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CONNECTICUT

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, appointed to the Emerging Issues Task Force: Dan Palomaki, managing director, institutional clients group controller, Citigroup; and Jay Seliber, partner at PwC.

FLORIDA

Grace Horvath was appointed president of CPAmerica, effective January 2022, where she has worked for 10 years, following the departure of Alan Deichler, who served as president from 2010-21.

Shelly Weir was named president and CEO of the Florida Institute of CPAs, Tallahassee, beginning her tenure April 5. Weir currently serves as senior vice president of career development for the American Hotel & Lodging Association and its educational foundation.

Corvee, Fort Lauderdale, is offering a webinar to help tax and accounting professionals navigate the latest stimulus relief bill, the American Rescue Plan. Information is available here.

INDIANA

Rootworks, Bloomington, announced a Tax Season Halftime Show event, a live webcast to give firms and staff a mid-season break featuring high-value prizes and sideline reports from peer firms. The show will be hosted March 19 from 2-3 p.m., with registration available here.

KENTUCKY

Dean Dorton, Lexington, was named to the Best Places to Work in Kentucky for the 17th consecutive year by the Kentucky Society for Human Resources Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

MICHIGAN

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Dave Youngstrom
Dave Youngstrom was named the next president and CEO-elect of Yeo & Yeo, Saginaw, assuming leadership of the firm's nine offices and all Yeo & Yeo companies: Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Business Consultants, Yeo & Yeo Medical Billing & Consulting, Yeo & Yeo Computer Consulting and Yeo & Yeo Wealth Management. Youngstrom, who has been with the firm for 25 years, is a principal and shareholder who serves on the firm’s board of directors and most recently served as assurance service line leader.

MISSOURI

BKD CPAs & Advisors, Springfield, extended its principal partner sponsorship agreement with the Construction Financial Management Association for three more years, beginning Jan. 1, 2021.

NEW YORK

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Thomas Palmer
Thomas Palmer was promoted to principal in the audit and accounting department at Dermody, Burke & Brown, Syracuse.

Lumsden McCormick, Buffalo, announced partner Cheryl Jankowski earned the Certified Exit Planning advisor credential and senior analyst Benjamin Schuver earned an accreditation in business valuation.

Andre Ross and Gabe Shurek, partners at Gettry Marcus, Woodbury, will assume co-leadership of the firm’s business valuation and litigation services group, taking over from former group leader Mark Warshavsky.

PENNSYLVANIA

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Jeanette Hassis
Jeanette Hassis was hired as a senior manager at Herbein + Co., Reading.

Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, was recognized as one of the Top 100 organizations by Pennsylvania Business Central magazine.

TEXAS

PKF Texas, Houston, launched a bank advisory services offering, which includes field examinations. The bank field examinations team includes: directors Matthew Goldston and Sam Razmandi and chief growth officer Byron Hebert.

Woodard Events announced its Scaling New Heights conference will be rescheduled from June 20-23, 2021, to Oct. 24-27, 2021, taking into account current projections around COVID-19 and the timetable for general availability of vaccines. The event is still being hosted at the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Whitley Penn, Fort Worth, announced a new podcast series, “Start Now, Success Later,” featuring WPWealth professionals sharing their knowledge on topics like budgeting and debt management, benefits, 401(k) plans and more.

Knight CPA Group, Austin, partnered with the Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice to bring health care accounting expertise and discounted services to the nonprofit trade association’s membership.

VIRGINIA

The Virginia Society of CPAs, Richmond, launched a new suite of business ethics offerings, including a course designed to create a foundation of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and explore ethical considerations around unconscious bias, decision making and critical thinking. The ethics course is authored by expert international and state thought leaders and will come in a variety of formats online and on-demand.

WASHINGTON

Rosalyn Curato was hired as EVP of customer success and Preethi Pragash as VP of finance at Lockstep, Seattle.

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