For Immediate Release
Contact: Kelli-Anne Cerini
Marketing Coordinator
Cerini & Associates, LLP
P: 631-582-1600 ext. 401
E: [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 4, 2021 – Bohemia, NY– Cerini & Associates LLP is proud to announce that Jacob Lutz, CPA, MBA Supervisor and Crystal Harvey Senior Accountant are the recipient of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Award 2020-2021. Jacob and Crystal are being honored alongside other impressive future leaders of Long Island.
The Chamber’s Young Professionals Committee was formed in 2006 to serve the younger members of the Chamber of Commerce with specific programs and networking events. The committee’s goal is to encourage young influential people from all lines of work, to come together to share their experiences, utilize each other’s resources, generate business, work with chamber members and build their careers. Going into the 12th year of the “Celebrate Long Island’s Young Professionals” Recognition Event, the Chamber continues to shine a spotlight on incredible young professionals.
Jacob joined Cerini & Associates in January of 2013 and has been actively providing tax, compliance, and business advisory services to a wide variety of both for-profit and non-profit clients. Jacob is very active in the marketing and development of the firm. He is a regular contributor and editor of several of the firm’s newsletters and his articles focus heavily on tax compliance and emerging tax laws and issues, and he has been quoted by Bloomberg BNA.
Crystal joined Cerini & Associates in January of 2019 and is a member of our Audit Staff. She focuses on serving nonprofit, for profit, and employee benefit plan clientele. She has experience performing assurance work and outsourced accounting work, as well as preparing tax returns. Crystal has extensive knowledge surrounding the operations, controls, and environments of the sectors she focuses on.
“We are very proud of the expertise and involvement of our young professionals and we know that we have an extremely bright future with talent like Jake and Crystal providing innovative, value added services to our clients,” said Ken Cerini, Managing Partner of Cerini & Associates, LLP.
The Huntington Chamber “Celebrate Long Island’s Young Professionals” Recognition Event was held on Thursday, August 5th, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm at the Pavilion at Suken Meadow.
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About Cerini & Associates, LLP
Cerini & Associates, LLP is a full-service accounting firm celebrating twenty-seven years of excellence in leading-edge accounting and auditing services. With over fifty employees, five partners, and a foundation built on value-added ideas and integrity, C&A serves many industries, including healthcare, nonprofit, education, school districts, technology, contractors, and an array of mid-sized businesses (including retailers, manufacturers, distributors, et al.). C&A’s services include, but are not limited to: accounting and auditing; tax compliance and business advisory; tax controversy defense and support; litigation support; mergers and acquisitions; internal audit; and operational and internal control reviews.
C&A’s staff takes pride in the quality of its work and operates with the technical ability of a much larger firm. C&A is also proud to have received an unqualified opinion during its last tri-annual peer review. The firm is affiliated with many professional organizations, including the: New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.