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ALABAMA

Kassouf, Birmingham, promoted: Julie Parker, and Kami West to managers; Ashley Burns to supervising senior; and Levi Blalock, Jeremy Green, Matthew Jardell, Phil Johnston, Kerry Jones, Sarah Oaks and Cheryl Wisner to seniors.

CALIFORNIA

Kim Spinardi was promoted to partner at Hamilton Tharp, Solana Beach, where she has worked for three and a half years.

Nathan Matthews was appointed executive chairman and Sanjay Sheth as managing partner, succeeding Matthews, at CNM, Los Angeles. The firm also announced plans to open its first international office in Asia, to be led by CNM partner Beatrice Leong.

MGO promoted to partner: Angel Naval in the Los Angeles office and Benjamin Lau in the San Francisco Bay area.

COLORADO

The College for Financial Planning, Centennial, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

CROATIA

BD Savjetovanje and Kallay & Partners were both named member firms of Andersen Global.

FLORIDA

Jackie Cardello, president and managing partner at GRF CPAs & Advisors, was named the new chair of the board of CPAmerica, Gainesville. CPAmerica also appointed three new members of its board of directors: Gary Anglin of Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, P.C.; John Lerias of GYL LLP; and Shane Rohrbach of Gollob Morgan Peddy PC.

GEORGIA

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Paul Nagy
Paul Nagy was named chief product officer at IRIS Software Group, Alpharetta.

Williams Benator & Libby, Atlanta, unveiled a new logo and name, WBL CPAs + Advisors, and the new tagline: “Answers you need. People you trust.”

Winding River Consulting announced the launch of its Digital Deep Dive Summit to be held March 30-31 in Atlanta at the Hyatt Centric Midtown Atlanta. More information is available here.

ILLINOIS

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Michael Boenzi
Michael Boenzi was hired as a managing director and leader of the research and development tax credit services practice at BKD, Chicago.

The Illinois CPA Society published the latest in its series of Black CPA Centennial videos highlighting trailblazing Black accountants, with this installment featuring Mitchell & Titus founder Bert Mitchell.

Barbara Webb, co-founder of the Chicago office, was promoted to partner at MGO.

IOWA

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Heather Townsend-Macan
Heather Townsend-Macan was hired as a partner in the national commercial services group at BKD, Des Moines.

LOUISIANA

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Tim McCarthy
Tim McCarthy was hired in the newly created role of tax operations director at Postlethwaite & Netterville, Metairie.

MALAYSIA

TKNP, Kuala Lumpur, joined Morison Global as a member firm.

MASSACHUSETTS

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Hank Wolfson
Hank Wolfson was elected a partner at Gray, Gray & Gray, Canton, where he will also continue to serve as chief operating officer. Additionally, the firm promoted: Linh Truong to tax supervisor; Venice Touze and Martin Prendergast to tax senior managers; Ashton Vigueras-LaRochelle to Sage Intacct and advisory senior integrations consultant; Chris Dolan to audit senior staff accountant; Adam Faria and Victoria Richards to tax senior staff accountants; and Lisa Sullivan to bookkeeping supervisor.

MICHIGAN

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Christopher Sheridan
Christopher Sheridan, senior manager and co-leader of the business valuation and litigation support group, was honored with a 2021 National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts and Consultants Training Institute 40 Under Forty award.

Rehmann, Troy, was named one of West Michigan’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.


MISSOURI

The Growth Partnership, St. Louis, launched its 24th annual Rosenberg Survey benchmarking the accounting profession, open to CPA firms to participate here.

NEW YORK

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Stephen Bauer
Gettry Marcus, Woodbury, promoted to partner: Stephen Bauer and Robert Pellegrino in the real estate group; Raymond Chang in the accounting and auditing group; and Jason Goldberg in the tax group.

Vincent Batista was promoted to partner at L.H. Frishkoff, New York.

PwC, New York, released its 25th annual Global CEO Survey.

KPMG, New York, announced a $160 million investment in salary increases for all KPMG professionals. (Read the full story.)

Jackie Bai, Scott Davis and Corey Neubauer were promoted to partner at Prager Metis, New York.

NORTH CAROLINA

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The atrium at Dixon Hughes Goodman's headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.
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DHG, Charlotte, received a 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, a benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Ryan, Geer, Field and Rhodes, Charleston, joined global network Russell Bedford.


OHIO

Eric Mulchaey, president of Roepcke Mulchaey, Columbus, was appointed to the Americas Regional Board at BKR International to serve for three two-year terms.

PENNSYLVANIA

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Jeshanah Fox
Jeshanah Fox, marketing director at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill, was named a member of the YWCA Greater Harrisburg’s Tribute to Women of Excellence class of 2022.

Surgent Accounting & Financial Education, Radnor, renamed its university scholarship award to honor late Surgent team member Paul Wiese, who passed away in 2021. Each spring and winter semester, student winners of the Paul Wiese Bridge Builder Scholarship Award will receive a cash scholarship of $2,500 along with a full review course for the certification of choice for the CPA, CMA, EA or SIE exam.

TEXAS

PW Associates, McKinney, joined Russell Bedford as a member firm of the global network.

UNITED KINGDOM

Sue Lloyd was appointed vice chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board, effective March 1, 2022, and Janine Guillot was appointed special advisor to the ISSB chair, effective Feb. 1, 2022.

VIRGINIA

The Virginia Society of CPAs is offering a mental health first aid training March 4 in its Richmond office, in partnership with Henrico Mental Health & Developmental Services, to educate participants on how to recognize and help others who are developing a mental health problem or crisis.

WISCONSIN

The National Association of Tax Professionals, Appleton, announced it is hosting three in-person NATP Tax Forums & Expo: Sept. 19 and 20 in Orlando, Sept. 29 and 30 in Atlantic City, and Oct. 19 and 20 in Las Vegas. More information is available here.

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