CALIFORNIA
Dave Kellogg has been appointed as the new CEO of Host Analytics, Redwood City. Prior to Host Analytics, Kellogg was a senior vice president and general manager at salesforce.com.
COLORADO
Ryan Gorman, James Gulick, and Katie Willemarck were promoted to manager at BKD LLP, Denver.
FLORIDA
Linden Arakawa, Melissa Curtiss, Fiorella Ferrari and Kimberly First were promoted to associates at Mayer Hoffman McCann PC, Clearwater. Nicole Haugen and Liz VanBroekhoven were promoted to senior associates. …Mike Adkins, Hiram Garcia and Becky Gordon were promoted to senior associates at CBIZ, Clearwater, while Alicia Brown was promoted to associate. Bonny Rock has joined CBIZ MHM LLC, as managing director where she will work in the firm’s National Tax Practice.
GEORGIA
Susan G. Corderman Clifford and Michael R. Rundbaken were selected as new principals at Hancock Askew & Co. LLP, Savannah. Clifford joined the firm in 2003 and as a tax manager and provides tax planning and compliance services to individuals, fiduciaries, partnerships, family owned businesses, as well as nonprofit organizations. Rundaken has been with the firm for nearly 10 years where he provided audit, income tax and management services. He’s worked with private and public companies, partnerships, as well as individuals and specializes in the financial institution, construction, manufacturing, retail and service industries. … Jake Kitchens and Katie Williams were promoted to senior accountants at Draffin & Tucker LLP, Atlanta. Kitchens works in the firm’s audit and accounting and tax service groups where he focuses on the health care and commercial sectors. Williams works in the firm’s audit and accounting service group and focuses on the health care sector.
ILLINOIS
Lee Klumpp, assurance director at BDO USA LLP, Chicago, has been selected for a two year Financial Accounting Standards Board Industry Fellowship Program, which will start in September. Klumpp will take on the role as project manager and will focus on implementation and emerging practice issues in the nonprofit sector. … Daniel Rezin has been appointed as the chief financial officer of the fee-only wealth management firm Savant Capital Management, Rockfor. Rezin will run the compliance and financial departments and will assist with merger and acquisition opportunities. ... Kristofer Swanson joined PwC US, Chicago, as partner in the firm’s forensic services practice.
KANSAS
Randy Johnston was promoted to president of Network Management Group Inc., Hutchinson. Doug Elliott, a general manager at NMGI, was promoted to COO.
MAINE
Michael Shaw was promoted to system specialist in the IT department at BerryDunn, Portland. Andrea J. Duquette has been promoted to manager in the firm’s health care nonprofit group.
MASSACHUSETTS
Annmarie F. Aylward was promoted to marketing coordinator at Shepherd & Goldstein LLP, Worcester.
MARYLAND
Edward D. Warren joins Smith Elliott Kearns & Company LLC, as director of marketing.
MICHIGAN
Rick David, the executive vice president and COO of UHY Advisors Inc., Sterling Heights, has been selected to serve on the board of directors of UHY International.
MISSOURI
Michele Duvall joined Abeles and Hoffman PC, Saint Louis, as senior accountant where she will provide tax services to the firm’s clients. Prior to Abeles and Hoffman, Duvall worked at Niederhauser & Davis in Park City, Utah, as a senior accountant. … Rebecca Knezevich, Rachel Meyers, Andrew Schmitt and Ginny Weidhaas were promoted to managers in the Assurance Services Group at RubinBrown LLP, St. Louis. … Josh A. Ayers and Brad D. Theel were promoted to senior managers at Stone Carlie & Co., LLC, Clayton. Tim Crawford was promoted to manager, while Brian Ferguson and Claudia Stuppy were promoted to supervisors and Kevin Reynolds to senior.
NEW YORK
Marc-Philip Ferzan joined PwC US, New York, as managing director in the firm’s forensic services practice. ... Barry L. Sunshine has joined Janover LLC, Garden City, as tax partner. … Dana Smith joins EisnerAmper LLP, New York, as a partner in the firm’s litigation services practice, while Richard J. Gering joins as principal. KPMG LLP had several new hires and transfers throughout the firm. Ted Carreiro joined the firm as a federal tax partner within the Alternative Investment Funds practice. Laura Thompson joined as a managing director in the international tax practice. Prior to KPMG, Thompson worked at Bain Capital, as a vice president in the General Partner group. Angela Yu joined as a partner and will work in KPMG’s U.S. Real Estate Tax Practice. Prior to her current role, Yu worked as an international tax partner at KPMG’s Washington National Tax Practice and Vancouver U.S. Tax Planning Practice. Michael T. Richards joined KPMG as a partner and will lead the firm’s transaction services practice on the West Coast. Phillip W. DeSalvo, joined the firm as senior manager. … Sarah M. Kratsas joined Bollam, Sheedy, Torani & Co. LLP, Albany, as an associate in the accounting and auditing department.
OHIO
The Ohio Society of CPAs, The Ohio CPA Foundation and the Ohio chapters of the National Association of Black Accountants presented 11 minority high school students scholarships during the Accounting Careers Awareness Program. Roderick Mills, Liberty Township, rising junior at St. Xavier High School; Amanda Rajchel, Kettering, rising senior at Kettering Fairmont High School; Khadijah Rollison, Canton a recent graduate of GlenOak High School; Andre'as Williams, Lima, a rising senior at Lima Senior High School; Keenan Blache, West Chester, a recent graduate of Bishop Fenwick High School; Briana Barnett, Cincinnati, a rising junior at Cincinnati Country Day School; Sparkle Prater, Woodmere, a recent graduate of Orange High School; Catherine Tierney, Cambridge, a recent graduate of Buckeye Trail High School; DuShuan Headd, Toledo, a rising senior at St. Johns Jesuit High School; Zacyah Marshall, Garfield Heights, a rising junior at Whitney M. Young High School, and Sarah Al-Alami, Mentor, a recent graduate of Mentor High School, each won a $500 scholarship. … Michael Martin joins SS&G Inc., Columbus, as an associate in the assurance department. Martin previously worked as an intern at Brady Ware. Julian Ybarra joins as an associate in the firm’s marketing department. Prior to SS&G, Ybarra worked at RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company as a marketing manager. Gregory Wester, joined the firm’s Cleveland office as an associate in the information technology department. Prior to SS&G, Wester worked at Vendors Exchange Global Vending Inc., as a project specialist. Kim Ockunzzi joins the firm as senior consultant and Susan Howard as a billing specialist.
PENNSYLVANIA
John Reynolds was promoted to principal at ParenteBeard LLC, Wilkes-Barre. … Christopher M. Allegretti has been re-elected as CEO at Hill, Barth & King LLC, Meadville. … John McGonigal joined Smart, Devine & Co., Philadelphia, as managing director in the firm’s accounting and business advisory practice. …Albert A. Lazo joined BDO Valuation Advisors, Philadelphia, as senior vice president. Lazo will help to expand the firm’s valuation offering and litigation practice, and will focus on the energy sector. Prior to BDO, Lazo worked at KPMG’s as a manager within the firm’s business valuation practice.
TENNESSEE
Katherine Givens joined the staff of Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC, Nashville. Givens will provide services to high wealth clients, families and will assist businesses with their financials. Prior to LBMC, Givens was a tax intern at Faulkner, Mackle & Cochran PC. Several of the firm’s employees were selected to serve on the committee of Tennessee Society of CPAs. David Morgan was appointed as chair of the finance committee and Mason Barrick was appointed to chair the Tennessee state tax committee. John Mark McDougal chairs the industry conference task force, while Briana Mullenax was appointed as president of the Nashville chapter. Ben Alexander, who was past-president of the Knoxville chapter, now sits on the advisory council and serves as a member of the board of trustees of the TSCPAs Educational & Memorial Foundation. David Haddock was elected to serve as chairman of the board for the TSCPA. Mark Blackburn was appointed to executive committee of the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center.
TEXAS
Richard Dorough joined PwC US, Fort Worth, as managing director in the firm’s forensic services practice. ... Josh Stein was promoted to senior manager at UHY LLP, Houston. Stein works in the firm’s Assurance and Business Advisory Services group and conducts audits and reviews of public and private companies. He also provides due diligence engagements, assist in national and local training, as well as new hires.
VIRGINIA
Laurie Schive joined PwC US, McLean, as director in the firm’s forensic services practice.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
John H. Fisher and Roger A. Norman are the 2012 recipients of the AICPA Outstanding CPA in Government Award. Fisher received the federal government award and Norman the state award. … Donald Griswold and Walter Nagel are moved their practices from Reed Smith LLP to Crowell & Moring LLP.
WISCONSIN
Ron Slater joined Wipfli LLP, Milwaukee, as a senior manager. Prior to Wipfli, Slater was president and CEO of Bankers’ Bank in Madison, Wisconsin.
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