ARIZONA

BeachFleischman promoted to principal: Jason Cook in the tax department and real estate segment team; Lydia Hunter in the accounting and assurance department and nonprofit segment team; Travis Jones in the accounting and assurance department; and Victoria Meyer,  a principal and director of outsourced accounting and advisory services.

Keegan Linscott & Associated, Tucson, promoted to director: Rachel Karlan in government contract services, Melissa Seida in audit services and Sean Tanner in consulting services. 

CALIFORNIA

Andersen, San Francisco, promoted to managing director: Bill Long in Boston; Katie McCue, Jacob Seitz and Peter Speranza in Chicago; Mark Lonnecker and Jonathan Storms in Houston; Daniel Johnson and Patrick Lavelle in Los Angeles; James Chu in Orange County; Peter Elek and Keith Winchester in Metro D.C.; Caitlin Bradley, Richard Dauman, Andrei Karp, Melissa Tegano and Fiona Wallace in Metro New York; Kelly Ackel Crug, Brian O'Connor, Christy Peterson and Jason Woolsey in San Francisco; Randy Pedersoli in Silicon Valley; and Jim Choi and Ralph Elder in Seattle. 

Joe Fernandez, Chaka Lockhart and Tyler Stuckey were promoted to partner at Seiler, Redwood City. 

BPM, San Francisco, launched a new podcast series, "Business Insights," with industry leaders sharing their knowledge and perspectives on some of today's most pressing issues.

Josh Finfrock was hired as director of transfer pricing in the international tax services practice at Weaver, Los Angeles.

CONNECTICUT

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, appointed two new members to its Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee: Mai-Anh Fox, chief financial officer, Ford Foundation; and Kerri Tricarico, senior associate vice president financial operations and controller, New York University.

ILLINOIS

John Iwanski was hired as a partner in transaction advisory services at Sikich, Chicago. 

INDIANA

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Shaun Heinzelman
Somerset CPAs, Indianapolis, promoted to principal: Shaun Heinzelman on the tax team; Jeremy Davis and Jordan Shady in assurance services; and Gavin McNamara on the health care team.

Kruggel Lawton, South Bend, promoted to partner: Kate Leichty, W. Aaron O'Dell, CPA and Kevin Zink.

Blue & Co., Carmel, promoted to director: Priya Singleton, Shawn Adams, Patrick Brown, Angela Crawford, Peter Szostak, Tabitha Tolliver and Scott Wilson; and named Mickie Murphy president of Blue Benefits Consulting.

MARYLAND

Edivaldo Dos Santos was hired as a partner at Buchbinder Tunick & Co., Bethesda.

MICHIGAN

Ben Finzel was promoted to manager in private client services and Cody Peyok to manager in advisory and assurance at Clayton & McKervey, Southfield. 

Yeo & Yeo, Saginaw, unveiled a new brand experience to mark the firm's 100th anniversary. The rebranding was shared in a video here.

NEW JERSEY

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Ashley Condo
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Ashley Condo was hired as a tax supervisor and Bobby Fenton as an audit associate at RRBB, Somerset. 

The New Jersey Society of CPAs announced the 10 winners of its Student Loan Debt Lottery, which was created in 2020 to offset members' costs on their way to becoming a certified public accountant: Regina Ficarra, staff accountant at WilkinGuttenplan; Christopher Martin, partner at SobelCo; Amy Mooney, tax accountant at Dimensional Accounting Services; Joseph Polanco, staff accountant II at Withum; Andrea Rega, senior audit associate at WilkinGuttenplan; Brian Rizzi, semi-senior tax accountant at Marcum LLP; Melisa Sirak, staff accountant at WilkinGuttenplan; Nicholas Smith, senior accountant at Withum; Ryan Stacy, staff accountant at Ernst & Young LLP; and Kristopher Tapia, CPA.

The Grassi manufacturing and distribution practice, with the New Jersey Food Processors Association, launched the 2023 benchmarking survey of New York and New Jersey's food manufacturers and distributors, presented in partnership with Crain's New York Business.


NEW YORK

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Gina Bliss
EFPR Group, Rochester, promoted to partner: Gina Bliss in the tax and business services department, William Peterson Jr. in the tax and business services department; and Courtney Brock, part of StoneBridge Business Partners.

The Bonadio Group promoted to partner: Christopher Abram and Karen Lynch in Rochester, Karen Bloss in Albany and Jennifer Arnold in Buffalo. 

Kevin Brown was hired as a tax principal in the private client group and Erica Cohen as an audit director in the real estate group at Anchin, New York.

OHIO

Kristen deMoulpied was named the new partner in charge of tax at Cohen & Co., Cleveland. 

PENNSYLVANIA

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Jordan Armenta
Jordan Armenta was hired as a risk advisory manager, Derek Godwin as a tax manager and Joceyln Boni as an accounting advisory manager at Schneider Downs, Pittsburgh. 

SEK CPAs & Advisors, York, admitted as members: Daryl Staley and Evan Wabrick; and promoted to manager: Kellie Flook and Ryan Leppo; to supervisor: Kayla Alsahouri, Aaron Althouse, Benjamin Hursh, Lisa Kalist, Jodie Meglio, Anthony Spataro, Mandy Walls and Cody Zeiler; to support accountant supervisor: Emily Beecher, Chrystal Gabler and Deann Palmer; to senior associate: Martin Baer, Nicholas Chapman, Emily Fox, Morgan Hill, Darian Hufcut, C. Richard Keyser and Nicholas Lavenber; to cybersecurity specialist: Brendan Adams to director of IT: B. Scott Lehman; to network/cloud administrator: Micahel Suppok; and to application specialist: Amanda Vore. 

Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, hired: Kenneth Reber as a part-time manager in the dealership group; Kimberly Kay Schroeder as a tax manager; Jaime Onk as a part-time manager in the employee benefit plan audit group; Rachel Bosworth as a part-time associate in advisory services; Teresa Cain as an associate in the dealership group; Katlin Lerew as an associate in the nonprofit group; Candida Hansen as a receptionist in the Camp Hill office; and Denine McCarthy, Nicole Harmon, Katlin Lerew, Matthew Becker and Jack Celmer as associates.

Amy Stumhofer was promoted to manager in the integrated services department at Isdaner & Co., Bala Cynwyd.

Jeffrey Clippinger was promoted to principal at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill. 

TENNESSEE

Windham Brannon opened a new office in Chattanooga with Matt Stelzman leading the new location as office managing principal. 

TEXAS

Corey Thomas was hired as a tax partner in the commercial real estate practice at CohnReznick, Dallas. 

VIRGINIA

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Asif Charania
Asif Charania was named practice leader of the valuation and forensic services department and Richard Lewis practice leader of the assurance department at Keiter, Richmond. 
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