WithumSmith+Brown named nine employees as recipients of its Strength Awards: Jarrod Rhen, senior manager in the Princeton office, with the Fred S. Withum Outstanding Achievement Award; Keishla Rodriguez, office manager in the Orlando, Fla., office with the Withum Administrative Strength Award; Joe Cassano, senior manager in the New York City office, with Withum Marketing Strength; Anurag Sharma, principal in SOC/cyber advisory services in the Princeton office, with the Withum Innovative Strength; the Christina Lazaro, manager of the Red Bank office, with the Withum Community Stregth award; and the audit services team of Stephen Antenucci, manager of the Red Bank office, Solomon Feraidoon, senior of the Morristown office, Sumit Pal, principal of the Princeton office, and Salvatore Franchino, staff accountant in New York City, with the Leonard H. Smith Strength of Client Service award.
CPA Associates International announced the election of its North America leadership for the 2017 Association year: James Holmes, managing partner of Vrakas/Blum in Brookfield, S.C., was named chairman; Paul Rudoy, managing partner of H2R CPA in Pittsburgh, as chairman-elect; Christopher Roberts, managing partner at West Rhode & Roberts in San Diego, as secretary; and Jeffrey Arnol, managing partner of Kesller Orlean Silver & Co. in Deerfield, Ill., as treasurer. CPA Associates International also announced the new members of the North America Board of Directors: Scott Bush, shareholder at Soukup, Bush & Associates in Fort Collins, Colo.; Erin Gallagher, managing partner of Seber Tans in Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mary Lynch, partner of Haefele, Flanagan & Co. in Maple Shade, N.J.; and Kyle Taylor, partner of Sobul, Primes & Schenkel, CPAs in Los Angeles.