ALABAMA

Michael Machen was named the new managing partner at Machen McChesney, Auburn, where he has served as partner for 25 of the 29 years he's been with the firm. Machen assumes the role from Marty William, who served in the position for 14 years. 

CALIFORNIA

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Manuel Ramirez
Manuel Ramirez, chairman and president at RJI CPAs, Irvine,was appointed treasurer and president-elect of the DFK USA Executive Committee, where he will be elevated to president in 2024.

BPM, San Francisco, was recognized by ClearlyRated as a Best of Accounting award winner for the eighth consecutive year. 

FLORIDA

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The Florida Institute of CPAs officially opened its new headquarters Feb. 8 in the Park Building at 250 S. Orange Ave. in Downtown Orlando. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined FICPA president and CEO Shelly Weir, board chair Julian Dozier, and professional staff and volunteer leaders in a ceremonial ribbon cutting to mark the occasion. 

Kaufman Rossin, Miami, appointed to director: Omer Antman, Jesse Rodriguez and Glenn Salzman in the tax practice; Elan Sternberg in forensic and litigation services; Lynn Brewer in the entrepreneurial services practice; and Lilia Restrepo as director of business intelligence. In other firm news, Vladislav Rudnitsky was hired as chief information security officer, and risk advisory services principal Heidy Duarte was elected to serve on the Financial & International Business Association's Women's Leadership Committee as 2023 co-chair.

INDIANA

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Madison Will
Madison Will was named director of tax operations at Katz, Sapper & Miller, Indianapolis. 

Kayla May, manager on the reimbursement team at Blue & Co., Carmel, was selected as a 2023 Indy's Best & Brightest Honoree by the Junior Achievement of Central Indiana. 

MICHIGAN

Jessica Myers and Shreemoyee Maitra were hired as staff accountants and Jessica Lamoreaux as a tax intern at Lewis & Knopf, Flint. 

MISSOURI

Anders, St. Louis, was named one of the 2023 Best Places to Work by the St. Louis Business Journal.

NEW YORK

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Renuka Sukdeo
Gettry Marcus, Woodbury, promoted to partner: Renuka Sukdeo in the accounting and auditing group, Andrew Moore in the tax group and Thomas Rund in the small business group. 


Marcum, New York, announced that in response to the devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, the Marcum Foundation has donated $10,000 in emergency funding to UNICEF's relief efforts. 

PKF O'Connor Davies promoted, in the New York City office, to partner: Evgenia Belyavskaya, Megan Heegan, John Kavanaugh, Kevin Keane Jr., Paul Kruger, Kathleen Mills, Jay Monaghan and Samantha Wolf; in the Cranford, New Jersey office: Anthony Branco to partner; in Bethesda, Maryland: Ravi Melwani to director; in Stamford, Connecticut: Darren Bushey and Nicholas Rochedieu to directors; in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey: Rekha Nambiar to partner; in Woburn, Massachusetts: Donald Butler, Matthew Jones and Patrick O'Beirne to partner, and James Salerno to director; in Newburgh, New York: Derek DeCerbo and Kerry Serritella to partners; and in Wethersfield, Connecticut: Katherine Patnaude to partner.

UHY Advisors, New York, released its 2023 Middle Market Survey Trends Report, available here

BKR International, New York, currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Leadership Institute, announced three Leadership Institute graduates who currently serve as BKR Americas Region board members:

Jeremy Vokt, managing partner of Bland & Associates, Omaha, BKR Americas chair; Charlotte Tay, management committee chair at Lindquist, von Husen & Joyce and lead audit partner, BKR Americas board member; and Alicia Brockland, president and principal, assurance services at Connor Ash P.C., St. Louis, BKR Americas board member. 

PENNSYLVANIA

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Curtis Farrow
Curtis Farrow was promoted to managing director of the private equity practice at Centri Business Consulting, Philadelphia. 

​​Daniel Boyle and Zachary Galloway, senior managers at RKL, Lancaster, earned their Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional designations. 

TEXAS

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Tim Teuscher
Tim Teuscher was hired as managing director in the energy and natural resources advisory team at Forvis, Houston. 
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