HBE Becker Meyer Love LLP (www.hbecpa.com), one of the area’s leading certified public accounting and consulting firms, is pleased to announce that they have been added to the 2015 Accounting MOVE Project Equity Leadership List. The list, which is co-sponsored by the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance (www.afwa.org) and the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accounting (www.awscpa.org), recognizes firms with high proportions of women partners and principles. With women leadership equity of 50%, HBE is one of just 14 firms nationwide awarded with this honor and the only firm in the region on the list.

Founded in 1974, HBE has a long history of leadership equality due to core values centered upon integrity, respect, and teamwork. The Accounting MOVE Project evaluates CPA firms across the nation based on percentage of women in leadership roles of various levels. The 2015 Accounting MOVE Project reports a significant boost in the proportion of women partners and principles at the 47 CPA firms participating in the project—an average of 22%, up from 17% five years ago.

For the full list of this year’s equity leadership firms, please visit www.afwa.org/2015/06/02/2015-bestpublic-accounting-firms-women.

For more information about HBE Becker Meyer Love LLP, please visit www.hbecpa.com.