Crowe promotes 25 to partner; REDW adds Las Vegas office; and more news from across the profession.
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Published April 2, 2026 3:39 PM
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CALIFORNIA
Helen Johnson, tax practice leader and partner at SD Mayer Advisory, San Francisco, was selected as a nominee for CalCPA's Women to Watch CPA Trailblazer Award, to be presented at CalCPA's Elevate: Women's Leadership Forum on May 8.
CONNECTICUT
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GEORGIA
ILLINOIS
The Illinois CPA Society, Chicago, announced its board of directors for the 2026-27 fiscal year: chairperson Mark Wolfgram, Bel Brands USA; vice chairperson Jennifer Cavanaugh, Grant Thornton LLP; treasurer Lindy Ellis, Ernst & Young LLP; secretary Richard Tarapchak, Verano Holdings Corp.; and immediate past chairperson Brian Blaha, Winding River Consulting. ICPAS also appointed as directors include: Amy Chamoun, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC; Pedro Diaz de Leon, Sikich LLP; Kimi Ellen, Benford Brown & Associates LLC; Jessica Freiburg, Sassetti LLC; Mark Gallegos, Porte Brown LLC; Monica Harrison, Tinuiti; Joshua Herbold, University of Illinois; Jeffery Livesay, MH CPA PLLC; Kimberly Meyer, Meyer & Associates CPA LLC; Girlie O'Donoghue, Portillo's Inc.; Matthew Panzica , BDO USA PC; Jennifer Rada, PwC LLP; Andrea Wright, Johnson Lambert LLP; and Stephanie Zaleski-Braatz, Miller Cooper & Co. In other ICPAS news, Nikki Palluzzi, senior director of membership, was named the 2026 John C. Thiel Distinguished Service Award recipient by Association Forum and will be recognized at an awards gala June 25 in Chicago.
MICHIGAN
Plante Moran, Southfield, ranked No. 15 on Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For list, the 28th consecutive year the firm has made the ranking.
NEBRASKA
ConvergenceCoaching, Bellevue, and PrimeGlobal launched the Rainmaker Development Program, a six-month program designed to help next-generation firm leaders build business development skills. Registration for the 2026 program is open for PrimeGlobal North American member firms from April 20 through July 3, 2026, with more information available here .
NEVADA
REDW Advisors & CPAs opened a new office in Las Vegas at 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 300, in the Downtown Summerlin area. The office, REDW's fifth, will be led by Adam Smith, principal in the firm's audit and assurance practice. The expansion comes after REDW's 2019 acquisition of Smith Harrison LLP, and joins REDW's other offices in Albuquerque, Phoenix, Salem, Oregon, and Oklahoma City.
NEW YORK
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UHY Advisors, New York, appointed Michael Burwell, former PwC partner and current chief financial officer of NIQ, an independent member of its board of directors.
BST & Co., Albany, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. The firm was founded in 1976 by Joe Torani, Richard Bollam and Bob Sheedy, and has grown from fewer than five practitioners with $600,000 in revenue to a firm generating $23 million annually.
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
Mark Banks, director at Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, was named a Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs 2026 Young Leader award recipient.
TENNESSEE
Carol Carden, managing principal of compensation valuation, planning and design at PYA, Knoxville, was named president-elect designate of the American Health Law Association, marking the first time a nonattorney has been appointed to this leadership role.
VIRGINIA
Laura Sprouse, chief executive officer of Brown Edwards, Roanoke, was named a 2026 Virginia C-Suite Awards recipient by Virginia Business. The awards recognize top corporate executives who demonstrate leadership, integrity, values, vision, commitment to excellence, company performance, and community engagement.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced it will continue its in-person series of events on auditing in the small business environment and on auditing broker-dealers, with the first two events in 2026 hosted by chairman Demetrios Logothetis and board member Mark Calabria and additional 2026 events announced at a later date. Calabria will host the first scheduled forum April 21, 2026, at the Hilton Chicago/Magnificent Mile Suites in Chicago and Logothetis will host a forum on May 13, 2026, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
The gathering of these announcements was assisted by AI.
