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Zhongfang “Fang” Zheng serves as director of accounting at StriveTogether, where she leads the organization’s accounting operations, driving financial integrity and compliance. In this role, she oversees day-to-day accounting functions, including financial reporting, grant alignment and internal controls. Fang brings a collaborative, systems-minded approach to her leadership, mentoring her team, strengthening internal processes and partnering across departments to align financial strategy with organizational goals. Her work ensures a financially sustainable foundation for StriveTogether’s mission to support better outcomes for young people and families.

Before joining StriveTogether, Fang held progressive leadership roles at Richardson & Associates, a Cincinnati-based public accounting firm. Over nearly eight years, she led more than 40 auditing, accounting and consulting engagements for nonprofit and private sector clients, managing full-cycle financial reporting, regulatory compliance and risk assessment. Across her career, Fang has built trusted client relationships, coached project teams and delivered process improvements rooted in best practices. At StriveTogether, she now leads the organization’s annual audit and 990 preparation processes, applying her deep expertise in nonprofit accounting and internal controls to ensure financial transparency and regulatory compliance.

Fang is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Ohio. She holds a Master of Accountancy from Bowling Green State University, a Master of Management in Information Science from Shanghai University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. She is multilingual and uses her language skills to support collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams. Fang lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two children.