Finance and accounting operations
10 ASC 842 lease accounting experts
These ten accounting professionals have led or managed lease accounting inside companies, with lease accounting named in their own job titles. A reader can learn how lease accounting under ASC 842 is set up and run inside a company.
Professionals to explore
01—10Daniel Waldstein, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Lease Accounting Manager · WeWork
Lease Accounting Manager at WeWork since 2019 and Senior Lease Accountant at Caesars Entertainment from 2014 to 2019. The profile describes working with GAAP, ASC 842 and ASC 840 and leading and optimizing system processes for companies such as WeWork and Caesars Entertainment.
Kerryn Shan Zhao, CPA, CA(SA)
LinkedInExperience: Accounting Manager - North American Lease Accounting · Plains
Former Accounting Manager - Lease Accounting (2019–2020) and Accounting Manager - North American Lease Accounting (2020–2025) at Plains. The profile describes leading a large accounting project to implement ASC 842, including lease identification and quantification, implementing and testing a lease accounting system, and creating SOX processes and controls.
Laurie Kwapick
LinkedInExperience: Lease Accounting Senior Manager · Target
Lease Accounting Senior Manager at Target since 2016, a role the profile says owns lease and common area maintenance property accounting at Target, including the ASC 842 GAAP accounting implications and 10-Q and 10-K support and disclosures. The profile also lists Accounting Manager at Target (2014–2016).
Leanne Ikegami
LinkedInExperience: Lease Accounting Controller - ASC 842 implementation · Google
Former Lease Accounting Controller - ASC 842 implementation at Google (2017–2020) and Lease Accounting Controller - Technical Infrastructure at Google since 2020. The profile also lists Business Controller - Real Estate Workplace Services (2014–2017) and SEC Reporting & Technical Accounting Manager (2011–2014) at Google.
Misty Dufur, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager - Lease Accounting · Rackspace Technology
Senior Manager - Lease Accounting at Rackspace Technology since 2024. As Corporate Accounting II Manager at Hanesbrands Inc. (2017–2024), the profile says this person was the subject matter expert for all lease accounting functions, including month-end entries, reconciliations and ad hoc reporting, and assisted with the creation of a new system.
Neil Mallea, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Global Lease Accounting · Nike
Manager, Global Lease Accounting at Nike since 2018, a role the profile says involves executing and maintaining end-to-end lease accounting for the North America and APLA non-real estate lease portfolio. The profile also lists Tax Specialist III at Columbia Sportswear Company (2015–2018) and Senior Tax Associate at Perkins & Co (2013–2015).
Nicole Shofner
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, Global Lease Accounting Transformation & Automation · Amazon
Senior Manager, Global Lease Accounting Transformation & Automation at Amazon since 2022. At Amazon the profile also lists Accounting Manager, WW Lease Accounting Projects (2020) and Accounting Manager, WW Lease Accounting Projects Lead (2020–2022), and it lists Accounting Policy, Manager at Capital One (2016–2018).
Sarah Dash, MBA, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Director, Lease Accounting Center Leader · Walmart
Director, Lease Accounting Center Leader at Walmart since 2025. At Walmart the profile also lists Director, Global Lease Center of Expertise (2017–2021), Director, Real Estate Projects (Accounting) (2021–2022) and Director, Global Controllership (2022–2025).
Shruti Patel, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Director, Lease Accounting · Michael Kors
Former Director, Lease Accounting at Michael Kors (2019–2021) and Senior Manager, Lease Accounting at Compass since 2021. The profile also lists Director (2016–2019), VP, Real Estate and IT accounting (2014–2016) and Team Lead VP, Regulatory Reporting (2011–2014) at CIT.
Stevee Ragain
LinkedInExperience: Director, Lease Accounting Hotel Transactions · Marriott International
Former Director, Lease Accounting Hotel Transactions (2017–2021) and Senior Director, CECL, Lease Accounting & Relocation Finance (2021–2022) at Marriott International; the profile says the senior director role led and oversaw global processes for lease accounting, CECL accounting and the relocation finance team. Corporate Accounting Senior Director - CECL, Leases, Relocation and Banking at Marriott International since 2026.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's portfolio to yours, since a few hundred store leases, a global real estate footprint and equipment or infrastructure leases each raise different questions. Also ask whether the person led the original ASC 842 implementation or runs the process today, because those roles see different problems.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you gather and validate lease data before adopting ASC 842, and what did you find was missing?
- 02Which lease accounting system do you use, and what had to be customized or worked around?
- 03How do you handle lease modifications, renewals and terminations in the monthly close?
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