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August 22, 2025 12:40 PM

Johnson Lambert elects next MP; Boyer & Ritter relocates; and more news from across the profession.

ALABAMA

Kassouf & Co. announced it is hosting a complimentary workshop, AI Frontiers in Healthcare: Risks, Rewards & Readiness, Oct. 9, 12-1:30 p.m. at its Birmingham Office located at 2101 Highland Avenue South and via Zoom. Registration is available here.

CALIFORNIA

Bridget Ahern

Bridget Ahern, a partner in the people advisory services tax practice at EY, Los Angeles, was named one of the Los Angeles Times' Beauty & Fashion Business Visionaries.

CANADA

Jason Rushforth was appointed chief revenue officer and Chris Nagy chief financial officer at Caseware, Toronto. (Read the full story.)

CONNECTICUT

The Financial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees, Norwalk, announced: the selection of Dalia Blass to serve as its new board chair, succeeding current FAF chair Edward Bernard for a three-year term after his term concludes Dec. 31, 2025; the appointment of Erin Hill as the foundation's new executive director, effective Oct. 1, 2025, succeeding John Auchincloss, who will formally retire from the FAF Dec. 31, 2025; the reappointment of Jacqueline Reck to serve on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2032; and the reappointment of Frederick Cannon to the Financial Accounting Standards Board for a second term from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2031.

FLORIDA

CPAmerica Inc. was honored at the Florida Public Relations Association's Golden Image Awards and Pinnacle Awards Gala Aug. 5, 2025, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando as part of the PR & Comms Summit, winning the Judges' Creativity Award for its business development campaign brochure in the Collateral of Public Relations Division.

KENTUCKY

Dean Dorton, Lexington, joined The International Accounting Group and TAG Alliance.

NEW YORK

Christopher Fasano

Christopher Fasano was hired as a partner in the real estate services group at Katz, Sapper & Miller, New York.

MICHIGAN

Plante Moran, Southfield, was named to People magazine's list of 100 Companies that Care for the fourth consecutive year, ranking No. 12 in 2025.

MISSOURI

Boomer Consulting recognized 10 organizations as Visionary Award winners at the 2025 Boomer Circles Summit in Kansas City, Missouri. (Read the full story.)

PENNSYLVANIA

Ken Wolfe

Ken Wolfe, president and managing principal at Brown Plus, Camp Hill, was recognized by Central Penn Business Journal as one of Central Pennsylvania's power players on its 2025 Power List for Banking, Finance, Accounting and Wealth Management.

Boyer & Ritter relocated and expanded its Chambersburg office to 990 Lincoln Way East, Suite 4.

TEXAS

Esi Akinosho

EY announced that Esi Akinosho, office managing principal for Houston, was named a Most Admired CEO by the Houston Business Journal, and Stephanie Cutter, global and Americas power and utilities leader in the Houston office, was named a Woman Who Means Business by the same publication.

UNITED KINGDOM

The International Federation of Accountants announced that Julia Rendschmidt, currently head of division for EU and international affairs with the German Auditor Oversight Body, was appointed the new executive director of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators, effective Oct. 1.

VIRGINIA

Brandy Vannoy, leader of the tax practice, was elected the next managing partner at Johnson Lambert, Vienna, where he has worked since 2004, succeeding John Prescott, who will end his 10-year tenure as MP at the end of 2025.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is seeking nominations for members of its Investor Advisory Group and Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group, to serve from Jan. 1, 2026, to Dec. 31, 2027. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 29, 2025, and the self-nomination form is here and the form to nominate someone else is here.