Dawn Brolin is the CEO of Powerful Accounting, Inc. and is known throughout the accounting profession as ‘The Designated Motivator for Accounting Professionals.’ A Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner based in Windham, Connecticut, Dawn has been a leading educator, motivator, and technology advocate in the accounting profession for more than two decades. She is a multiple-year recipient of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting, has been named one of CPA Practice Advisor’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting from 2012 through 2021, and is the author of The Designated Motivator and The Designated Motivator for Accounting Professionals. Dawn serves on the Intuit Tax Council, the ADP Advisory Board, the Avalara QuickBooks Advisory Board, and as President of the Accounting Cornerstone Foundation.