On the move: Traphagen raises $1K for cancer charity

October 27, 2023 11:59 AM

REDW relocates Albuquerque office; Eide Bailly names nonprofit Project Chimps winner of its annual Resourcefullness Award; and more news from across the profession.

ALABAMA

Liz Mahon

Liz Mahon was hired as a health care advisor at Kassouf, Birmingham.

CALIFORNIA

Arshak Torossian was hired as an audit director in the not-for-profit service group at Hood & Strong, San Francisco.

CANADA

Russell Bedford welcomed members from around the globe in Montreal for a celebration at the global network's 40th Annual Global Conference.

ILLINOIS

The living room in Grant Thornton's Chicago headquarters

Grant Thornton, Chicago, was named one of the 2023 100 Best Companies by Seramount for the 18th consecutive year. Additionally, Rashada Whitehead, national managing principal of culture, immersion and inclusion, was named a Notable Leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by Crain's Chicago Business.

JAPAN

Komiyama & Co., Tokyo, joined the MGI Worldwide accounting network.

MICHIGAN

Rehmann's office in Troy, Michigan

Courtesy of Rehmann

Rehmann, Troy, published its 2023 Michigan Cannabis CFO Outlook Report in partnership with A&K Research, Inc., to provide cannabis licensees insight and highlight concerns, trends and challenges in Michigan's cannabis industry.

MISSOURI

Vicki MacDonald

KPM CPAs & Advisors, Springfield, hired: Vicki MacDonald as the talent acquisition and retention specialist; Kris Madewell as HR and benefits coordinator; Austin Russo as a staff accountant; and Katie Torbeck as a staff accountant.

NEW JERSEY

Traphagen CPAs & Wealth Advisors participated in the American Cancer Society's Annual Denim Day Fundraiser to support its breast cancer programs, raising $1,000.

Sofia Cordero Alves, partner at Mazars USA, and Jenna Sanfilippo, a senior tax accountant at WilkinGuttenplan, members of the New Jersey Society of CPAs, were selected to the American Institute of CPAs' 2023 Leadership Academy.

Allen Wilen, partner and national director of the financial advisory services group at EisnerAmper, Iselin, was named global president of the Turnaround Management Association for the 2024 term. In other firm news, EisnerAmper received ClearlyRated's Best of Accounting 5-Year Diamond Award for excellence in client service.

NEW MEXICO

REDW plans to relocate its Albuquerque office to 8801 Horizon Boulevard, a new 25,000-square-foot space.

NEW YORK

Dan Meers was hired as a managing director of the Technology+ practice at CohnReznick, New York.

Ruth Kessman was promoted to partner and James Toto was hired as a partner in the private client services group at Frankel Loughran Starr & Vallone, Garden City.

NORTH DAKOTA

Eide Bailly, Fargo, announced that Project Chimps, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Morganton, Georgia, was selected as the recipient of the 2023 Resourcefullness Award, which recognizes exceptional nonprofit organizations that demonstrate ingenuity and sustainability in generating revenue and presents them with a $50,000 prize. In other firm news, Eide Bailly was recognized as Oracle NetSuite's 2023 North American Partner of the Year and as Tipalti's 2023 Accounting Partner of the Year.

PENNSYLVANIA

Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, announced its internship program scored ninth out of the 25 top programs in the accounting industry nationwide based on a survey of more than 12,000 current and former interns by career research website company Vault-Firsthand.

TENNESSEE

Karen Clement

HHM CPAs hired: Karen Clement as a tax director in the Chattanooga office; Peter Rutherford as a supervisor in the dealership services group in the Memphis office; Jalisia Slater and Brittany Woods as senior accountants in the Memphis office; Madison Dispensia as a staff accountant in the Cleveland office; and Lori Krekeler as a processing supervisor in the Chattanooga office.

VIRGINIA

Morgan Thomson Farmer was hired as a director at Thomson Consulting, Richmond.