CALIFORNIA
Loretta Doon, a CPA and CEO of the 37,000-member California Society of CPAs, has been named one of the Bay Area's Most Influential Women for 2011 by the San Francisco Business Times. Doon is also CEO of the California CPA Education Foundation.
COLORADO
Kate Carr has been promoted to director at BKD LLP.
FLORIDA
Joseph A. Tarasco, CPA, founder of Accountants Advisory Group LLC, has joined the advisory board of Engineered Tax Services, West Palm Beach. ... Sean Deviney, a retirement planning specialist at Provenace Wealth Advisors LLC, Miami, has been named one of five national finalists for the Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year Award from PlanAdviser Magazine. In January 2011 he was named to Plan Adviser Magazine's list of the Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers.
GEORGIA
Robert Lee, chief financial officer of recovery audit services provider PRGX Global Inc., Atlanta, has been named 2011 CFO of the Year by Atlanta Business Chronicle, in the Public Company/Medium Category.
ILLINOIS
Ronald S. Sonenthal, a CPA and chief operating officer of Deloitte Tax LLP, has received the 2011 Outstanding Leadership in Advancing Diversity Award by the Illinois CPA Society in recognition of his commitment to driving greater diversity within the accounting profession and his role in increased hiring of diverse professionals within Deloitte Tax and throughout the professional services field.
MAINE
Michael Schoenbaum has joined BerryDunn CPAs, Portland, as the firm's systems administrator.
MISSOURI
Steven Harris, a CPA and partner in the Assurance Services Group of RubinBrown, St. Louis, has been named a 2011 Young Professional of the Year by the Urban League Young Professionals of St. Louis. ... Sandra Dilber has joined Schowalter & Jabouri PC, St. Louis, as a staff accountant in the Accounting Services Department.
NEW JERSEY
Audrey J. Sherrick, a principal at Friedman LLP, has been elected president of the Atlantic/Cape May Chapter of the New Jersey Society of CPAs for a one-year term.
NEW YORK
Martin Leventhal, CPA, CFF and co-chairman of the Business Investigative and Insolvency Group at Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Co. LLP, New York City, has been appointed chair of the Meditation and Arbitration Committee of the New York State Society of CPAs. ... Michele Amato, a quality review partner at Friedman LLP, New York City, has been named chair of the SEC Practice Committee of the New York State Society of CPAs.
NORTH CAROLINA
Amanda Patty has joined Breslow Starling, Greensboro, as a staff accountant.
OHIO
James E. Merklin, CPA, CFF, CFE, a partner at Bober Markey Fedorovich, Akron, has been was named president-elect of the Northeast Ohio Medical University Foundation. ... Julia Dean has joined the Cleveland office of SS&G as an associate in the Assurance Department, while Michael W. Roush has joined the Akron office as a senior associate with SS&G Wealth Management LLC.
TEXAS
Susan S. Roberts, CPA, a partner at Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier PLLC, Fort Worth, has been elected president of the Fort Worth Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs for a one-year term.
TENNESSEE
Sandra S. Lappen has joined LBMC Employment Partners LLC, a member of the LBMC Family of Companies, Brentwood, as a payroll account manager position. In addition, David Babb has been promoted to senior in audit, and Mark Brumbelow, CPA, to senior manager in tax, at Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC, Knoxville.
VIRGINIA
Rick Schneider, CPA, has joined Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP, Tyson's Corner, as a tax partner in the Real Estate and Construction, and Technology and Life Sciences Groups.
WASHINGTON
Clark Nuber, Bellevue, announced a number of new hires: Rosmic Calvo, Ryan Hughes and Joseph O'Meara have joined the firm as audit associates; Vanessa Enany as an HR administrative assistant; Scott Haberman as a tax senior; and Ashley Johnson and Preston O'Malley as audit summer interns.
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