NJCPA announces the 10 winners of its Student Loan Debt Lottery; BPM launches podcast series; and more accounting news.
ARIZONA
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
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
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
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
MICHIGAN
Yeo & Yeo, Saginaw, unveiled a new brand experience to mark the firm's 100th anniversary. The rebranding was shared in a video
NEW JERSEY
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
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
PENNSYLVANIA
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.