CALIFORNIA

Natalie Rava was promoted at Hayashi & Wayland Accounting & Consulting LLP, Salinas, to senior manager. Bryce Boggs and Stacy Radich were promoted to manager, while Kiely Holcomb was promoted to supervisor. Jessica Grado and Whitney Waples were promoted to senior associates. … Cas Findlay, audit and assurance service manager at Krost, Baumgarten, Kniss & Guerrero, Pasadena, will take part in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s three day, 50 mile walk which will start on Sept. 21 and wrap up on the 23^rd.

CHINA 

Anthony Chan joined UHY Advisors Inc., Beijing, as managing director in the firm’s China Group. Chan will also work in the firm’s New York office.

ILLINOIS

Robert Naselli has been promoted to partner at Topel Forman LLC, Chicago. … Andrew D. Richmond joined Cornerstone Research, Chicago, as vice president. Prior to Cornerstone, Richmond worked at Navigant Consulting as a managing director. He also worked at Arthur Andersen and KPMG LLP. … Trisha Squires joined SS&G, Chicago, as director.  Prior to SS&G Squires worked at Ernst & Young LLP in Chicago.

MAINE

Kristan Drzewiecki was promoted to manager at BerryDunn, Portland, in the firm’s Government Consulting Group.

MARYLAND 

Todd Davis joined Discovery Communications Inc., Silver Spring, as executive vice president in the company’s global tax division. Prior to joining Discovery, Davis worked at Ernst & Young LLP, where he co-led the global tax account for General Electric and GE Capital, as well as serving on the Media and Entertainment Industry team.

MASSACHUSETTS 

Ryan M. Fitzgibbon joined G.T. Reilly & Company as staff accountant. … Christopher J. Previte and Erik W. Lynch of Feeley & Driscoll PC, Boston, were admitted as shareholders at the firm.

MINNEAPOLIS 

Froehling Anderson promoted several throughout its St. Louis-based firm: Doris Hentges, Robb Prestholdt, Joe Rubenstein and Becky Prestholdt to manager and Francis Singer to senior accountant.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Christine M. DeAngelis and Thomas R. Vanderhoof joined Leone, McDonnell & Roberts PA. DeAngelis was hired as a senior accountant and Vanderhoof as a staff accountant.

NEW YORK 

Friedman LLP, New York, promoted eight: Jeffrey Agranoff, Edward F. Bechold, John Bono, Jerald Jacobik, Seth Marin, Amish Mehta, Scott Stavin and Bill Timlen were promoted to principal. … Michael S. Myers has been promoted to principal at Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP, New York.

NORTH CAROLINA 

Robert James joins Grant Thornton LLP, Charlotte, as a senior advisor in the firm’s financial services practice. The firm snagged James from Fifth Third Bank, where he led the company as its president and CEO.

OHIO

Hill, Barth & King LLC, Boardman, appointed several principals throughout the firm: Nicholas Demetrios, Philip Denny, Michael Kapics, Christopher Marrie, and Dominic Mastropietro have all moved up the ranks to principal. Sean Kocan, and Joshua Zarlenga were promoted to manager

TENNESSEE 

Jordan Enix joined Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC, Nashville, as a staff analyst in the firm’s Valuation, Litgation, and Business Transition Services Group. Emily Job, a senior accountant in the firm’s Tax Services Division, was recently pegged as one of Chattanooga’s City Scope Magazine’s “Leading Ladies 30 under 30.” Job was also selected as a member of the Protégé Chattanooga 2012-2013 class.

TEXAS

Roger Zeng was promoted to senior manager at UHY Advisors Inc., Houston, in the firm's Flexible Staffing Group. … Jay Tompkins was named partner at Karlins Ramey & Tompkins LLC. … Jason Liu will join the shareholder group at GBH CPAs PC, Houston, effective Oct. 1, 2012.

WASHINGTON 

Jennifer S. Korten, a tax principal at the CPA consulting firm Clark Nuber PS, Bellevue, was appointed to the Partnership Taxation Technical Resource Panel by the AICPA for the 2012-2013 fiscal year starting in October.  

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