Recognizing the achievements of Canadian bookkeepers since 2015
Each year, CPB Canada recognizes excellence and leadership in the Canadian bookkeeping profession. The awards are presented to members who uphold the standards and ideals of CPB Canada and have made outstanding contributions to CPB Canada, their community, and their clients.
2025 Awards Recipients
Mentor of the Year
Laura Acs, CPB
Collective Finance
Organizational Excellence Award
Karve Solutions - Christina Carlos & Kelly Russells
Professional Leader of the Year Award
Arielle Smith, CPB
Fix My Books
Professional Leader of the Year Award
Nick Davis, CPB
Chickadee Nonprofit Solutions
Industry Excellence Award
Marilyn Benninger, CPA, CGA
(Posthumous)
Emerging Leader of the Year Award
Emily Joy Bettle
Bettle Bookkeeping
Fellow Award (FCPB)
Kellie Parks, CPB, FCPB
Calmwaters Cloud Accounting
Volunteer of the Year Award
Dawn Ross, CPB
All Tasks Service LTD
2024 Awards Recipients
Emerging Leader of the Year Award
- Amna Khan – KATA Accounting Solutions
Distinguished Service Award
- Bianca Mueller, CPB – Wagepoint Community Manager
Professional Leader of the Year Award
- Rachel Devine, CPB – On Track Bookkeeping Solutions Ltd.
Firm of the Year Award
- balncd Inc. – Tim Hayward, CPA
New Firm of the Year Award
- Chickadee Nonprofit Solutions Inc. – Natalie Marshik, CPB
2023 Awards Recipients
Fellow Award
- Tanya Hilts, CPB, FCPB – Cloud Business Services
Emerging Leader of the Year Award
- Vanessa Arreaga – Sunshine Books Inc
Distinguished Service Award
- Kerri Bouffard, CPB – Addvantage Bookkeeping
Professional Leader of the Year Award
- Danielle Gadoury, CPB – D & D Professional Services
Firm of the Year Award
- Kata Accounting Solutions, Jonathan Carter, CPA, CMA, CPB
New Firm of the Year Award
- Fix My Books Inc., Arielle Smith, CPB (Gabrielle) & Jason Smith
2022 Awards Recipients
Fellow
- Jeff Caverly, CPB, FCPB., CPB Canada, QC
Emerging Leader of the Year Award
- Corrie Verheijen, CV Bookkeeping, AB
Distinguished Service Award
- Kellie Parks, CPB, Calmwaters Cloud Accounting, ON
Professional Leader of the Year Award
- Dawn Ross, CPB, All Tasks Service LTD, AB
Firm of the Year Award
- Bonfire Bookkeeping Ltd, AB, Lisa Channell, CPB & Tracy Lampron, CPB, FCPB
New Firm of the Year Award
- Bean Counters Bookkeeping Ltd.AB, Tamara Read, CPB & Tara Rogers, CPB
2021 Awards Recipients
Fellow
- Beverly Haggins, CPB, FCPB, HB Accounting Services, ON
- Tracy Lampron, CPB, FCPB, Bonfire Bookkeeping, QC
Emerging Leader of the Year Award
- Natalie Marshik, CPB, Chickadee Bookkeeping, BC
Distinguished Service Award
- Rachel Fisch, CPB, High Rock Accounting, ON
Professional Leader of the Year Award
- Sherri-Lee Mathers, CPB, Balsam Way Bookkeeping & Business Solutions Ltd., BC
Firm of the Year Award
- JMB Bookkeeping & Consulting (Timmins) Ltd., ON, Jeanna Bennett, CPB
2020 Awards Recipients
Professional Leader of the Year Award
- Teresa Slack, CPB, Financly Bookkeeping Services, ON
Firm of the Year Award
- Financly Bookkeeping Solutions, ON, Connie Smith, CPB, Teresa Slack, CPB
2019 Awards Recipients
Distinguished Service Award
- Alan Salmon, FCPB, K2E Canada Inc., ON
Professional Leader of the Year Award
- Tanya Hilts, CPB, Cloud Bookkeeping Services, ON
Firm of the Year Award
- Positive Accounting, ON, Joti Vallabh, CPB
2018 Awards Recipients
Distinguished Service Award
- Dianne Mueller, CPB, FCPB, Soma Small Business Solutions, BC
Bookkeeper of the Year Award
- Tracy Lampron, CPB, Serene Accounting, QC
Bookkeeping Firm of the Year Award
- Paper Trail Bookkeeping, BC, Chenine Humphrey, CPB
2017 Awards Recipients
Fellow Award
- Laura Sellars, CPB, FCPB Taron Consulting, ON
Distinguished Service Award
- GloriaAnn Curwin, CPB, GAIN CONTROL Bookkeeping & Tax Services, ON
Bookkeeper of the Year Award
- Shirley Franklin, CPB, Ducks in a Row Services, BC
Bookkeeping Firm of the Year Award
- Mulrooney & Associates Inc., ON, Carrie Mulrooney, CPB
2016 Awards Recipients
Fellow Award
- Rod Cox, CPB, FCPB, CFR Management Inc., BC
- Colleen Hoggarth, CPB, FCPB, Security House Accounting Services Inc., BC
Distinguished Service Award
- Marge Wegren-Debré, CPB, FCPB, P51 Computing Strategies, AB
Bookkeeper of the Year Award
- Chenine Humphrey, CPB, Paper Trail Bookkeeping, BC
Bookkeeping Firm of the Year Award
- AIS Solutions, ON, Juliet Aurora, CPB
2015 Awards Recipients
Fellow Award
- Gordon Holley, CPB, FCPB
- Dianne Mueller, CPB, FCPB, Soma Small Business Solutions, BC
- Louie Prosperi, CPB, FCPB
- Marian Rice, CPB, FCPB, Bookkeeping Solutions, BC
- Shelley Rudiger, CPB, FCPB, Leashing your Ledgers Bookkeeping Inc., BC
- Alan Salmon, FCPB, K2E Canada Inc., ON
- Marge Wegren-Debré, CPB, FCPB, P51 Computing Strategies, AB
Distinguished Service Award
- Marilyn Benninger, CPA, CGA, – Self-employed, ON
- Jennifer Warawa, Simply Accounting – Sage, BC
