Career moves

Richard Sherman has joined the mergers and acquisitions tax practice of KPMG LLP as a partner.

BRAZIL

FLORIDA

Gaylen R. Hansen, a partner at Denver-based Top 100 Firm Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman, has been named vice chair of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy

Deborah J. Levinson has joined Top 100 New York-based CPA and advisory firm Berdon LLP as a partner and chief operating officer.

CPA Stan Moore hangs out his shingle by buying another firm

ALABAMA

P&N Tech, a division of Postlethwaite & Netterville, has earned the Advanced Wireless LAN Specialization from Cisco Systems.

Steven R. Stanforth has joined Ohio accounting firm Brady Ware as chief operating and financial officer.

Robert E. White has joined Central Florida accounting firm Cross, Fernandez & Riley LLP as a tax partner in the Tampa office.

Rick Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of Seattle-based super-regional firm Moss Adams, has received the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Centralia College.

Karen Breaux has joined Top 100 Firm Postlethwaite & Netterville as human resources manager.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited has promoted the chief executive of its U.S. firm, Barry Salzberg, into the role of global CEO.

FLORIDA

ALABAMA

Matthew Wester has joined the Denver office of RubinBrown as a partner in the Corporate Finance and Forensic Services Group.

The Houston CPA Society's annual scholarship fundraising event broke records for both attendance and the amount raised.

Cash-strapped professional services and consulting firm LECG Corp. announced a major executive reshuffling, including the resignation of chief executive and president Steve Samek.

Bill Riley, a principal in the Baltimore office of Top 100 Firm Reznick Group, received the American Red Cross' Life Achievement Award on March 31, at the 13th Annual Red Cross Hometown Heroes ceremony.

iShade.com, a free online network for the accounting profession, has hired Lisa Benson as executive director.