Practice management

On the move: PKF Texas culture officer named to Hall of Fame

March 22, 2024 10:51 AM

PBMares establishes new risk advisory consulting practice; Weaver adds a tax partner; and more news from across the profession.

CONNECTICUT

Jackson Day, partner in the professional practice at Ernst & Young, was appointed director of technical activities at the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, to assume the role in July.

ILLINOIS

Sikich lobby in Naperville, Ill.

Sikich lobby in Naperville, Illinois

Photo: Matt Stout

Sikich, Chicago, obtained Great Place To Work Certification in the U.S. and India, marking the firm's fourth consecutive year receiving the recognition in the U.S.

INDIANA

Amy McDonald

Amy McDonald was promoted to vice president at KSM Location Advisors, the site selection and incentive consulting practice of Katz, Sapper & Miller, Indianapolis.

NEW YORK

Solomon Dado was hired as a partner, tax services, at Weaver, New York.

Brinster & Bergman, Rockville Centre, entered a strategic partnership with Gary Carpenter and Associates of Smithtown, to provide a combined team to assist and support businesses in the home health care sector in New York state.

PENNSYLVANIA

Ken Wolfe

Ken Wolfe, president and managing principal at Brown Plus, Camp Hill, was named to the Central Penn Business Journal's Power 100 List in 2024, a list he has made every year since its inception in 2021.

TEXAS

PKF Texas

Sonia Freeman

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Sonia Freeman, chief culture officer and audit director at Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, was named a 2024 Texas Women's Hall of Fame honoree, presented by The Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce.

VIRGINIA

PBMares, Newport News, established a new risk advisory consulting practice that combines two standalone services, cybersecurity and internal controls, to provide a holistic, collaborative approach to risk management, with the addition of a new service offering, operational excellence. The risk advisory team is led by partners JJ Edmunds, Jr. and Antonina McAvoy, and senior manager Bronach Branan.

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