Ascend
Priyanka Chodhari is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in partnership development and investment banking. Currently serving as the Regional Director of Partnerships at Ascend since 2024, Priyanka previously held the position of Vice President at Stone-Goff Partners in 2023. Prior engagements include serving as an Associate at Leeds Equity Partners from 2019 to 2022 and as an Investment Banking Analyst at Harris Williams between 2017 and 2019. Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in Finance and Real Estate from Villanova University, completed in 2017, and attendance at Cass Business School in 2015. Priyanka's foundational education includes studies at The Lawrenceville School and participation in academic programs at The National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2011.
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Ascend
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.