Career moves

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.

Jefferson Wells, a global provider of risk advisory and accounting-related services, has launched its Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting Center of Expertise, a unit that will provide guidance in technical and compliance issues related to the financial reporting landscape.

Frank Tobias has joined the Lancaster, Pa., office of Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP, CPAs and Consultants, as a principal in RKL’s Tax Services Group.

Perhaps it’s because Sage North America has experienced a recent spate of executive turnovers, or the fact that its chief executive never had any intention of staying on for the long term.

Regional CPA firm Eide Bailly’s partners have elected Mark Martens of Fargo, N.D., and Ty Inglis of Minneapolis to the firm’s board of directors.

Alabama

Wayne Wilson was recently hired as managing director at the professional services firm of UHY Advisors in the Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services Department.

KPMG tax partner Terri Oen has transferred from the firm’s Minneapolis office to Portland, Ore., where she will head the office’s tax client service teams and operations as tax partner in charge.

Sam Levy, CPA, has launched Levy Tax & Consulting to serve the tax needs of business owners and individuals.