PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP Partner and Employee Benefit Plan Audit Practice Leader, Donna Massanova, has been selected as one of 2016’s Most Influential Women in Benefit Advising by Employee Benefit Advisor (EBA) magazine.

This respected award distinguishes successful leading women in the employee benefit space who are working to elevate the status of women in the profession. The honor recognizes contributions such as significantly increasing firm market share, providing strategic consulting to help clients achieve their goals, fostering employee benefit innovations and advocating successfully for adviser causes.

EBA selected Massanova for the impact she has had on Baker Tilly and within the advisory field, particularly for accomplishments in educating, mentoring and integrating her team members.

“Donna’s leadership, mentorship, and employee benefit advisory expertise has enabled Baker Tilly’s practice to expand its national leadership in the accounting and advisory industry,” Joe O’Neill, Baker Tilly’s Philadelphia office managing partner and firm leader, tax services, said. “Our entire firm congratulates Donna on this honor, and shares an appreciation for her continuous, value-added efforts to grow our employee benefit plan practice.”

Massanova and the other winners will be celebrated at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Mania conference on July 18-20, 2016 at the Bellagio Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. A full list of the honorees can be found on the publication’swebsite.

To learn more about Baker Tilly’s employee benefit plan audit practice, visit bakertilly.com/services/assurance/employee-benefit-plan-audits/.

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Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) is a nationally recognized, full-service accounting and advisory firm whose specialized professionals connect with clients and their businesses through refreshing candor and clear industry insight. With approximately 2,700 employees across the United States, Baker Tilly is ranked as one of the 15 largest accounting and advisory firms in the country. Headquartered in Chicago, Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 countries, with 28,000 professionals. The combined worldwide revenue of independent member firms is $3.8 billion.