On the move: Windes adds tax partner

CONNECTICUT

Hillary Salo

Hilary Salo was appointed to a five-year term on the Financial Accounting Standards Board by the trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, beginning July 1, 2024. (Read the full story.) Additionally, Susan Cosper was reappointed to FASB for a second five-year term for that same time period. FAF also appointed Michael Clement and Elizabeth Pearce to its board of trustees; reappointed Carolyn Smith to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board for a second five-year term, continuing through Dec. 31, 2029; and appointed David Finkelstein to the Private Company Council, effective Jan. 1, 2024, and extending through Dec. 31, 2026.

ILLINOIS

Photo courtesy of RSM US LLP

RSM US, Chicago, title sponsor of the RSM Classic, presented the Davis Love Foundation with a more than $4.7 million donation from RSM's employee-led Power of Love program, bringing the grand total raised to-date through the tournament to $41,185,590 to support nonprofit organizations focused on children and families.

Baker Tilly US, Chicago, formed strategic collaborations with Sustain.Life and Sumday, providers of emissions-reporting solutions for businesses of all sizes.

Phil Langenderfer was hired as an assurance partner, focusing on the financial sponsors and financial services industry practice, at CohnReznick, Chicago.

Crowe LLP, Chicago, supplemented its professional standards team with the hire of Jeffrey Schaeffer as partner in its national office.

NEW JERSEY

Bob Cutolo

Bob Cutolo was hired as a partner at MSPC CPAs, Cranford.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs, Roseland, awarded 10 members $750 each toward CPA exam fee costs as winners of its CPA Exam Fee Lottery: Blimie Aron, Bolakale Ayuba, Michelle Burda, Jacob M. Chesir, Donovan Cruz, Brielle DeBarros, Bernard J. Maslow, Micalia Moody, Anh Phan; and Avrohom Sokol.

NEW YORK

IFAC offices

Courtesy of IFAC

The International Federation of Accountants announced its newest board member and several reappointments to the board. The new board appointment was Khalilullah Shaikh, of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan; and reappointed were: Atul Gupta, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Kohei Kan, the Japanese Institute of CPAs; Chiara Mio, Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti Contabili of Italy; and Taryn Rulton, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand. The IFAC Council also approved as new members: Ordem dos Contabilistas e Auditores de Moçambique, Mozambique; and the Palestinian Association of CPAs; and as a new associate, the Namibia Institute for Professional Accountants. Additionally, IFAC announced Charles Tilley, an advocate for integrated reporting and integrated thinking and former chief of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, as the recipient of the 2023 IFAC Global Leadership Award, celebrating his influence and dedication to the global accountancy profession.

PENNSYLVANIA

Mihir Jhaveri

Mihir Jhaveri, leader of the risk and sustainability practice at Centri, Philadelphia, was promoted to partner.

Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, promoted MacKenna Mahan, Geneka Zechman, James Farano and Christine Lingle to supervisor, and Andrew Horst, Cassandra Root, Conrad Martin, Desirae Kerr, Emily Consoletti, John Sterner, Lydia Tamayo, Matthew Becker, Rachel Bosworth and Rachel Miller to senior associate.

John Brady was hired as an accounting advisory manager at Schneider Downs, Pittsburgh.

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