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Ellie Baker, managing principal of New England accounting and consulting firm Baker Newman Noyes, was recently honored, along with husband Tom Saturley, with the American Heart Association’s 2013 Crystal Heart Award.

Kenneth Ames, tax advisory partner with Irvine, Calif.-based accounting firm White Nelson Diehl Evans, recently received a 2012 Super Star Award/“Hustle Award” from the California State Assembly for his work at the California Boys & Girls Club of Carlsbad.

The Ernst & Young Americas Corporate Responsibility (CR) Fellows program recently afforded me the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Chile for seven weeks to work with Latin American entrepreneurs.

Tax lawyer David Hryck, who services high net worth individuals and billionaire business owners, sees some positives in the fiscal cliff deal. Even though it raised taxes on some of his clients, there are still some tax breaks that can be used to advantage, particularly on capital gains, dividend and gift taxes. Plus it could have been much worse if there had been no deal between congressional Republicans and the Obama administration.

The American Institute of CPAs crowned a team from Batavia High School in Batavia, Ill., winners of the AICPA’s Project Innovation: The Start Here, Go Places Competition of Creative Excellence for their CPA TV show pitch.

If you are like many firms, at some point you will hit a roadblock in your growth. Individual partner participation in business development won’t be enough to reach and sustain your growth goals.

Global accounting magazine International Accounting Bulletin recently bestowed its “Young Accountant of the Year” award to Masuzyo Mulenga, audit and assurance manager of HLB Reliance in Zambia.

Anthony Lombardi of the Lombardi Group aims to be an essential resource for the CPA firms he works with in Southern California.

The United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut recently recognized BlumShapiro for the New England accounting and business consulting firm’s participation in the United Way’s workplace campaign.

CollegeFrog, a recruitment automation provider for professional services firms, is hosting a Spring 2013 National Meet the Firms Week March 25-29, as a follow-up to its inaugural virtual recruiting event last October.