On the move: MACPA honors Women to Watch

September 26, 2025 9:00 AM

CohnReznick hires global strategic AI leader; Forvis Mazars reappoints CEO; and more news from across the profession.

CALIFORNIA

Yuying Chen-Wynn was hired as global leader, strategic AI, at CohnReznick, Los Angeles.

GEORGIA

Regenia Sanders

Regenia Sanders, Atlanta office managing partner at EY, was named a 2025 Most Admired CEO by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

MARYLAND

The Maryland Association of CPAs announced its Women to Watch honorees: Sarah Glynn, senior manager in the nonprofit audit department at GRF CPAs & Advisors, in the Emerging Leader category; and Susan Colladay, partner, also at GRF CPAs & Advisors, in the Experienced Leader category.

MICHIGAN

Nikki Burgeson was hired as senior director of business and sales at UHY, Detroit.

NEW YORK

Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger

Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger was named the new chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board by the International Federation of Accountants, succeeding Ian Carruthers, who chaired the IPSASB for 10 years. (Read the full story.)

EY released its 2025 DNA of the Treasurer report, which examines the views of more than 1,200 treasurers and senior finance leaders around the world.

KPMG, New York, announced new AI assurance services to help organizations scale gen AI and agents ethically and responsibly. The services include: AI model risk assessments, control testing and quantitative assessments; real-time systems assessments; AI assurance and attestation; and AI model validation.

TENNESSEE

Kim Pace

Kim Pace was named director, transaction advisory services, at LBMC, Chattanooga.

TEXAS

William Treacy celebrated 35 years of service as the executive director of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, with TSBPA presiding officer Jeannette Smith presenting a 35-year service award to Treacy at the Sept. 18 board meeting.

Tom Watson

Tom Watson was reappointed as CEO of Forvis Mazars for another four-year term, effective June 1, 2026, continuing in a role he first assumed in 2021.