EisnerAmper Names 25 New Partners
October 5, 2026
Source: Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Eisner Advisory Group LLC, one of the world’s largest business advisory firms, announces that it has admitted 25 new partners, effective October 1, 2026. They include:
Michael Cianciaruso
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC Michael Cianciaruso is a partner in the firm's Private Client Services Group, bringing nearly 15 years of experience to his role. He focuses on tax services for high-net-worth individuals, closely held businesses, and large corporations. Michael’s expertise spans a range of tax compliance and consulting services, including reviewing individual, partnership, S-corporation, and both standalone and consolidated C-corporation tax returns. He also advises clients on tax strategies, structuring, and projections to support their unique financial goals.
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLCBrian Collins is a partner in outsourced finance and accounting, with more than 20 years of public accounting experience, specializing in assisting business owners with monthly accounting, financial analysis, and other various accountings services. Brian also has deep experience and knowledge in auditing, including nonprofit audits. Brian works with clients in a variety of industries including professional services, non-profits, international in-bound companies, and more.
Robert DiBari
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Robert DiBari is a partner in the firm's Private Client Services Group. With over 15 years of experience, Robert provides tax compliance, strategic planning, business consulting, and advisory services to closely held businesses. He specializes in serving full-service and quick-service restaurants, franchisees, and other closely held businesses across industries.
Jolene Fraser
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Jolene Fraser is a partner in the Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services Group at EisnerAmper LLP with nearly 30 years of public accounting and consulting services experience. Jolene specializes in forensic accounting, providing consulting services and expert testimony in matters involving professional standards applicable to Certified Public Accountants, computation of economic damages in partnership and shareholder disputes as well as other commercial litigation matters, special investigations, and fraud investigations in a wide variety of industries. She works with counsel and their clients on complex accounting, auditing, and financial accounting issues throughout the litigation process.
Rebecka Griffin Frate
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Rebecka Griffin Frate is a partner in the firm. With over ten years of public accounting experience, Rebecka primarily specializes in the construction and real estate industries with an emphasis on low-income housing tax credits and HUD-assisted projects. Rebecka has provided audit services to construction contractors, real estate funds, property-level projects, governmental housing authorities, and not-for-profits.
Natalie Giesen
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Natalie Giesen is an assurance partner in the firm's Real Estate Services practice with nearly 15 years of experience in public accounting. She specializes in the affordable housing real estate industry serving owners, developers, and management companies, with an emphasis on organizations with large portfolios of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Rural Development (RD) financed programs.
Michelle Kershberg
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Michelle Kershberg is a partner in EisnerAmper’s Private Client Services Group with more than 20 years of experience in tax compliance and consulting services. She manages a diverse portfolio of clients, working closely with high net worth individuals as well as complex business entities across a wide range of industries.
Kristen Lewis
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Kristen Lewis is a partner in the firm. With nearly 25 years of experience in professional services marketing, Kristen is responsible for firm-wide strategic initiatives such as go-to-market planning, marketing sales enablement, and M&A integration growth onboarding. She works to design and implement strategic growth initiatives, build strong niche practices, foster a positive marketing culture, pursue strategic alliances, and help develop the firm’s next generation of market leaders.
Julian Lopez
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Julian Lopez is a partner in the firm's Private Client Services group. With over 10 years of experience, Julian focuses on providing tax planning and consulting services to high-net-worth individuals and closely held businesses. He also has extensive experience providing tax planning services to clients in the professional services and real estate industries and in mergers and acquisitions.
Art MajorsPartner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Art Majors is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Group. With over a decade of experience, he provides audit and assurance services to clients across the real estate sector, with a specialized focus on low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) projects and HUD-assisted developments.
Kyle Mason
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Market Growth Leader, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Kyle Mason is a partner and the leader of firm's Legal Industry Group and a market growth leader in the firm’s Advisory Services Group. He has nearly 20 years of experience as a growth leader in the legal industry. Kyle’s focus as the Legal Industry Group Leader is to bring together and elevate the profile of EisnerAmper’s myriad of services and professionals, long trusted by the legal community.
Eric McCutcheon
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Eric McCutcheon is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Construction Services Group. He has over 5 years of experience providing comprehensive tax consulting services to closely held entities, family-owned businesses and their owners. Eric works with clients in the retail, office and residential rental space, in addition to property managers, developers and investors. His' expertise also includes S corporation, and the taxation of individuals.
Danielle McDonagh
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Danielle McDonagh is a partner in the firm's New England Healthcare team, where she serves as a key resource to physicians and medical practice administrators. With nearly 15 years of experience in healthcare-focused accounting and advisory services, she provides practical insights and responsive support that help clients bring clarity and confidence to their financial operations.
Brian McFarlane
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLCBrian McFarlane is a partner in the Real Estate Services Group, with over 10 years of experience in public accounting providing audit services to clients in the real estate and hospitality industry. He serves clients in all phases of the audit process including planning, organization, supervision and review. Brian has significant experience serving a variety of real estate clients, including commercial and residential real estate companies and hotels.
Vicki Michalski
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Vicki Michalski is a partner in the Private Client Services Group at EisnerAmper. With 30 years of experience, she works closely with business owners, individuals, and families to deliver strategic tax planning and compliance services across various industries.
John A. Newkirk
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLCJohn A. Newkirk is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Services Group and a member of the EAG Affordable Housing leadership team. John leads a nationwide affordable housing practice with clients across the country. With nearly 15 years of experience, he specializes in serving the affordable housing industry, advising developers, investors, and real estate principals across the full lifecycle of a project. From deal origination and structuring through construction, lease-up, stabilization, and the full 15 year compliance period, John serves as a trusted advisor on whatever issues arise along the way.
John Regan
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
John Regan is a partner in the Financial Services Group with over five years of experience providing audit and accounting services to a variety of clients, including hedge funds, private equity funds, fund of funds, and asset management companies. John is responsible for all phases of the audit, including planning, organization, supervision, review of the fieldwork, and issuance of financial statements.
Richard Root
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Richard Root is a partner in the Family Office Services practice, within the firm’s Outsourced Services Group. He has more than 30 years of experience providing comprehensive services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, corporate executives, and institutional clients. Richard has hands-on experience operating all aspects of managing a personal services business. He also specializes in providing outsourced CFO and family office services to clients.
Adam J. Slavin
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Adam J. Slavin is a partner in the firm’s Private Company Services practice with nearly 25 years of experience advising privately held businesses, family investment partnerships, real estate partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals. He works closely with business owners and families to address complex tax matters while supporting long-term wealth and business planning objectives.
Matthew Tomaszewski
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Matthew Tomaszewski is a partner in EisnerAmper’s Private Client Services practice with nearly 30 years of experience, including more than 25 years with the firm. He advises closely held businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and multi-generational family entities on a wide range of tax matters, with a particular focus on clients within the professional services sector.
Alexander TurkPartner, Eisner Advisory Group LLCAlexander Turk is a partner and a member of the Financial Services Group. He provides tax compliance and planning services to hedge funds, private equity funds, and fund of funds clients. Prior to joining the firm, Alex was senior auditor with a national accounting firm and he provided audit, review, and compilation services to a variety of clients focusing on not-for-profit and real estate.
Bethany WagnerPartner, Eisner Advisory Group LLCBethany Wagner is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Tax practice. With nearly 15 years of experience, Bethany focuses on serving clients in the affordable housing sector. She advises management companies, construction firms, developers, and owners of apartment complexes on complex tax matters across the real estate and construction industries.
James Wiltenmuth
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Partner, EisnerAmper LLP
James Wiltenmuth is a partner in the Audit and Assurance Services Group with over 15 years of public accounting experience. He leads financial statement audits for both public and private companies, with a primary focus on manufacturing and distribution, as well as construction and employee benefit plans.
Emily Zemanek
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLCEmily Zemanek is a partner in the firm's Private Client Services Group. With 15 years of experience, she provides accounting and tax advisory services to privately held businesses across various industries. Her work focuses on helping clients address the unique financial challenges of closely held enterprises, aligning tax strategies with long-term operational goals.
