ALABAMA
Cliff Jackson has been promoted to principal at Wilson, Price, Barranco, Blankenship & Billingsley, PC, Montgomery, while shareholder Billy Daniels has earned the Certified Government Financial Manager credential.
ARKANSAS
Beall Barclay & Co. PLC, Fort Smith, announced a number
of promotions: Katie LeJong has been promoted to audit manager, and Christopher L. Cluck, Andrea L. Parker and Christal D. McDonald to in-charge accountant.
CALIFORNIA
Beth Rasler has been promoted to director, and Tina Xie and Limei Chen to manager, at Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co., Fremont.
COLORADO
Karissa Stevens has joined Bondi & Co. as a senior accountant.
FLORIDA
John Garvin has joined the Boynton Beach office of Gilman Ciocia Inc., providing financial planning services to individual and corporate clients. ... Michael D. Brown has joined the Technology Consulting Division of Templeton & Co. LLP, West Palm Beach, as senior technology consultant. ... Robert Bedwell, a partner at Berenfeld Spritzer Shechter & Sheer LLP, Coral Gables, has been appointed to the 2008-2009 Broward Unit Operating Committee of the Florida Division of the American Cancer Society. ... Andreea Cioara and Cristian N. Nieto have been promoted to associate director in the Real Estate Tax Department and the Attest and Accounting Department, respectively, at Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant, Miami.
GEORGIA
Josh Battani has joined CBiz Accounting, Tax & Advisory Services, Atlanta, as an associate.
ILLINOIS
Phil Wedemeyer, national professional standards partner at Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, has been appointed to the Auditing Standards Board effective December 2008.
MARYLAND
Bill Riley, a principal in the Baltimore office of The Reznick Group, has been elected vice chairman of the board of the Maryland Association of CPAs. ... Stuart H. Anolik and Hal B. Perkins have joined the International and Corporate Tax Group of CBiz MHM, Bethesda, as a director and a manager, respectively, while Garrett Wells has been promoted to senior associate at CBiz MHM and Mayer Hoffman McCann.
MASSACHUSETTS
Thomas H. Astore has joined Rodman & Rodman PC, Newton, as tax manager. ... Bob Gleason has been named president and CEO of RedTail Solutions Inc., Westborough. ... William E. Philbrick, a senior vice president at Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli PC, Worcester, has earned the Certified in Financial Forensics credential from the American Institute of CPAs.
MICHIGAN
Mollie A. Bell and Adam J. House have joined the Jackson office of The Rehmann Group as staff government auditors, and Lee S. Flake has joined the office as a tax principal, while Anastasiya O. Pshenichnaya has joined the Troy office as a staff auditor. In addition, William J. Kowalski has joined Rehman Group member Kerby, Bailey and Associates, Troy, as a vice president.
NEW JERSEY
James C. Bourke, a partner at WithumSmith+Brown, Red Bank, has been named chair of the American Institute of CPAs' Certified Information Technology Professional Credential Committee for 2008-2009. ... Anne L. Kehl has joined Lassus Wherley, New Providence, as an investment officer. ... Michael Mariano has joined Saltzman, Manganelli, Pfeil, & Tendler LLP, Fairfield, as firm administrator. ... Curt Gambin has been named a manager at Meisel,
Tuteur & Lewis PC, Roseland. ... Bernard Milano, president and trustee of the KPMG Foundation, Montvale, has received the Beta Alpha Psi President's Award in recognition of his work promoting excellence among financial information students and professionals.
NEW MEXICO
Julie Clover, Jason Galloway and Kenny Stansbury have been promoted to assurance manager at Moss Adams LLP, Albuquerque.
NEW YORK
John B. Dubiel, a partner at Grimaldi & Nelkin CPAs PLLC, Syracuse, has earned the Certified in Financial Forensics credential. ... Melvin Zachter, a partner with Loeb & Troper LLP, New York City, was named the 2008 recipient of the Michael
H. Urbach CPA Community Builder's Award by the New York State Society of CPAs and the Council of Community Services of New York State, in recognition of his achievements in board volunteerism and charitable work. ... Jay Lindenberg has been promoted to director in the bankruptcy and restructuring practice of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, New York City. ... Mary Pat McCarthy, a vice chair of KPMG LLP, New York City, has been named executive director of the firm's Audit Committee Institute.
OHIO
Denise Martinez has been named manager of Accurate Bookkeeping Services at Shields Blice & Co. CPAs, Akron. ... Dan Reilly and Kristen Schrader have joined the Audit and Accounting Department of Ciuni & Panichi Inc., Cleveland, as staff accountants, and Jeremy Herbert has joined the Tax Department as a staff accountant.
PENNSYLVANIA
Andrew N. Wimbish has joined Parente Randolph LLC as a senior manager in the Pittsburgh Audit Group. ... Lisa Repeckyj has joined CBiz MHM and Mayer Hoffman McCann, Philadelphia, as a senior tax processor.
TENNESSEE
Marion "David" Haddock Jr. has joined Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC, Nashville, as director of training services.
TEXAS
James Hamilton Jr. has been promoted to senior manager at UHY Advisors TX LLC, Houston. ... Bob Bintliff has joined the Dallas office of Jefferson Wells as director of finance operations. ... Jerry E. Turner has joined the Austin office of Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in the Public Finance and Corporate Sections. ... Demetrius Austin has joined the executive team of BizNet Software, Dallas, as director of software engineering.
VIRGINIA
Kurt E. Miller has joined the Not-For-Profit Industry Group of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP, Vienna, as an audit partner.
WISCONSIN
Schenck Business Solutions announced a number of new hires: In the Appleton office, Craig Asher has joined the firm as a staff assistant; Karie Zellner as a marketing and business development specialist; Debra Johnson as a development and training manager; and Tammy Pluff as a payroll processor. In the Green Bay office, Cody Craig, Eric Metzler, Jerod Bastianello and Melissa Enderby have joined the firm as staff assistants.
