Meet Angel Li – CTCPA Women's Awards Winner – Experienced Leader

Angel is a Tax Partner with CohnReznick, where she advises privately held and private equity-backed businesses across the real estate, healthcare, waste management, and service industries. She works closely with clients on tax planning and compliance, partnership taxation, mergers and acquisitions, transaction structuring, and other complex tax matters. 

A significant part of her role is understanding each client’s business and helping them navigate important decisions and challenges. She also enjoys developing people, mentoring the next generation of professionals, and building long-term relationships with both clients and colleagues.

What inspired you to pursue the CPA career path?

What I enjoy most about the CPA profession is the opportunity to work closely with people and businesses. Understanding people and building relationships have always come naturally to me. I enjoy being a trusted advisor, someone clients feel comfortable turning to when they are facing an important decision or challenge. Every client and every business is different, so I am constantly learning, solving new problems, and challenging myself. That combination of people, relationships, business, and problem-solving is what has made this career so rewarding for me.

What professional accomplishment are you most proud of?

The accomplishment I am most proud of is the impact I have had on the people around me. I am passionate about what we do, but I am equally passionate about developing the next generation. I enjoy coaching people, helping them understand both the technical side of our work and how to build relationships and become trusted advisors. I want people who have worked with me to know that I genuinely cared about their careers and was willing to invest the time to help them grow. Seeing people, I have mentored succeed and become leaders themselves is one of the most rewarding parts of my career.

What is your next major goal?

My next major goal is to get out into the market more and be a visible role model for the next generation of women in our profession. I want young women to see what is possible, encourage them to stay in the profession, and help them build successful careers. I want to mentor them, lead by example, and be someone they can look up to and lean on along the way.

What is your favorite thing to do outside of work?

I love being active, being outside, and honestly, just having fun. I could hike all day or spend an entire day on a volleyball court and be completely happy. I also love pickleball and golf. I work hard, but I love to play hard too. For me, there’s nothing better than being active, having fun, and spending time with people I love and care about.