ARKANSAS
Dick Barclay, of Beall Barclay, has received a Quality of Life Award from the Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation.
CALIFORNIA
Ronauld Prowell has joined Lyndon Group LLC, Newport Beach, as a project manager.
COLORADO
Ron Seigneur, managing partner of Seigneur Gustafson LLP, Lakewood, has taken office as chairman of the Colorado Society of CPAs, while Joyce Dinkel has joined the firm as a tax manager.
CONNECTICUT
Thomas M. Blumetti has been promoted to principal at Blum Shapiro, West Hartford.
FLORIDA
Karen Lake has joined Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant, Miami, as a manager, while Joanie B. Stein has rejoined the firm as a supervisor. ... Phyllis Deiso, SEC practice leader for Florida at McGladrey & Pullen LLP, has also been appointed assurance leader for the state. ... Laura Krueger Brock, a shareholder at Kirkland, Russ, Murphy & Tapp PA, St.
Petersburg, has earned the Certified Valuation Analyst credential.
GEORGIA
Michelle Compton, a tax manager with Deemer Dana & Froehle LLP, Savannah, has earned the Certified Valuation Analyst credential.
ILLINOIS
Jeannot Blanchet has joined Huron Consulting Group, Chicago, as a managing director.
KANSAS
cbiz and Mayer Hoffman McCann PC announced a number of new hires and promotions: In the Leawood office, Chris Munsch has joined MHM as corporate controller; and Jennifer Johnson has joined cbiz MHM LLC as a senior associate; while Kevin Walker has been promoted to director; Laura Rodgers to director, and shareholder in MHM; Kent Seston to senior manager; Jeff Geurts, Mark Winiarski, Holly Giammanco and Diane Leibson to manager; and Sarah Young to marketing specialist for the Midwest Region. In the Wichita office, Jennifer Church has joined cbiz MHM LLC as a senior associate, and Marci Maschino as a controller.
MAINE
Judy Higgins has joined Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker, Portland, as a senior consultant.
MARYLAND
James E. Crisp has joined Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates PA, Baltimore, to lead the firm's Healthcare Group.
MASSACHUSETTS
Jeff Szafran has joined Alvarez & Marsal, Boston, as a managing director.
MICHIGAN
Nancy Meconi, a partner with Plante Moran Financial Advisors, Southfield, has been named one of Wealth Manager's Top 50 Women in Wealth Management.
MINNESOTA
Michael Wherry has been promoted to senior manager at cbiz MHM LLC, Minneapolis, while Nick Meester, Diana Sturos, and Aimee VanderMey have been promoted to senior associate.
MISSOURI
Terry Gloriod has joined cbiz MHM LLC, St. Louis, as a senior manager. ... Josh Ayers has joined Stone Carlie & Co. LLC, Clayton, as a manager.
NEW JERSEY
William R. Hagaman Jr. has been elected to become managing partner of WithumSmith+Brown PC, Princeton, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Current MP and co-founder Ivan Brown will transition to the role of managing partner emeritus.
NEW YORK
Saskia Monteiro Thomson, director of marketing at Marcum & Kliegman LLP, has been named one of the 50 Most Influential Women by the Long Island Business News. ... Bernie Leone has joined WithumSmith+Brown as partner-in-charge of the New York City office and practice leader of the Business Advisory Services Group. ... Joseph A. Tarantino, CEO and president of Protiviti Inc., has received the Father Sheridan Award from Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York.
NORTH CAROLINA
Anna Pattison, of Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP, Raleigh, has been named treasurer of the Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation.
NORTH DAKOTA
Eide Bailly LLP, Fargo, announced the largest group of new partner promotions in its history. Joining the partnership are: Aaron Ness, Bismarck, N.D.; Scot Phillips and Bobby Lawrence, Boise, Idaho; Chad Flanagan, Lisa Giese, Brad Kelley and Kirk Lindemann, Fargo; Dean Portner, Mankato, Minn.; James Ford, Kim Hunwardsen and Paul Sirek, Minneapolis; Greg Jones and Steve Troutman, Oklahoma City; Josh Hayes, Phoenix; and John Magnuson and Julie Kafka, Sioux Falls, S.D.
PENNSYLVANIA
Timothy M. Zechman and Patrick J. Sook have joined the Lancaster office of Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP as a partner and a manager, respectively.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Elliott Davis LLC announced a number of new hires in its Charleston office: Virginia M. Allen, Kris Reed and Edward Royall have joined the firm as staff accountants; Andrew Davis as an assurance and advisory services senior; and Tobey Eskew as an audit senior manager.
TENNESSEE
Deanna Dibin has been promoted to supervising senior at Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC, Nashville. ... Lynn Rodgers, a principal at Joseph Decosimo and Co. PLLC, has received a 2009 UnBought and UnBossed Award from Girls Inc. as an outstanding role model in Chattanooga.
TEXAS
Eddie Goldsberry, director of international tax at PKF Texas, Houston, has joined the City of Houston Mayor's International Affairs and Development Council - Europe Council. ... Steve Golden has been named business development manager at UHY Advisors FLVS Inc., Houston.
WASHINGTON
Pete Miller, a principal at Clark Nuber, Bellevue, has received the 2008-2009 Chapter President of the Year Award from the Washington Society of CPAs.
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