CONNECTICUT

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, announced members of its newly reconstituted Emerging Issues Task Force: Thomas Barbieri, chief accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Paul Beswick, chief accountant, Ernst & Young LLP; Jack Ciesielski, president, R.G. Associates; David Gonzales, vice president, senior accounting analyst, Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; Robert Malhotra, chief accountant, KPMG LLP; Kevin McBride, corporate controller and chief accounting officer, ServiceNow; Dan Palomaki, managing director, Citigroup; Jeremy Perler, managing partner, Schilit Forensics; Matthew Schell, chief accountant, Crowe LLP; Kate Sturgess, controller and chief accounting officer, American Electric Power; and Curt Weller, chief accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP.

ILLINOIS

Crowe, Chicago, admitted 52 new partners and principals to the partnership. The full list is available here

MASSACHUSETTS

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Kevin Bonnett
Kevin Bonnett was named a vice president and shareholder at G.T. Reilly & Co., Milton. 

MISSOURI

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Megan Knoblauch
Megan Knoblauch, partner-in-charge of the assurance services group, was named managing partner of the Kansas City office at RubinBrown, succeeding Todd Pleimann, who served in the role for 19 years.

NEW YORK

Ryan McLaughlin was hired as an audit partner at Mazars, Woodbury. 

Ashish Jalan was hired in the newly created role of president, global operations, at CohnReznick, New York, where he will oversee the resource management, talent development, operational effectiveness, and client service initiatives to drive the firm's offshore expansion. 

NICARAGUA

Borrell Asociados, Managua, joined Kudos International.

OHIO

Shawn O'Brien was hired to join the auditing team at HBK CPAs & Consultants, Youngstown. 

PENNSYLVANIA

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Pavlo Ageyev
Pavlo Ageyev was hired as a partner at Centri Business Consulting, Philadelphia. 

TEXAS

Maxwell Locke & Ritter, Austin, announced a brand update and launch of a new website to reflect the firm's expanding regional and national presence.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Terry Patton was reappointed and Diane Dudley was appointed to serve on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. Patton's second and final five-year term begins on July 1, 2024, to conclude on June 30, 2029, and Dudley's five-year term will begin on July 1, 2024, when current member Sallyanne Harper completes her service. In other news, FASAB is seeking to identify candidates to fill three upcoming member vacancies with one term to begin Nov. 1, 2024, and two new members' terms to begin Jan. 1, 2026, asking for resumes to be sent to fasab@fasab.gov.
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