Career moves

KraftCPAs PLLC, one of middle Tennessee’s largest CPA firms, has admitted Amy Thompson and Mark Patterson to membership (ownership, that is) in the firm, giving the firm a total of 18 members.

After less than three years at the helm, Sage North America president and chief executive Sue Swenson announced her retirement Wednesday, planning a several-month transition that will include her replacement by current Sage France CEO Pascal Houillon.

Ruel Bognot has joined UHY LLP as a senior manager in the firm’s Assurance & Business Advisory Services Department.

MarcumStonefield, a division of Marcum LLP, has made three key appointments in its West Coast offices.

Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC, one of the Southeast’s largest accounting and business consulting firms, has added Joshua “Clay” Morris in its Brentwood (Nashville) office.

The board of trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation has appointed nine new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, effective Jan. 1, 2011.

CPA and business consulting firm Abeles and Hoffman, P.C., has promoted Elizabeth Schelp to senior auditor.

CBIZ Tofias has hired Cathy Foley as tax director and George Coulter as business development manager.

Lewis, Hooper & Dick LLC has promoted two CPAs on its staff: Shannon Euliss and Kristin Sekavec.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has appointed Carol Anthony (John) Davidson, Stephen R. Howe, Jr., W.M. (Mack) Lawhon, and Mary S. Stone to the FAF Board of Trustees.

Southwest regional CPA firm Weaver has promoted P. “Trish” Fritsche to senior manager of forensic services, Carrie Hardison to senior manager of tax and strategic business services, Laura Lambert to senior manager of assurances services, and Antonio “Tony” Rocha to senior manager of state and local tax services.

Financial Accounting Foundation president Teresa S. Polley has been named CEO of the organization, which oversees both the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen have named four new leaders for various industries.

Amanda Meko has been named director of the Audit and Other Assurance Services Group at Greenwalt CPAs.

Ernst & Young has appointed a former Spanish government minister, Juan Costa Climent, as its global leader for climate change and sustainability services.

Financial Planning, the leading publication and online resource for independent financial advisors, hosted its inaugural Influencer Awards Ceremony during the FPA Conference in Denver.

XBRL US has appointed Campbell Pryde as its new president and CEO.

Paychex, a provider of payroll, human resources and benefits outsourcing services for the small and midsized business markets, elevated company veteran Neil Rohrer to the post of vice president of core payroll services in the Eastern U.S.

Economist Arthur Laffer, the inventor of the Laffer Curve, has been engaged as an economic advisor and consultant by wealth management firm 1st Global.

Creighton University accounting and law professor Thomas J. Purcell III received the American Institute of CPAs’ 2010 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest award given by the accounting profession in the area of taxation.