Career moves

Kenneth M. Donohue, inspector general of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been hired by Reznick Group as a principal in the firm’s government services group.

The National Society of Accountants has elected a new slate of officers, district governors and state directors at its 65th Annual Meeting.

Jon Baron, who has presided over Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting’s Professional Software and Services business for the past five years, has been appointed president of a new Americas Business Unit within the company’s Workflow & Services Solutions group.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed J.W. "Mike" Starr as deputy chief accountant for policy support and market monitoring in the agency's Office of the Chief Accountant.

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Kelli S. Lewis, a principal in the tax and business services department at CPA firm Stone Carlie & Company, has been certified as an Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.

PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that Tom Boniface has joined the firm as co-leader of PwC's Indirect Tax practice in New York, focusing on value-added taxes.

Los Angeles-based accounting and business advisory firm RBZ LLP has promoted 11 of its accounting professionals.

Christopher R. Conte, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s associate director of enforcement, who led enforcement actions against Dell, Comverse Technology and other companies over their accounting violations, plans to leave the agency after nearly 18 years.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting, a global provider of tax, accounting and audit products and information, has named Russell Evans as president of its Asia Pacific region, effective August 30.

Mark E. Lund, the Houston audit location leader at the accounting firm Weaver, was recently named executive partner of the Houston office.

Brian J. “BJ” Hoffman and Michael J. Kline, formerly shareholders with Shechtman Marks Devor PC, have joined Citrin Cooperman as partners in the firm’s Philadelphia accounting, tax and business consulting practice.

Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Robert Herz plans to retire after more than eight years of leading the board, which will now increase in size to seven members.

Walter Timoshenko has been named chief operating officer at accounting and consulting firm Nussbaum Yates Berg Klein & Wolpow LLP.

Rothstein Kass has appointed Camille Asaro, Frank Attalla, Jeff Kollin and Navin Sethi as principals at the international professional services firm.

Russell W. Hinton of Atlanta and Peter Hughes of Orange County, Calif., are the 2010 recipients of the American Institute of CPAs’ Outstanding CPA in Government Award.

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Green Hasson & Janks has hired two new directors as part of the firm’s strategic growth initiatives.

Stephen C. Van Arsdell has been named chairman and CEO of Deloitte LLP’s accounting, auditing, capital markets and risk advisory subsidiary Deloitte & Touche LLP.

ParenteBeard partner David Duffus has been appointed to the board of directors of the nonprofit group Pittsburgh Cares.