On the move: CohnReznick opens Miami office

November 12, 2021 10:00 AM

RSM names next MP and CEO; BPM establishes ESG practice; and more CPA news.

ARKANSAS

Karen Garrett

Karen Garrett, managing partner at HCJ CPAs & Advisors, Little Rock, was named to the Arkansas 250, a list of the state’s most influential leaders published by Arkansas Business.

CALIFORNIA

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BPM, San Francisco, launched an environmental, social and governance practice to be co-led by Su Rim, senior manager in the assurance practice, and Kristi Staley, director of business development and partnerships.

Armanino, San Ramon, held its 13th annual Great Give day of service Oct. 28, a series of volunteer activities, with 12,000 volunteer hours set aside for firm employees, hosted by the Armanino Foundation.

COLORADO

KCoe Isom, Loveland, added two farm advocates as consultants to its farm program services efforts: Bradley Karmen, recently retired from the Farm Service Agency; and Bill Penn, who has spent 40 years working with farmers within USDA farm programs.

FLORIDA

CohnReznick's Miami office

CohnReznick opened a new office in Miami to accommodate its growing South Florida team. The office, located at 1221 Brickell Avenue, will be led by Mike Micholas accompanied by Emily Butler, Bill Pidgeon, Steve Kreinik, David Weinstein, Elena Mervine, Vivian Lara and Jaime Angarita.

ILLINOIS

Brian Becker, incoming managing partner and CEO of RSM US LLP

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Brian Becker, leader of the consulting practice, was named the next managing partner and CEO at RSM, Chicago, effective Aug. 31, 2022, succeeding Joe Adams. (Read the

full story

.)

INDIANA

Alicia Anderson

Katz, Sapper & Miller, Indianapolis, promoted 15 to manager: Alicia Anderson, Matt Fanning, Karen Lewis, Hailey Rolsten, Ezri Stewart and Jenny Wagner in business advisory; Avery Boxell and Emma Ewing in real estate; James Brindle in KSM Location Advisors; Ryan Hasler in tax services; Elliott Hoard, Andy McNeely and Blaire Warshawsky in audit and assurance; Kate Hooker in state and local tax; and Sarah Kelly in health care resources. Additionally, the firm promoted to director: Bryan Back, Jessica Boicourt and Adam Yohler in audit and assurance; Michael Fennerty in transaction advisory services; Zach Kubly in business advisory; and Stephen Schnelker and Alex Szarenski in tax services.

KANSAS

The Kansas Society of CPAs held its INSPIRE Business Camp Sept. 30 at Kansas State University, to connect high school students, high school educators, universities, college accounting faculty, prospective employers and speakers around opportunities in accounting.

NEVADA

Darsi Casey, co-founder and managing shareholder at Casey Neilon, Carson City, was elected worldwide chair of Alliott Global Alliance, succeeding Colin Farmer.

NEW YORK

The Deloitte offices in London

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Deloitte, New York, collaborated with Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business Executive Education to launch the Climb Fellowship program, a leadership development initiative to support mid-career Black and Hispanic/Latinx accounting professionals in their career goals. (Read the full story.)

EisnerAmper, New York, announced the winners of its inaugural Innovation Challenge, for which staff members were invited to submit ideas surrounding new product or service offerings for clients along with new technologies. The first-place winning product was a client dashboard, submitted by Andrew Bigler, Katharina Rada, Patricia Kiziuk and Crystal Shin; second place was a cloud FP&A accelerator, submitted by John Delalio and Heidi Robbins; and third place went to a firmwide downtime pool, submitted by Walter Zinenko, Michele Epstein and Jennifer Wuensch.

CohnReznick, New York, in collaboration with Unanet, released the fifth annual “GAUGE Report,” surveying more than 1,400 government contractor representatives from January to May.

NEW ZEALAND

Generate Accounting, Auckland, joined global association INPACT as a member firm.

REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

YAMA, Sana’a, joined global association INPACT as a member firm.

TEXAS

Felix Lozano, partner and director of audit, was appointed chief growth officer at Whitley Penn, Dallas, effective Jan. 1, 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Securities and Exchange Commission appointed SEC official Erica Williams as the new chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and named three new board members: Christina Ho, Kara Stein and Anthony Thompson. (Read the

full story.

) Additionally, the SEC appointed Nicole Creola Kelly as chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower.