Career moves

Former International Accounting Standards Board Vice Chairman Tom Jones has been appointed director of Pace University’s Center for the Study of International Accounting Standards.

Crowe Horwath partner Mark Hildebrand has been named to the board of directors of the American Institute of CPAs.

ILLINOIS

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Paul A. Beswick as deputy chief accountant, overseeing the accounting group within the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant.

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services has admitted new partners, directors and a principal.

Joseph “Jody” R. Allred, a CPA and partner with accounting firm Weaver, has earned a Certified Information Systems Auditor designation from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

Konowitz, Kahn & Company, P.C., has expanded its tax specialty with the addition of a new director, Magda B. Szabo.

Public accounting and advisory firm Vrakas/Blum, S.C., recently added Katherine K. Minckler, CPA, to its professional staff.

The former CFO of the American Cancer Society has formed her own CPA firm.

Grant Thornton’s national managing partner of professional standards, John Archambault, has been appointed to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Standing Advisory Group.

Smith Elliott Kearns & Company, LLC SAID it will be represented in 2010 on six PKF North American Network National Committees.

Herbein + Company said that that four of its partners and executives have been appointed to serve on several of the PKF North American Network’s committees in 2010.

William F. Rucci, Jr., a CPA and MST, and a partner in the Boston-area accounting and business advisory firm Rucci, Bardaro & Barrett, has been elected to the board of directors of Russell Bedford International, a global network of independent accounting, business and legal consulting firms with affiliates in over 70 countries.

The Internal Revenue Service has selected four new members and a chairman for the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.

ARKANSAS

BDO Seidman has re-elected one of its board members and added two new directors.

Web-based accounting software developer Intacct has chosen a new CEO, Rob Reid.

Accounting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin has added three new CPA partners: Matthew Mullaney, Terry Pissi and Craig Silberberg.

ALABAMA

McGladrey & Pullen has promoted three individuals in its New York office.