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As the CEO of Public Accounting at the AICPA, Coffey leads the organization’s strategy to advance public accounting domestically and globally, strengthens the pipeline and competencies of U.S. licensed CPAs, and sets strategy for the Association’s assurance, advisory, tax and practice management initiatives in the U.S. and abroad. Under her leadership, the AICPA is crafting initiatives to ensure a robust and highly skilled U.S. CPA pipeline, while addressing such issues as promoting the value and relevancy of U.S. CPAs and CPA firms, evolving the profession’s core services, leveraging emerging technology and advancing practice quality; and creating opportunities for practice growth around the use of new technologies and in emerging service areas, including environmental/social/governance.

Coffey’s responsibilities encompass a variety of domestic and international diverse communities and stakeholders, giving her a unique, global perspective. Building on her wide range of experience, she has brought a broad view to strategic planning, risk management and problem-solving, guiding the association as it focuses on public interest activities, develops opportunities for CPA firms, and works with firms and other key stakeholders.

A licensed CPA in the States of New York and New Jersey, as well as a Chartered Global Management Accountant, she is a member of the Public Interest Oversight Board’s Stakeholder Advisory Council and has been honored as one of the Most Powerful Women in Accounting by the CPA Practice Advisor as well as featured on Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.

Before she joined the Association, Coffey was with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ accounting and auditing practice. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Fairfield University