With nearly three decades under his belt at Deloitte, Blank was promoted in January 2024 from head of the Big Four global accounting firm’s Greater Washington market to a national role as U.S. tax chief strategy officer.

Blank oversees services for national and global tax clients, including specializations such as tax planning, tax research and analysis, and mergers and acquisitions. He previously served on the Deloitte U.S. Board Council and its U.S. Board Risk Committee. He currently serves as the audit and compliance chair for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

Blank also serves on the advisory council for the Wolf Trap Foundation and on the boards of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the District of Columbia College Access Program. He’s also an alumnus of Leadership Greater Washington. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Florida.

For fiscal 2024, Deloitte reported record revenues of $67.2 billion, a 3.1% increase over fiscal 2023.

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In 2024, Junaideen took over as Greater Washington market leader for Big Four global accounting firm Deloitte.

He also serves as managing partner of Deloitte’s Northern Virginia offices in Rosslyn and McLean. Junaideen was previously principal at the Deloitte & Touche subsidiary.

Junaideen started as a senior consultant with Deloitte’s Australian office. He also previously served as U.S. life sciences and health care leader for Deloitte’s advisory business, spent three years in India, where he was responsible for Deloitte’s risk advisory services, and was market leader for the firm’s U.S. federal contracting business.

Junaideen holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Cloud State University and completed a graduate conversion program in accounting at Macquarie University in Australia.

A member of Leadership Greater Washington’s class of 2025, he serves on multiple boards, including for the DC College Access Program and the United Way of the National Capital Area.

MOST VALUED POSSESSION: A small rock that my late father used to have in his office — he would roll it in his hands while thinking.

INTERESTING PLACE I’VE TRAVELED: Maasai Mara in Kenya

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After seven years with RetailData, serving as chief operating officer and vice president of strategic initiatives, Blondin was tapped to become CEO in 2020. In 2021, RetailData acquired e-commerce data extraction and software development company Loginworks. Blondin launched Intrics that same year. In November 2024, RetailData rebranded as RDSolutions.

With 650 employees, RDSolutions provides market intelligence and analytics to e-commerce and brick and mortar retailers by analyzing real-time, shelf-level pricing and promotions and developing proprietary data validation tools that allow retailers to respond quickly to competitive trends. Its Intrics Intelligence Platform processes billions of data points weekly across brick-and-mortar and online retail stores.

Blondin holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northeastern

University and an MBA from Arizona State University. He previously served as general manager of Biomass Energy, executive director of engineering and operations for The Earth Partners and vice president of business development for International WoodFuels.

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Hartogs serves as BDO USA’s tax market managing principal for the Greater Washington market. She oversees more than 550 tax professionals across 10 cities and leads the tax practice in operations, strategy, business development, recruiting and professional development. She’s also a leader of BDO USA’s tax efficiency team.

BDO USA is the U.S. member firm of BDO Global, the world’s fifth largest accounting network. In fiscal 2023, BDO USA’s revenues were approximately $2.9 billion; worldwide revenues for BDO topped $15 billion.

Hartogs previously served as BDO’s Atlantic region managing partner in tax services. A West Virginia University graduate, she began her career at CPA firm Argy Wiltse & Robinson and was a partner at the firm when BDO acquired it in 2012.

In 2019, she received BDO’s Seidman Neuhausen award, which recognizes staffers who exemplify BDO’s core purpose and values. She also attended the BDO-Harvard Global Executive Leadership Program.

Hartogs volunteers with the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ DEI Advisory Council, Virginia Medical Reserve Corps and SevaTruck Foundation, among others.

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST: I love being near the water, watching and hearing the waves crashing against the shore.

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In 2024, after serving as The Martin Agency’s chief creative officer since 2020, Robinson became the advertising agency’s CEO, succeeding Kristen Cavallo. Robinson joined Martin two decades ago and has overseen campaigns for national clients like Geico, UPS and Old Navy.

During his tenure as chief creative officer, Adweek named Martin its Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, Robinson was named Ad Age’s Chief Creative Officer of the Year. This year, Martin lost a major account, CarMax, but in late 2024 secured YMCA and JP Morgan Wealth Management.

Before joining Martin, Robinson co-founded ad agency Vigilante, best known for Oprah Winfrey’s 2004 car giveaway.

A graduate of Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) and Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University), he serves on the boards of Creative Ladder, Donate Life and The One Club for Creativity.

ON INTEGRATING AI: AI is here to stay but it won’t make agency jobs obsolete — it’ll expose who’s actually adding value.

WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT ME: There was a period during my 30s when I regularly performed stand-up comedy in clubs in New York and Connecticut.

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In 2023, Kotter was tapped to become Greater Washington managing partner for Ernst & Young, succeeding Kevin Virostek, who retired. Kotter has worked at EY since 1998 and previously served as an assurance partner.

In addition to managing EY’s Greater Washington offices, Kotter holds client-serving responsibilities. He has served as a global client service partner for Marriott International.

He has also served as co-director of EY’s mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year program and as a member of the Americas Advisory Council and U.S. Partner Principal Council, Assurance Partner Forum and the U.S.-East Region Partner Forum.

He is currently a board member of Goodwill of Greater Washington. He has also served on the steering committee for the local chapter of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers and as a board member of The Global Good Fund and Scouting America’s National Capital Area Council.

Kotter holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and an MBA from George Washington University.

EY posted $51.2 billion in revenue for fiscal 2024, up from $49.4 billion the previous fiscal year.

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Marx became Grant Thornton’s D.C. market managing principal in 2024, leading the Arlington regional office for the Chicago-based U.S. arm of the global accounting firm network.

With more than 25 years of experience, Marx was a tax principal at Grant Thornton for 13-plus years. From 2015 to 2020, he led the firm’s Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory practices for its Atlantic Coast region.

He previously was managing director of tax services for LECG Business Consulting. (Grant Thornton purchased its parent company’s tax and business consulting groups in 2011.) Marx has also worked for InfraSource Services, Comcast and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He holds bachelor’s degrees in education and accounting from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in taxation from the University of Tulsa. Marx is a board member and treasurer of the Philadelphia School Partnership and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Grant Thornton employs about 375 people in Virginia and more than 72,800 worldwide. It posted U.S. revenues of $2.4 billion in fiscal 2023. In fiscal 2024, Grant Thornton International reported $8 billion in revenue.

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