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MISSOURI

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Garret Layman
BKD CPAs & Advisors, Springfield, was named one of the top organizations in the country for internal learning and development by Training magazine. In other firm news, BKD promoted 32 people — to senior manager: Katie Baker and Benjamin Schmitz, Kansas City; Kayla Bell and Julie Thompson, Springfield; Luke Guillemette and James Shiveley, San Antonio; Austin Hoglen, St. Louis; Jae Hyun, New York; Luke Pals, Nashville; Avni Patel, Houston; John Stastny, Omaha; Cheyenne Tanner, Waco; Jay White, Houston; and Brad Wyatt, Salt Lake City. The firm promoted to senior management consultants: Jen Albers and Valorie Clouse, health care performance advisory services, Springfield; Jerry Francis, state & local tax services, Dallas; Emily Hand, Indianapolis; Andrew Horrow, New York; Kelly Jansen, international tax services, St. Louis; Bryan Keene, Bloomington; Terri Mayfield and Melissa Sharp, Springfield; Jody McCallister, Chicago; Caroline Mendez, Waco; Raquel Montalvo, loan review services, Houston; Kate Morton, international tax services, Houston; Kate Thibert, Austin; Adrianne Trottier, IT risk services, Indianapolis; Kristen Ueckert, Houston; and Lauren Weller, transaction services, Denver.

NEW JERSEY

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Brian Zucker
Peter Alessandria
Brian Zucker, partner at RRBB Accountants and Advisors, Somerset, was appointed to the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the New York State Society of CPAs.

NEW YORK

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Jerry Eitel
Jerry Eitel was appointed chief metaverse officer at Prager Metis, New York, to lead the firm in its counsel of businesses and individuals on metaverse-related projects.

Judd Appel was named managing director and national leader in the transaction advisory services group at EisnerAmper, New York.

Steve Gottlieb was hired as a managing director, specializing in commercial real estate consulting, at BKD CPAs & Advisors, New York.

NORTH CAROLINA

Emily Signorelli, director in the Charleston office at Brown Edwards, was awarded the "Beta Alpha Psi Business Information Professional of the Year."

WASHINGTON

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Stephanie Hermanutz
TIFFANY BROOKS
Stephanie Hermanutz was promoted to senior tax manager at VSH CPAs, Bellingham.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Karen Dietrich was named director of the office of international affairs for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

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Danielle Lee
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Danielle Lee, editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News, was most recently managing editor of Accounting Today, and previously served as technology... Read full bio
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