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CALIFORNIA

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Women to Watch 2023 winners (from left) Monic Ramirez and Elizabeth Houseman, CalCPA CEO and president Denise Froemming, and WTW winner Irene Baba
The California Society of CPAs honored three women in the accounting profession during its 2023 Women to Watch Awards at the Women's Leadership Forum in Mountain View. CalCPA announced as the Emerging Leader Award winner Elizabeth Houseman, senior associate, Sensiba San Filippo; Experienced Leader Award winner Irene Baba, trust solutions director, PwC; and Trailblazer Award winner Monic Ramirez, tax partner-in-charge, Sensiba San Filippo.

Tracy Kapteyn was hired in the newly created role of chief growth officer at Windes, Irvine.

DELAWARE

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Michael French
Michael French, former managing director and director of tax & small business at Belfint Lyons & Shuman, Wilmington, retired on April 30. French worked his entire public accounting career at BLS, starting at the firm on Jan. 1, 1980, as the firm's first co-op, then rising to director and then managing director. 

FLORIDA

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Mark Fenaughty
Mark Fenaughty was hired as a tax principal in the Miami office at Hancock Askew & Co.

GEORGIA

Mauldin & Jenkins opened a new office in Alpharetta, located in the Avalon community. 

ILLINOIS

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(Left to right) NDH partner Justin Shelman, NDH accounting practice leader Josh Harris, Unity Partners co-founder and CEO John Block, Unity Partners investment team lead Peter Cozzi, NDH partner Moshe Bass, Unity Partners vice president Hannah Dickey, NDH CEO Jeremy Dubow, Unity Partners partner Jim Sharpe, NDH tax practice leader Jeff Thomas and Unity Partners associate Alex Dieste
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NDH LLC, Chicago, received funding from Dallas-based private equity investors Unity Partners LLC. (Read the full story.)

John Brackett was named chief risk officer at RSM US, Chicago, succeeding Bruce Jorth, who served in the role for 14 years. Brackett most recently served as the national leader of the risk consulting practice, a team he has been on since joining the firm 19 years ago.

The Indiana CPA Society, Indianapolis, partnered with online payments provider CPACharge. 

MASSACHUSETTS

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Massachusetts Society of CPAs president and CEO Amy Pitter
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The Massachusetts Society of CPAs announced Amy Pitter will retire as president and CEO of MassCPAs on Dec. 31, 2023, to be succeeded by Zach Donah, current deputy CEO and former vice president of advocacy. (Read the full story.)

MICHIGAN

Maner Costerisan, Lansing, launched a new consulting services division, featuring a full suite of services, including strategy and planning, risk management, transactional consulting, and litigation and data analytics support.

NEW JERSEY

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June Toth
June Toth was hired as a partner at Wilkin & Guttenplan, East Brunswick.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs, Roseland, named Aiysha Johnson as its next CEO and executive director, succeeding Ralph Thomas, who is retiring June 30 after more than 23 years leading the organization. (Read the full story.)

The New Jersey Society of CPAs awarded $221,500 in scholarships to 53 New Jersey-based high school and college students April 27 at the Pines Manor in Edison. 

NEW YORK

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BDO, New York, released a 2023 Board Pulse Survey, polling over 200 directors on the most significant ESG risks, challenges and priorities they face as well as what they expect to hear from shareholders in the 2023 proxy season and available here. 

David Sun was hired as a principal in the cybersecurity practice at CohnReznick, New York. 

Danielle Rolfes was named partner-in-charge of the Washington national tax practice at KPMG. Rolfes, who will also assume the role of tax policy lead for the Americas, succeeds Manal Corwin, who recently returned to public service as director of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Center for Tax Policy and Administration.

Ulises Ruiz was hired as principal-in-charge of international tax services at Prager Metis CPAs, New York.

OHIO

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Sara Martin
Sara Martin was promoted to chief operating officer at Bober Markey Fedorovich, Akron, where she has worked since 2015, most recently as employee experience manager. 

PENNSYLVANIA

Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, was named among the 49 Best HR Teams in America for 2023 by the Best Companies Group.

TENNESSEE

Sharon Powlus, president/CEO, LBMC Employment Partners, was named a winner of the Nashville Business Journal's 2023 Women of Influence award, recognized in the Trailblazer category.

TEXAS

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Dawn Rhea
Dawn Rhea was hired as a partner on the tax quality and risk management team at Weaver, Houston. 
Danielle Lee
Managing Editor, Accounting Today
Practice management Career moves Associations RSM KPMG BDO USA
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