Smith Joins CohnReznick as new Chief Administration and Transformation Officer

April 15, 2026 — CohnReznick, a leading professional services firm, today announced that Margaret Smith has joined the firm as our new Chief Administration and Transformation Officer. 

Margaret brings deep leadership experience in professional services organizations, where she partnered with global teams to deliver innovation, operational excellence, and business-critical services across the firm. Throughout her career, Margaret has focused on enabling people and organizations to perform at their best, with a strong commitment to inclusive leadership, wellbeing, and building environments where teams can thrive.

“As our firm’s organic growth, solutions expansion for our clients and our people, and acquisition plans accelerate, our operations functions have an even more critical role to play in our success,” said David Kessler, CEO, CohnReznick Advisory LLC. “Margaret’s experience will help to continue to optimize our organization for what’s next.” 

In her Chief Administration and Transformation Officer role, Margaret will drive operational excellence and transformation across our practice management functions, collaborating to achieve our firm goals and continuing to provide an exceptional experience for CohnReznick’s clients and people as the firm scales and innovates.

About CohnReznick  
CohnReznick helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through associated firms operating under the CohnReznick brand: CohnReznick LLP, a licensed CPA firm providing assurance services; and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (not a licensed firm) providing advisory and tax services. Together, CohnReznick provides leaders with deep industry knowledge and relationships, solutions to address clients’ unique business goals and risks, and insight on how emerging market forces can drive opportunity. With offices nationwide, CohnReznick serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia.