On the move: Withum opens new San Francisco office

December 15, 2023 11:56 AM

Withum opened a new San Francisco office; the NATP appointed its 2024 board of directors; MaloneBailey launched a corporate valuation consulting practice; and more news from across the profession.

ALABAMA

LeAnne Goode

Steve Babin

Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, Huntsville, promoted to partner: LeAnne Goode, Meg Hampton and Kavitha Hichkad in the audit and assurance department; and Andrew Labosier in the tax advisory department, to join the executive team effective Jan. 1, 2024.

CALIFORNIA

Withum unveiled its redesigned San Francisco office space, located at 601 California Street, inviting team members, clients and business partners to view the new space Nov. 9.

CONNECTICUT

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, Norwalk, announced the appointment of 11 new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, to serve a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2024: Ashley Baum, managing director, head of special opportunities, Teacher Retirement System of Texas; Adam Brown, national managing principal - accounting, BDO USA; Tim Codrington, managing director of research, equity division, Fidelity Investments; Brandon Coleman, partner, deputy chief accountant, Deloitte; Christine DiFabio, senior vice president and global controller, Zoetis, Inc.; Matt Janzaruk, senior vice president and chief accounting officer, Procter & Gamble; Greg Ketron, head of investor relations and treasury, Invesco Ltd.; Jill Lehman, executive director, head of forensic research, CFRA; James May, vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, NextEra Energy Inc.; Sarah McVay, professor of accounting, William A. Fowler Endowed Professor, University of Washington – Seattle; and Stephen Stubben, Francis A. Madsen professor of accounting and associate dean for faculty and research, University of Utah.

DENMARK

Lægård Revision, Copenhagen, joined Russell Bedford International as a member firm of the international network.

FLORIDA

Engineered Tax Services, West Palm Beach, announced it received a minority investment from venture services firm RevRoad. (Read the full story.)

ILLINOIS

Grant Thornton, Chicago, received a 100% score for the seventh consecutive year on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-24 Corporate Equality Index, the national benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

MARYLAND

Rosen, Sapperstein and Friedlander, Towson, was named to the Baltimore Sun's 2023 Top Workplaces.

MICHIGAN

Yeo & Yeo, Saginaw, promoted to principal, effective Jan. 1, 2024: Andrew Matuzak, Mike Rolka, Christopher Sheridan, Rachel Van Slembrouck and Alex Wilson.

THE NETHERLANDS

The Global Reporting Initiative, Amsterdam, announced Jessica Fries, chief executive of Accounting for Sustainability, was appointed the new chair of the GRI supervisory board, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Fries, who first joined the board in 2019 and became vice-chair two years ago, assumed the role from Jack Ehnes, who is stepping down from the supervisory board after five years' service, including two as Ccair. Additionally, current board member Bola Adeeko was appointed the new vice-chair.

NEVADA

Steve Chaney, owner of Chaney & Associates, was named the recipient of CPA.com's Digital CPA Innovative Practitioner Award, recognizing pioneers who demonstrate thought leadership, strategic decision-making and a commitment to drive the profession toward the future, at the Digital CPA conference in Las Vegas.

NEW JERSEY

Sax, Parsippany, joined TIAG, the accounting division of TAG Alliances, as a member firm.

NEW YORK

PKF O'Connor Davies, New York, launched its Center for Private Business Owners, made up of specialists from across the organization's practice areas and created to advance private business owners' personal and professional goals through a wide-ranging set of advisory and financial services.

LMC, New York, closed the office for the day Nov. 16 for its first firmwide LMC Gives Back Day, participating in community service events and volunteering at Ronald McDonald House Charities, Citymeals on Wheels and SBH Community Service Network Inc.

OHIO

Clark Schaefer Hackett, Cincinnati, announced its expansion into a new Blue Ash office, following the May 2021 acquisition of Strategic HR, now Clark Schaefer Strategic HR. The new office is on the second floor at 10856 Reed Hartman Highway, Suite 225.

PENNSYLVANIA

Jonathan Zeigler

Jonathan Zeigler was appointed managing partner at Baker Tilly US, Philadelphia, effective Jan. 1, 2024, succeeding Christine Fenske, who will retire after a 19-year career at Baker Tilly.

Lauren Fenner was promoted to principal at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill, effective Jan. 1, 2024. In other firm news, Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz was named Central Penn Business Journal's No. 1 Best Place to Work in PA in the medium-sized company category in 2023, for the fourth consecutive year.

Ed Coleman joined the executive leadership team at Global Tax Management, Wayne, as a managing director.

RKL, Lancaster, promoted: Erika Schachle, Melissa Long and Michelle Frye to audit senior manager; Patricia Karpowicz to audit manager; Adam Fye, Alexander Moran and Kevin Wilcox to tax manager; Joel Harnly, Kristin Barshinger and Michael Andrews to tax senior manager; Holly Schultz and Jeremy Schultz to small business manager; Nolan Myers to small business senior manager; Tyler Morris to senior consultant; Lacy Albright to medical billing manager; Paula Hynum to senior living senior consultant; and Nicole Hieber and Michael Reid to controller.

TENNESSEE

Cassie Bell

Cassie Bell was hired as a senior tax manager in the Cleveland office at HHM CPAs.

TEXAS

MaloneBailey, Houston, launched a corporate valuation consulting practice and appointed Jamie Burress as a valuation managing director to lead the new practice.

VIRGINIA

Carolyn Quill

Carolyn Quill, current lead tax principal, was appointed the new managing principal at Thompson Greenspon, Fairfax, effective Jan. 1, 2024, succeeding current managing principal Chip Helme, who will remain chairman of the board and a principal at the firm.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Internal Revenue Service received the Enterprise Risk Management Luminary Award, recognizing four federal agencies for significant progress and notable achievements in the implementation and practice of ERM, from the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management at the annual ERM Summit.

WISCONSIN

The National Association of Tax Professionals, Appleton, announced its 2024 board of directors: Jaimee Hammer was re-elected president of the national board of directors for a term to begin Jan. 1, 2024, and end Dec. 31, 2024; and other officials include: Dorothy Havey, vice president; Jackie Sanders, secretary; Charles Markham, treasurer; and joining the board in January are: LaVeta Scherer, Melissa Bowman, Sherri Hoskisson, Richard Moring III, Anna Stevens and Jim Vann.