CALIFORNIA

Walt Brasch Jr. was hired as managing partner of the El Segundo office at Prager Metis, to lead the firm’s public company audit practice as partner-in-charge.

FLORIDA

Shaula Harvin was hired as tax staff at Pivot CPAs, Gainesville.

GUYANA

Maurice Solomon and Co., Georgetown, joined Andersen Global as a member firm of the international association.

ILLINOIS

Grant Thornton, Chicago, elected two new members to the firm’s partnership board: Doreen Griffith, office managing partner for Dallas, and Catherine Hyodo, office managing partner for Los Angeles. In other firm news, Jamie Yesnowitz, state and local tax leader in the Washington national tax office, and Jeff Martin, partner in the Washington national tax office, received the American Institute of CPAs’ Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes outstanding current contributions to the AICPA Tax Division.

INDIANA

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Julie Kimbley
Katz, Sapper & Miller, Indianapolis, added eight new directors: Julie Kimbley (pictured), Doug Carpenter, Jordan Mayer, Seth Sailors and Jacob Weide in the business advisory group; Trent Parkinson in the audit and assurance services group; Dan Sailer in the valuation services group; and Amy McDonald with KSM Location Advisors.

KENTUCKY

Jeremy Prichard was hired as director of sales and marketing and Nathan Overbey as lead software engineer, for TrinDocs, and Nicholas Jackson was hired as a Microsoft Dynamics consultant, at TrinSoft, Lexington.

NEW JERSEY

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Hal Gross
Hal Gross was hired as U.S. company president and area representative for the state of New Jersey at TaxAssist Accountants.

NEW YORK

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Alexis Becker
Alexis Becker was hired as a director in the client accounting and services department at Freed Maxick, Buffalo.

Frank Attalla was hired as a partner in the financial services group at EisnerAmper, New York.

Deloitte Tax announced that the 2021 National Multistate Tax Symposium, presented in collaboration with the Tax Section of the Florida Bar, will be held virtually Feb. 1-5, 2021, for a few hours each day. More information and registration is available here.

Janover was recognized with workplace awards for its two locations. The firm’s Garden City office was recognized for the second consecutive year as a Top Workplace on Long Island by Newsday, and the New York City office was named to the 2020 Best Places to Work in New York City list by Crain’s New York Business.

NORTH CAROLINA

Victoria Grady was appointed professor-in-residence at DHG Healthcare, Charlotte, where she will bring the latest evidence-based research and analysis to the DHG Healthcare people and change practice.

OHIO

Bober Markey Fedorovich, Akron, announced a new web and email address, adopting the newly released domain .CPA, to become BMF.CPA.

PENNSYLVANIA

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Janily Jones
RKL, Lancaster, hired three managers: Janily Jones (pictured) in the financial services industry group, Lauren Gluckman in business development, and Keith McLaughlin in the small business services group.

James Adams of BSSF Wealth, a member of Advisory Services Network, is partnering with Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill.

Herbein + Co., Reading, promoted 18 people. The firm promoted, in the Reading office: Patrick T. Brady to senior IT support specialist, Corey Robinson and Stephanie Atkins to manager, Ryan Krall, Emely Tremols and Dalton Weller to senior accountant, Rick Bastida, Stephen Collins, Daniel Geary and John Hazel to supervisor, and Rachel Keich, Annika McKinney, Christopher Popovici and Austin Roth to advanced staff accountant; and in the Spring House office, Michael Tranchitella to supervisor, and Ryan Raudenbush and Timothy Weisbein to advanced staff accountant.

TEXAS

GrowthForce, Kingwood, launched a new podcast, “Path to Profit: Lessons Learned from Growth-Driven Business Leaders,” with each episode featuring business leaders giving advice on running a business and developing a growth mindset.
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