On the move: YHB names next CEO

February 10, 2023 9:00 AM

Forvis donates $100K to Center for Leadership Development; FICPA hosts Hike the Hill advocacy event; and more accounting news.

ALABAMA

Kassouf, Birmingham, promoted: Margaret Cook and Joni Wyatt to director; Sally Bradley, James Dicks and Rachelle North to principal; Julie Myers to manager; Peri Cabral and Stewart Garner to senior health care advisor; Levi Blalock, Meghan Custer and Bridget Adams O'Neal to supervising senior accountant; Lacey Harris Klumpp and Hayden Williams to senior accountant; and hired Shannon Pike as a principal.

Murray Guy was named partner at Machen McChesney, Auburn.

ARIZONA

Hattie Mitchell

Eric Draper

Hattie Mitchell, senior manager and tribal consultant in the national tribal practice at REDW, Phoenix, was appointed to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.

BELGIUM

Decupere & Partners joined BKR International.

CALIFORNIA

Novogradac, San Francisco, announced overall investment in qualified opportunity funds tracked by the firm reached $34.09 billion at the end of 2022, with a single-year record $9.68 billion of that being reported in the preceding 12 months.

Andersen Global, San Francisco, added 11 member firms: A&A Tax in Australia; Law Firm SAJIĆ in Bosnia and Herzegovina; CN Law in Burundi; Nimba Conseil in Guinea; Saint Lawrence Tax Consultancy in Jordan; Unicase in Kazakhstan; Halim Hong & Quek in Malaysia; Tax & Legal Advisers LLC in Tajikistan; ECC Denetim in Turkey; MCG Legal in Turkey; and Intuit Management Consultancy in United Arab Emirates, Singapore, India.

CYPRUS

Cyause Audit Services Limited, Nicosia, joined BKR International.

FLORIDA

FICPA members

The Florida Institute of CPAs held its annual in-person advocacy event, Hike the Hill, at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee Jan. 25, bringing together FICPA members with lawmakers to advocate on behalf of the CPA profession in Florida.

Lynn Brewer was named director in the entrepreneurial services practice at Kaufman Rossin, Miami.

Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund, Tampa, won the Clearly Rated Best of Accounting Award for superior client service.

GEORGIA

William Scarborough

William Scarborough was hired as a tax/SEC director in the Savannah office at Hancock Askew & Co.

ILLINOIS

Christine Haber Ernst

C. Cote

Christine Haber Ernst, leader of the nonprofit practice group, was named partner and Crystal Nesson principal at Legacy Professionals, Westchester.

BDO USA released its CFO Outlook Survey.

INDIANA

Alan Baker

Alan Baker was named director of accounting and auditing and the chair of the audit, accounting and quality control committee at Blue & Co., Carmel.

KENTUCKY

Dean Dorton, Lexington, launched a new Nonprofit Operations Diagnostic Assessment designed to assist nonprofits in measuring critical control elements of risk.

LOUISIANA

Postlethwaite & Netterville, Baton Rouge, announced 59 promotions, with the full list available here.

MICHIGAN

Sydney Champine was hired as an administrative assistant, Angie Holbrook as director of first impressions, and Trevor Smith as an accounting associate at Lewis & Knopf, Flint.

MINNESOTA

CLA, Minneapolis, released its annual CLA Promise Report, available here.

MISSOURI

Forvis, Springfield, announced the Forvis Foundation donated $100,000 to the Center for Leadership Development in Indianapolis. In other firm news, Forvis won the Best of Accounting award for providing superior service to clients from ClearlyRated.

NEW YORK

Jenna Saint Martin

EisnerAmper, New York, signed a multiyear sponsorship agreement with LPGA golf star Paula Creamer to become a brand ambassador, with EisnerAmper's logo to be featured on Creamer's golf shirts during all her golf-related appearances starting in 2023.

Maureen Lehsten was promoted to director in the health care practice at Freed Maxick, Buffalo.

Naya Pearlman was hired as a partner in the tax practice at CohnReznick, New York.

The International Federation of Accountants' Professional Accountants in Business Advisory Group added four new volunteer members: Esther Bosch, head of internal audit & risk, Stahl Holdings, Netherlands; Lindawati Gani, professor in management accounting, faculty of economics and business, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia; Maria del Dado Alonso Sanchez, group CFO, Berlin Brands Group, Spain; and Muhammad Samiullah Siddiqui, CFO, Oxford University Press Pakistan, Pakistan.

NORTH CAROLINA

Amy Strachan, Melanie Barthel and Alex Murray were named partners at Johnson Lambert, Raleigh.

OKLAHOMA

REDW, Oklahoma City, partnered with HoganTaylor to bring REDW clients across Indian Country HoganTaylor's technology solutions, including outsourced CIO and technology services, managed services, hardware and software solutions, and cybersecurity services.

PENNSYLVANIA

Mark Ballistrieri

Jen Worley

Mark Ballistrieri was hired as state and local tax director of tax advisory services, Anthony Jackson as a managed advisory services manager, and Zachary Motyl as a CISA risk advisory manager at Schneider Downs & Co., Pittsburgh. In other firm news, Schneider Downs won the Clearly Rated Best of Accounting Award for superior client service for the sixth consecutive year.

RKL, Lancaster, was named one of the most recommended tax firms in the nation, according to a Forbes survey.

RHODE ISLAND

KLR, Providence, promoted to partner: Jessica Ashley, Jamie Hansen, Deb Pallasch, Jade Toher, Joseph Tamburo and Erin Washburn.

SWITZERLAND

Exactio, Basel, joined Andersen Global as a member firm.

TENNESSEE

HHM CPAs opened a third office, in Cleveland, located at 266 Inman Street East.

UNITED KINGDOM

Russell Bedford International is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

VIRGINIA

Scott Moulden and Tom Milburn

Tom Milburn, principal at YHB, Winchester, was elected as the firm's next CEO, effective Oct. 1, 2023. Milburn, who has been at the firm since 1997, succeeds current CEO Scott Moulden.