Carol Lapidus

Carol is a partner at RSM US LLP, based in the New York office, and is the firm’s national leader of the consumer products industry practice. She has served clients as an accountant and consultant for over 30 years.

Carol leads the consumer products practice, working with internal teams to optimize growth and client service, as well as externally, meeting with clients, prospects and influencers, sharing RSM’s expertise in the consumer products industry. She also advises clients on organizational structure, licensing, international operations, mergers and acquisitions, financing, cost containment and long-term planning.

In 1994, Carol became the first woman in the history of Goldstein Golub Kessler & Company, P.C., voted into the partnership, before partners of that firm joined RSM.

Professional affiliations and credentials

Certified public accountant, New York; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Apparel and Footwear Association; Delivering Good  - board member; National Retail Federation; Women’s Presidents Organization; Bachelor of Science, accounting, with honors, University of Massachusetts at Amherst