On the move: BerryDunn names first chief transformation officer

February 13, 2026 12:18 PM

Centri promotes 24; AI Native Accounting Foundation launches; and more news from across the profession.

CALIFORNIA

The AI Native Accounting Foundation, San Francisco, launched as an independent nonprofit initiative focused on helping the accounting and finance profession understand how artificial intelligence is being used in practice, founded by Kacee Johnson, who also serves as executive director, and Bebe Kim. (Read the see the full story here.)

CONNECTICUT

Todd Castagno, managing director at Morgan Stanley, was appointed to the Emerging Issues Task Force of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, succeeding Jack Ciesielski, whose term has concluded.

FLORIDA

Mercedes Flowers was named chief growth officer at Saltmarsh, Tampa and Pensacola.

GEORGIA

Courtney Holt was hired as chief compliance officer at Aprio Wealth Management, Atlanta.

Benjamin Ellis was appointed chief information officer at Mauldin & Jenkins, Atlanta.

ILLINOIS

Joseph Taiano was appointed chief marketing officer at RSM US, Chicago.

MAINE

Carson Hanrahan

Carson Hanrahan was named to the newly created role of chief transformation officer at BerryDunn, Portland, where he will lead the firm's new transformation office, overseeing technology, strategy and innovation, change management, and enterprise project management.

MINNESOTA

Vicki LaBrosse

Vicki LaBrosse was promoted to managing director at Edge Marketing, Minneapolis.

NEW YORK

The offices of KPMG in Chicago

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KPMG, New York, was named an SAP Global Strategic Service Partner.

PENNSYLVANIA

Robert Belicose

Jen Worley

Robert Belicose was promoted to partner at Maher Duessel, Pittsburgh, which he joined in 2005 and was named principal in 2021.

Centri Business Consulting, Philadelphia, promoted to partners: Katherine McShane and Rich Sowalsky; to senior managers and managers: Jake Allen, Joe Cooney, Sabrina Crane, Lisa Davis, James DiGiovanni, Matt Innocenti, Chris Menture, Julian Perez, Caroline Perry and Jamie Roberts; and to senior associates, experienced associate and generalist: Anna Aldcowski, Keylee Brown, Evan Dolphin, Anthony Duran, Evelina Golaszewski, Ian Harvey, Drew Krause, Nujhat Nabeela, Jessica Pungitore, Kailey Stockinger, Kristi Thomas and Hannah Vargo.

TENNESSEE

Tyler Nelson was named vice president, public relations, at the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Nashville.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board swore in as chairman Demetrios Logothetis, and as board members Mark Calabria and Steven Laughton, in a ceremony that took place at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (Read the full story.)

The gathering of these announcements was assisted by AI.