IIA appoints global board chair; Schneider Downs adds seven shareholders; and more news from across the profession.
On the move: FICPA appoints chief external affairs officer
July 14, 2023 9:00 AM
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
Windes, Long Beach, promoted to partner: Kelly Buck and Ben McKinney in the audit and assurance services department; Miriam Kaplan in client accounting services; and Brooke Sigler and Tim Suarez in the tax department.
FLORIDA
Jay Newsome was hired as a senior manager in the financial institution consulting group at Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund, Pensacola.
ILLINOIS
After the appointment of Richard Lynch and Antony Nettleton as managing partners of the CPA business, Sikich appointed Matthew Denton to take over for Nettleton with responsibility for the Northern Illinois market; and Drew Long in central Illinois and St. Louis as partner-in-charge of the company's not-for-profit sector and Central Illinois market lead, taking over for Lynch. The firm also appointed Jason Tuma in northeast Ohio as Akron market expansion leader; Jill Boyle as leader of not-for-profit; Brian LeFevre as leader of state and local government; and Melinda DeCorte as leader of the new federal vertical. In other firm news, Sikich announced the 2023 James A. Sikich Visionary Scholarship recipients: Jack Glazer, a senior at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Alexander Tosetti, a senior at Augustana College.
The Visionary Group, Palatine, launched a universal transition planning division.
The Visionary Group, Palatine, launched a universal transition planning division.
KENTUCKY
Kathy Herbig was hired as tax partner at MCM CPAs & Advisors, Louisville.
MISSOURI
Arianna Campbell was appointed chief operating officer and Jon Hubbard as chief growth officer at Boomer Consulting, Kansas City.
NEBRASKA
THE NETHERLANDS
Sally-Anne Pitt was appointed global board chair of the Institute of Internal Auditors for 2023-24.
NEW JERSEY
Sax, Parsippany, was ranked the No. 13 largest accounting firm in New Jersey by NJBiz in its 2023 Top Accounting Firms in New Jersey ranking, and firm CEO and managing partner Joseph Damiano was named to its Accounting Power 50 list of the most influential CPAs in the state.
NEW YORK
CRAIG TERRY
Elizabeth Zabludoff was hired as a principal private client group and leader of the family office services group, Brian Glavotsky as a tax partner in the private client group, and Philip Lebovits as a tax director in the financial services group, at Anchin, New York.
Anson Loi was appointed partner at Prager Metis, New York.
NORTH DAKOTA
The Eide Bailly Alliance, Fargo, welcomed as member firms: Pittman & Brooks in Portland, Oregon; Varney & Associates, CPAs in Manhattan, Kansas; and Kaplan, Plavin & Steinhardt in Park Ridge, New Jersey.
PENNSYLVANIA
TEXAS
