On the move: BKD names next chief legal officer

Published December 10, 2021 9:00 AM

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Updated December 10, 2021 10:33 AM

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Warren Averett promotes 12 to members; FASB appoints two to Small Business Advisory Committee; and more CPA news.

ALABAMA

Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors, Birmingham, promoted 12 people to members of the firm; in audit: Jonathan Chancey in Montgomery; Jake Driggers in Tampa; Anna Goldman in Mobile; Clare Haenszel in Pensacola; Michael Nix, Michael Rebarchak and Ryan Grauel in Birmingham; and William Shuford in Atlanta; in tax: Branden Crosby in Destin; Skye Hensley in Pensacola; and in health care, Jennifer Pemble in Birmingham.

CALIFORNIA

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Amanda Tazbaz

Amanda Tazbaz was promoted to audit manager, and Rodolfo Mercado Jr. and Remington Mosey to tax managers, at Lavine, Lofgren, Morris & Engelberg, San Diego.

CONNECTICUT

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, appointed two members to its Small Business Advisory Committee: Karl Bailliez, senior operating executive and finance practice leader at Cerberus Capital Management; and Ryan Siurek, chief accounting officer at Biodesix, Inc.

ILLINOIS

Iryna Soares

The Sales Tax Institute, Chicago, announced Iryna Soares as the recipient of its 2021 Sales Tax Nerd Award, recognizing sales tax professionals who demonstrate a dedicated passion and commitment to the study and practice of sales tax. (Read the full story.)

Steven Handler, partner at MichaelSilver, Deerfield, was appointed international chairman of GMNI.

Grant Thornton, Chicago, released its latest M&A survey, available here.

KENTUCKY

Eric Riley was hired as a health care consulting director at Dean Dorton Allen Ford, Lexington.

MICHIGAN

Dave Youngstrom will begin his term as president and CEO at Yeo & Yeo, Saginaw on Jan. 1, 2022, becoming the firm’s eighth president and CEO and succeeding Tom Hollerback, who will retire Dec. 31, 2021, after 38 years with the firm and serving the past nine years as president and CEO.

MISSOURI

Jennifer Hannah

Jennifer Hannah was named the next chief legal officer at BKD CPAs & Advisors, Springfield, effective June 1, 2022, succeeding Tim McNamara, who will be retiring in May 2022.

Kort Farran, staff accountant at KPM CPAs & Advisors, Springfield, attained his CPA license.

NEW JERSEY

The New Jersey Society of CPAs, Roseland, collected $38,057 in online monetary donations, marking the highest ever, for its 12th annual food drive to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

NEW YORK

EisnerAmper NYC headquarters

EisnerAmper, New York, released its annual National Business Summit survey, “Transformation Nation ⁠— Driving Intelligent Growth.” In other firm news, EisnerAmper earned ClearlyRated’s Best of Accounting Diamond Award for excellence in client service for the fifth consecutive year.

New York-headquartered boutique accounting firm Mendez & Vanacore was launched by co-founders Camila Mendez and Elizabeth Vanacore. Both Big Four alum, Mendez was previously vice president and Vanacore was treasury sales associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jeffrey Kovacs was hired as an audit partner and technology and life sciences industry leader at Berdon, New York.

Deloitte announced registration is open for its 2022 National Multistate Tax Symposium, held Feb. 9-11, 2022, at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Information is available here.

PENNSYLVANIA

Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill, was named No. 1 in Central Penn Business Journal’s "2021 Best Places to Work in PA" in the medium-sized company category.

TENNESSEE

Valerie Waskey was hired as a tax partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman, Nashville.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Nashville, announced its 2021-22 board of directors. (Read the full story.)

TEXAS

Matthew Reiter

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Matthew Reiter was named the director of audit at Whitley Penn, Plano, effective Jan. 1, 2022.

UNITED KINGDOM

AGN International, London, released the latest edition of the AGN Global Business Voice survey, “M&A Outlook II - The AGN Global Survey of M&A activity: The Foothills of Future Change?” available here.

Dani Saghafi, who works for Brunel University London’s Business School, was chosen to serve on the council of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

WASHINGTON

Moss Adams, Seattle, selected cloud-based lease accounting software LeaseCrunch to use in helping clients implement the new lease accounting standards.

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