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GEORGIA

Shelly Carmichael of Smith+Howard
Shelly Carmichael
Smith + Howard, Atlanta, launched two new tax practices: site selection + incentives, led by Shelly Carmichael, and state and local income tax consulting, led by Brandee Tilman. (Read the full story.)

ILLINOIS

Jason Van de Loo was appointed CEO at Choreo, Chicago. 

MICHIGAN

Plante Moran office in Southfield, Michigan
Plante Moran, Southfield, promoted 26 people to partner, with the full list available here. 

NEW JERSEY

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Matt Sampson
Matt Sampson was hired as a senior manager in the audit and assurance department at RRBB, Somerset. 

Wiss, Florham Park, is kicking off the third year of its summer financial literacy program in partnership with Team Walker, a nonprofit that offers year-round after-school and summer camp programs to underrepresented communities in Jersey City. The program was created to empower young people with real-world financial decision-making skills through in-person workshops and gamification activities.  

NEW YORK

The Ernst & Young offices in London
Ernst & Young announced eight EY-Parthenon partners were named Emerging Leaders by The M&A Advisor: Thomas Frantzeskakis, based in New York City; Ali Huberlie, based in Boston; Rohith Iyer, based in San Francisco; Alexandra Mariani, based in Boca Raton, Florida; Aasim Shaik, based in Chicago; Jeremy Spier, the EY-Parthenon Americas insurance sector leader, based in New York City; Lindsay Sloan, based in Dallas; and Raphael Anderson, based in Los Angeles.

OKLAHOMA

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Kyle Stewart
Kyle Stewart was appointed the first principal-in-charge of the Oklahoma City office at REDW Advisors & CPAs.

PENNSYLVANIA

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Maggie Havelka
Schneider Downs & Co., Pittsburgh, added as shareholders: Maggie Havelka, who joined the firm in 2013 and focuses on estate, succession planning and individual taxation for business owners, executives and high-net-worth individuals; Patrick Hickman, who joined the firm in 2023; Logan Kowcheck, who joined the firm in 2011, in the audit practice group; Mike Marasco, who joined the business advisory group in 2020; Janelle Merlo, who joined the firm in 2023; and also added a new partner to its affiliate, Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors: Greg Daily, who joined the firm in 2021.

Brown Plus, Camp Hill, promoted: Amanda Moats to audit manager; and Trinity Benedict and Megan Duffy to tax senior associates.

George Kelly was appointed managing partner at SolomonEdwards, Philadelphia. 
Danielle Lee
Managing Editor, Accounting Today
Practice management Career moves EY
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