Career moves

ALABAMA

CALIFORNIA

Diana Lepper, marketing manager at local CPA firm Froehling Anderson, has been selected to serve as vice president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Association for Accounting Marketing.

Michael C. Troped has been made a member of Bala Cynwyd-based Isdaner & Co. LLC, in the Accounting and Auditing Department.

Marc T. Hollander has joined Clifton Gunderson as a marketing manager, responsible for marketing and business development for the firm's Iowa and St. Joseph, Mo., practices.

Tracy Kelso, CPA, has been named a shareholder at Chalfont, Pa.-based CPA and consulting firm Dunlap & Associates PC.

ALABAMA

Brian Mandell-Rice has been named managing partner of Denver-based Top 100 public accounting firm Hein & Associates.

ARIZONA

At night, staff members of Weyrich, Cronin & Sorra Chartered turn into elves - at least during the holiday season.

Alabama

Gene L. Dodaro was sworn in Thursday as the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office.

Kurt Sturn has joined Reznick Group, a top 20 national CPA firm, as a tax principal, based in the firm’s Baltimore office.

Jeffrey Donovan has been named managing partner at Donovan Certified Public Accountants and Advisors.

Sikich LLP has selected Thomas K. Leach as the new partner-in-charge of its Decatur, Ill., office.

Leslie F. Seidman, who has been acting chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, since the abrupt departure of her predecessor Robert Herz, has been given the permanent chairmanship post.

CPA firm Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, Chartered, has added Carley Sharp to its professional staff.

National CPA and business advisory firm has acquired Durkin Forensic, a Los Angeles-based forensic accounting firm.

Grant Thornton LLP has elected audit partner Jacqueline Akerblom to the firm’s Partnership Board.

BlumShapiro has named CPAs Rick C. Parmelee and Anthony J. Switajewski as new partners in the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2011.