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February 3, 2022 11:31 AM

Porte Brown elects next CEO; CohnReznick elevates 21 to partner; and more CPA news.

CALIFORNIA

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BPM, San Francisco, was named a Best of Accounting award winner by Clearly Rated for the seventh consecutive year. In other firm news, counsel Michael Savoy was reelected president of the California Board of Accountancy for a third term.

Intuit, Mountain View, hosted its first North American Black History Month Roundtable Feb. 1 to address the challenges faced by Black-owned businesses. Titled Health and Wellness for Small Businesses, the event featured actress, producer, director and entrepreneur Tracee Ellis Ross, journalist Soledad O’Brien and accountant Nayo Carter-Gray, CEO and founder of 1st Step Accounting. The roundtable will also feature data from a recent QuickBooks survey on the mental, physical, social and financial well-being of Black small business owners in the U.S. and Canada.

COLORADO

Corey Getz and Theodore Shambaugh were hired to oversee the agricultural land management services division at KCoe Isom, Loveland.

GEORGIA

Michelle Arnold will be retiring from her role as regional executive director for North America at PrimeGlobal, Duluth, effective Feb. 28, 2022. Maureen Dilmore, currently leader of accounting association DFK, will succeed Arnold.

ILLINOIS

Joseph Gleba was elected as the next CEO and managing partner at Porte Brown, Elk Grove Village, where he has worked since 1996 and became a partner in 2009, succeeding Bruce Jones, who assumed the role of MP in 2003.

The Illinois CPA Society published the last of the First 100 video interviews in its series of Black CPA Centennial videos highlighting trailblazing Black accountants, with this installment featuring Johnnie Clark of Georgia, who became the 96th Black CPA.

MARYLAND

Thomas Luginbill was hired to lead business development for the technology practice at Aronson, Rockville.

MASSACHUSETTS

Michael O’Day

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Michael O’Day was hired as a managing director in the accounting advisory practice at CBIZ, Boston.

MICHIGAN

Rehmann, Troy, achieved compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

MISSOURI

Jim Regnier

Jim Regnier was named the next managing partner of the national tax services division and Will James international tax services line of business leader at BKD CPAs & Advisors, Springfield.

Caden Reinheimer and Nicolas Sterling were hired as staff accountants and Mallori Sweeney as an administrative assistant at KPM CPAs & Advisors, Springfield.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Stephanie Gray

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Stephanie Gray was promoted to manager at Nathan Wechsler & Co., Concord.

NEW JERSEY

Joseph Caplan and Salvatore Lubrano-Lavadera were named partners at RRBB Accountants and Advisors, Somerset.

NEW YORK

Tammy Reyes

Tammy Reyes was hired as a principal in the tax department and Travis Smith was promoted to principal in the audit and accounting department at Dermody, Burke & Brown, Syracuse.

Stuart Mayer was promoted to regional managing partner, New York metro, at Prager Metis.

EY, New York, was recognized by research and advisory firm Verdantix as a leader for environmental, social and governance services and sustainability consulting services in its latest report, “Green Quadrant: ESG & Sustainability Consulting 2022.”

CohnReznick, New York, promoted 21 to partner: Nathaniel Adams, Erin Blanding, Ryan Halbrook, Brendan Martin, Dennis Michaelis, Dennis Park, Michael Pezzullo and Andrew Smith in tax; Eytan Burstein in international tax; Stephanie Caragher in project finance; Charles Edelen, Nicholas Purdy, Kayla Schultz, Jesse Stoop, Catherine Syslo and Erin Todd in assurance; Amanda Gibbs in federal sector; Thomas McDermott in cybersecurity; Gen Oraa in transaction advisory; and Derek Weaver in cost segregation.

The New York State Society of CPAs is celebrating its 125th anniversary.