KLR Leadership
- John S. Renza, Jr., CPA, MBA
- Retired Managing Director
Experience
- Over 35 years of experience in public accounting
- Provides larger clients with advisory services such as tax planning, healthcare consulting, business valuations, investment strategies and venture capital and mezzanine financing
- Expert witness in both Federal and State courts
Education
- BS in Business Administration, magna cum laude, Bryant University
- Masters of Business Administration, Providence College
Professional
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants (RISCPA)
- Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA)
- Rhode Island Board of Accountancy Continuing Education Advisory Committee
- Rhode Island Estate Planning council
- Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
- Leading Edge Alliance
Community
- RI Hospital, governor
- Rhode Island Commodores
- University Club, past president
- Bryant University Board of Trustees, honorary trustee, past member honorary degree committee, past chairperson of board of trustees - finance committee, past co-chairperson for the presidential search committee and past president and treasurer of the university alumni association
- Moses Brown School, past member of the investment committee, past treasurer of Moses Brown School, former chairperson of the budget and finance committee, former trustee of Moses Brown School Board of Overseers, past treasurer of parents association
- Professor of Accounting - Community College of Rhode Island
- Year-Up Mentor
- Committee to re-elect United States Senator John Chafee, past treasurer
- RIPBS Foundation, past chairperson and board member
- Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce - trustee
- Brown University-Medical School Parents Council, past member
- Audubon Society for Rhode Island, past board of trustees member
- Greater Cranston Chamber of Commerce, past director and treasurer
- Cranston Housing authority, former commissioner
- Board of Rhode Island Telecommunications Authority, former chairperson
- 1985 Bryant Fund, past national chairperson