Business Services | Accounting
Milwaukee managing partner
Deloitte | Milwaukee
P.J. DiStefano is managing partner of the Milwaukee practice of the international accounting firm Deloitte LLP, overseeing its audit, tax, consulting and advisory services areas. DiStefano is also a member of Deloitte’s Audit & Assurance Operating Committee and serves large public power and utility and industrial companies as the lead client service partner and lead audit partner. Deloitte has one of the largest footprints in Milwaukee among accounting firms, with 390 local staff and 150 CPAs. It is known for its annual Wisconsin 75 list, which ranks the largest privately held Wisconsin-based companies based on annual sales revenue.
DiStefano has also served as board chair of the Milwaukee Public Museum during a pivotal period for the institution. He assumed the chairmanship early in Ellen Censky’s tenure as president and CEO and just as plans for the museum’s new downtown home were picking up steam. In the past year, the museum has secured needed public funding for the project and launched its $240 million campaign to secure additional funding for the project. DiStefano is also a board member and past chair for the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute and vice chair of Marquette University’s College of Business Administration.
Education: Bachelor’s, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MBA, Wisconsin School of Business, UW-Madison