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William Pirolli

Chair, AICPA and Vice-Chair, Association
William (Bill) Pirolli, CPA, PFS, CFF, CGMA is a partner in the accounting, consulting and financial services organization of DiSanto Priest & Co., CPA’s located in Warwick, Rhode Island. For over 40 years, Bill’s passion has been representing individuals and family/privately owned businesses in a wide variety of service areas including tax, estate and life planning, wealth creation and management, merger and acquisition, succession planning and everything else in between. Bill’s personalized and passionate approach has been instrumental in establishing himself as his client’s Most Trusted Business Advisor. Bill has served on numerous committees for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) including the MAP Committee, the Small Firm Advocacy Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Relations with the Bar Association Committee, the AICPA Governing Council and is a Past Chair of The PCPS Executive Committee, serving that committee for nine years. He is a recipient of the AICPA Sustained Service Award. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and a member of the Public Accounting (AICPA) Board from October 2015 through May 2019. Additionally, Bill is past president of the Rhode Island Society of CPA’s, is past president of the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce and served on the Board of Directors of the Kent County Mental Health Association. Bill served as the Chairman of the Board of the AICPA with a term of May 2021 – 2022. He also served as Co-Chair of The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants for the same period. He currently serves as Immediate Past Chair through May of 2023. Bill is an avid golfer, loves to cook, enjoys photography and rides his Peloton with passion. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Joanne.