FLORIDA
Rachel Hall has joined LBA CPAs, Jacksonville, as a tax manager.
GEORGIA
Oliver Holmes has joined the Atlanta office of Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC as a partner. ... Kelly Keifer Jackson has joined Rushton & Co., Gainesville, as a senior tax associate.
ILLINOIS
Pat Sorrentino has joined Crowe Horwath LLP, Oak Brook, as a senior manager in the Healthcare Advisory Services Group of the firm's performance practice.
KANSAS
Russell R. Carswell and Jason L. Mayers have been admitted to the partner group of Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball Chartered, Great Bend.
MAINE
John A. Guarnotta has joined the Tax Practice Group of Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, Portland, as a tax manager, while Jonathon Ireland and Jennifer Berry have joined the group as tax specialists.
MARYLAND
Nathaniel Fissel and Jessica Strausbaugh have been promoted to manager at Smith Elliott Kearns & Co. LLC, Hagerstown. ... Michael E. Schwartz has joined Weyrich, Cronin & Sorra Chartered, Lutherville, as a manager in the Tax Department. ... David D. Schriver Jr. has been promoted to director in the Audit, Accounting and Consulting Department of Ellin & Tucker Chartered, Baltimore.
NEW YORK
Lawrence A. Pollack, a tax partner with the international corporate services practice of KMPG LLP, New York, has been appointed vice president of the International Tax Institute Inc. for a two-year term. ... Mark Grinis, a senior partner in the real estate practice of Ernst & Young LLP, New York, has been appointed to lead the firm's global team serving real estate investment funds. Grinis, who also leads the firm's real estate distressed services team, succeeds Gary Koster, who moves to a new role within the firm's global private equity practice. ... John Bonora has joined Gettry Marcus Stern & Lehrer CPA PC, New York City, White Plains and Woodbury, as a director. ... Salvatore Leone, a director in the construction industry services practice of Citrin Cooperman & Co. LLP, New York, has earned the Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional designation.
NORTH CAROLINA
Theresa Drew has been named managing partner of the Carolinas practice of Deloitte LLP. She previously served as San Diego managing partner for the nine years, and succeeds Irvin H. Bisnov, who will become Deloitte & Touche LLP's national audit leader to the banking and finance practice.
OHIO
Mark McKinley, a principal at Rea & Associates Inc., Lima, has been elected to a three-year term on the firm's board of directors.
PENNSYLVANIA
Stephen H. Saks has joined Wouch, Maloney & Co., LLP, Horsham, as a director, while senior accountant Brian P. Wiest has been elected treasurer of the New Jersey Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. ... James E. Montone and Erica J. Houck, an advanced staff accountant and a staff accountant, respectively, at Herbein + Co. Inc., Reading, have passed the CPA Exam, while supervisor David J. Breitegam has earned a Certified Valuation Analyst credential from the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.
TENNESSEE
Brandy H. Neely and Adam Lukasik have joined Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, Nashville, as controller to the firm's Internal Accounting Department and as a senior in the Accounting and Assurance Services Department, respectively, while Bruce A. Beck, a partner in the Tax Services Division, has earned the Personal Financial Specialist credential from the American Institute of CPAs. In addition, Ken Allgood has joined LBMC Technologies LLC as network engineer.
TEXAS
Montgomery Coscia Greilich LLP, Plano, announced a number of promotions: Stephanie Tuel and Russell Wallace have been promoted to tax senior; KC Onwuneme and Jeremy Reiter to audit manager; John Davis, Lauren Jagers, Tom Massimi and Matt Spinek to audit senior; Jennifer Lucas to financial & accounting services supervisor; and Sharla Gunn and Kevin Simms to admin senior. ... Ty Coffee has been promoted to senior manager in the Technology Assurance and Advisory Services Department of UHY Advisors, Houston.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Eileen Rominger has been named director of the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She will begin work at the agency in this month.