Catherine Engelbert ’86 made history in 2015 as the new chief executive officer of the audit and consulting firm Deloitte LLP. She is the first female CEO of a “Big Four” professional services firm in the United States.

Engelbert, who has a bachelor’s in accounting and serves on Lehigh’s Accounting Advisory Board, assumed her new role in March.

The news of her selection spread quickly through social media, with congratulatory tweets that included “Here’s to glass ceilings being broken!” and “Wow, this is incredibly inspiring.”
Engelbert joined Deloitte after graduating from Lehigh and rose through the ranks there as an accountant. According to the firm, she has a distinguished track record of serving several of Deloitte’s largest and most complex global clients. In her new role, she oversees the company’s approximately 65,000 employees and nearly $15 billion in annual revenue.

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