Hope Goldstein, CPA
Partner

Hope Goldstein, CPA, is a Partner within the Nonprofit and Government Services Group at Marks Paneth & Shron LLP. Ms. Goldstein brings to her role the skills she has developed during more than 17 years of providing accounting and auditing services to her clients in the nonprofit, higher education, and public sector industries. Her experience includes audit and attest engagements as well as projects involving mergers, initial bond offerings, governance structures, forecasts, internal control and systems studies, risk assessments and assurance activities. She has led numerous training seminars for her clients and professional staff on various topics relating to new accounting standards, governance, compliance, and financial reporting.

Prior to joining Marks Paneth & Shron, Ms. Goldstein was a director with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she focused on accounting and auditing for many of their largest clients, including public charities, private foundations, colleges and universities, social services and membership organizations, and cultural institutions. Among the projects she has directed are mergers among not-for-profits, bond offerings, forecasting services, internal control and systems studies, operational reviews and governance studies.

Ms. Goldstein is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA). She is very active in the NYSSCPA, serving on its Committees for Government Accounting and Auditing, Not-for-Profit Accounting, Advancement of Women, and Tax Exempt Organizations.

Ms. Goldstein is the author of “Six Questions to Ask Before Joining a Nonprofit Board,“ which was published in Boardroom Insider, and “Board Member, Beware,” published in Worth magazine. She is also a member of the National Editorial Board of Nonprofit Agendas, a bimonthly newsletter that focuses on the nonprofit sector.

In addition to her professional activities, she is a dedicated volunteer who regularly donates her time to charitable organizations. She has served on numerous nonprofit Boards of Trustees in a variety of capacities, including as Treasurer of the Fifth Avenue Committee; as a member of the Executive Committee of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training; and as a Chairperson of the Finance Committee for Musical Theatre Works.

Ms. Goldstein holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Brooklyn College. She is licensed to practice in New York State.

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
Bachelor of Science
Major: Accounting

• Government Accounting and Auditing Committee

• Not-For-Profit Accounting Committee

• Advancement of Women Committee

• Tax Exempt Organizations Committee

Past Treasurer, Fifth Avenue Committee
Past Member, Executive Committee, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training
Former Chairperson, Finance Committee, Musical Theatre Works