Elizabeth Cannata has been a practicing Certified Public Accountant for more than 20 years, servicing medium to large privately held companies, working primarily in the retail, not-for-profit, construction, and service industries.Cannata is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. She is also a member of the Rhode Island Association of Accounting Professors and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, on the Executive Board of the Parent Council of Mount Saint Charles Academy, and is actively involved in the Saint John Vianney Parish as well as a Lector and Religious Education Teacher.