SMARTCPA PRESS RELEASE Douglas P. Arkin Wins 2009 SmartCEO SmartCPA award   Douglas P. Arkin recognized as one of Greater Washington’s top accountants.   Rockville, MD, September 1, 2009 – Arkin & Company, Chartered announced today that Douglas P. Arkin, has received a Washington SmartCEO 2009 SmartCPA Award, which recognizes the top accountants in Greater Washington based on their expertise, relationship development, achievements, leadership and innovation.   The 30 winners of the fourth annual SmartCPA Award will be celebrated at SmartCEO’s SmartCPA awards event on September 16, 2009, on board the Nina Dandy Dinner Cruise Line, Zero Prince St., Old Town Alexandria, VA 22314 from 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm.   New to this year's program, we have categorized all the winners under five different strengths. We will be selecting one recipient in each category who is being applauded for outstanding performance as a Leader, Expert, Achiever, Innovator or Relationship Developer. SmartCEO is honored to recognize all the 2009 SmartCPA winners and will announce the winners in each category on the night of the event.   Each winner is also profiled in the print and digital September issue of SmartCEO, in which over 34,000 business owners will see and read their stories. The winners are selected by an independent panel of business leaders.   This year’s SmartCPAs have collectively been in their CPA roles for over 680 years, and their firms employ thousands of individuals across the Greater Washington metro.   “SmartCPA recipients represent a unique combination of attributes that any CPA and firm should be inspired by. We are honored to recognize Douglas P. Arkin as one of Greater Washington’s leaders in accounting,” said Jaime Park, publisher of SmartCEO.   SmartCEO thanks the 2009 SmartCPA sponsors for their generous support: TriNet, Odin Feldman Pittleman, Evergreen Capital and the Greater Washington Society of CPAs.   Washington SmartCEO magazine is a regional “growing company” publication. SmartCEO believes that a “growing company” is really determined by the spirit, drive and dynamics of a company’s owners and managers, rather than by the size of its building, the number of its employees, or its sales volume. Each month, a variety of businesses in the greater Baltimore and Washington area turn to SmartCEO for features, case-study advice and trend analysis, all with a uniquely local flavor.     2009 SmartCPA winners   EXPERTS Mary Karen Wills Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C.   Remonde Brangman CBIZ MHM, LLC   David Cotton Cotton & Company LLP   Andrew Lang LangCPA Consulting, LLC   Lynne Gummo SC&H Group   Tom Miller Thompson, Greenspon & Co., P.C.   Kevin Reilly Witt Mares, PLC   LEADERS Donald Williamson American University   Christy Beck Clifton Gunderson LLP   Mark Watts Cocke, Szpanka & Taylor, CPAs, PC   Gregg Funkhouser Goodman & Company, LLP   Daniel Kovlak KPMG LLP   Dan Whelan RSM McGladrey/McGladrey & Pullen LLP   ACHIEVERS Sharon Berman Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. Mia Leswing Clifton Gunderson LLP   Kathleen Flaherty E. Cohen and Company, CPAs   Kirk McLaren Envision EMI, LLC   Stanley Berman Global Impact   Rodney Saunders RSM McGladrey/McGladrey & Pullen LLP   INNOVATORS Lisa Cines Aronson & Company   Bill Eisig BDO Seidman, LLP   Richard Leonard Homes, Lowry, Horn & Johnson, Ltd.   Leonard Block NASDAQ   Janette Burke RSM McGladrey/McGladrey & Pullen LLP   RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPERS Doug Arkin Arkin & Company, Chartered   Randal G. Vellocido CBIZ MHM, LLC   Denise Wu Clifton Gunderson LLP   Daniel Black Daniel Black & Associates, CPA   Marion Hecht Goodman & Company, LLP   Andy Smith The McLean Group