Career moves

Accounting firm association Kreston International has named Sue Almond as director of quality and professional standards.

The staff of Accounting Today presents its 2009 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People.

Linda Stiff, the former acting commissioner of the IRS, plans to retire this fall.

The Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation elected several new officers and directors in August 2009. New ACAT officers include:

Timothy Burley has joined as tax partner at Weiser LLP.

Kathryn A. Byrne, partner-in-charge of the International Services Group at accounting and consulting firm Weiser LLP, was unanimously elected chairperson of Praxity North America.

Lee Zoeller, a partner at the international law firm Reed Smith LLP, has been elected president of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation for 2009-2010.

The National Association of Enrolled Agents has named Michael Nelson as the organization’s new executive vice president.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Charles Niemeier said he plans to leave the board in the near future.

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Grant Thornton CEO Edward Nusbaum and Harvard professor Luis Viceira have joined the Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed James L. Kroeker as chief accountant.

Frank Ng, the former commissioner of the IRS’s Large and Midsized Business Division, has joined Ernst & Young’s tax controversy and risk management services practice.

UHY Advisors GA has appointed Frank J. Fennello as the firm’s new managing director in the Southeast office in Atlanta, and the firm’s Texas unit has hired a senior manager in its Enterprise Risk Advisory Services department.

Haskell & White has promoted six members of the firm to strengthen its tax and audit teams.

Lee M. Reingold has joined Steven Sewald & Co. as a principal in the firm’s accounting and business consulting groups.

BDO Seidman has selected Lee Graul to succeed the late Ben Neuhausen as the firm’s national director of accounting.

Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson has been named vice chairman of alliantgroup, a provider of specialty tax services to businesses, where he will advise the company on strategic, operational and client service initiatives.

Jerry O’Neill has joined accounting firm O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins as a partner in the firm’s Not-for-Profit Practice Group.