People News -- Oct. 7

ARIZONA

Amy A. O'Loughlin has been promoted to tax manager at CBIZ MHM LLC, Phoenix.

 

CALIFORNIA

Josh Ellis has joined Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, San Francisco, as a director in the analytic and forensic technology practice. ... Kacey Oster has been promoted to senior staff accountant at HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors, Tustin.

 

FLORIDA

Alfredo J. De Zayas has joined Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra LLC, Miami, as a director in the Tax and Accounting Department.

 

ILLINOIS

Eileen E. Brassil, a partner at Legacy Professionals LLP, Chicago, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the American Institute of CPAs' Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center for 2011-2012. ... Richard Lynch has joined Sikich LLP, Springfield, as a partner on the nonprofit services team.

 

INDIANA

Walter F. Kelly, a partner and national directo of the public sector practice of Clifton Gunderson, Indianapolis, has been named to the American Institute of CPAs' Committee on Government Performance and Accountability for 2011-2012.

 

LOUISIANA

Gordon Meyer has joined Postlethwaite & Netterville as a tax director in the Metairie office.

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Alena Dzmitruk has joined the West Yarmouth office of Shepherd & Goldstein LLP as a tax accountant, while Michael Blood has joined the Framingham office as a client relationship manager.

 

MINNESOTA

Abdo, Eick & Meyers LLP, Edina, announced a number of promotions: Marisa Isenberg has been promoted to audit manager; Wendy Keenan, Jarrod Killburn, Matt Ringwelski and Tara Torseth to business manager; Kristi Helget and Kevin Knopik to senior auditor; and John Woodrich to senior accountant

 

MISSOURI

Bob Jordan has been named partner-in-charge of the Wealth Management Services Group of RubinBrown, St. Louis, while Maggie Klokkenga has been named manager-in-charge of the Family Office Services Group.

 

NEW JERSEY

Nancy Sommer, firm adminstrator of Holman & Frenia PC, has been appointed chair of the Individual Fundraising Committee of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties. ... Gregory Price has joined Wiss & Co. LLP as a tax manager in the Livingston office.

 

NEW YORK

Steven Hill has been appointed vice chair of strategic investments at KPMG LLP, New York, succeeding Mark Goodburn, who was recently named global head of advisory for KPMG International. ... Martin Leventhal, co-chairman of the Business Investigative and Insolvency Group at Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Co., has been re-elected president of Harbor Childcare Inc. the largest nonprofit childcare organization in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

 

NORTH CAROLINA

Kevin Lee Ryals has been promoted to partner in the Insurance Services Group of Dixon Hughes Goodman, Charlotte.

 

OHIO

SS&G announced a number of promotions: In the Columbus office, Mary Teegarden and Tommy Thompson have been promoted to senior associate, and Ryan Westrick to manager. In the Cleveland office, Maureen Fertig and Sean Kilbane have been promoted to manager; Aaron Saidel, Lauren Dunbar, Jeremy Banchek, Steve Brinker, Lindsay Turbow and Karen Cull to senior associate; Kim Hocevar to associate; Dee Miceli to executive administrative assistant; and Abby Surloff to senior administrative assistant. In the Cincinnati office, Floyd Roades has been promoted to senior associate. In the Akron office, Alyssa Lane, Michele Linton, Matt Long, Linette Seifert and Marc Servodio have been promoted to senior associate; Kyra Shank, Anne Marie Griffith and Lauren Larkin to manager; Mary Rutt to associate; and Theresa Wilson and Jennifer Rickenbacker to executive administrative assistant. In the Chicago office, Kristina Oleynik and Amber Oltman have been promoted to senior associate; Amy Guerra and Joy Anderson to manager; and Marilyn DiCosola to senior administrative assistant.

 

PENNSYLVANIA

Philip Santarelli, a partner and chief risk officer at ParenteBeard, Philadelphia, has been appointed to the Professional Practice Executive Committee of the Center for Audit Quality. ... Seven professionals from Citrin Cooperman were named among the Philadelphia Region's Top Practitioners by readers of SmartCEO: partners Mark Carrow, Bill Briggs, Brian J. Hoffman, Michael Kline and James Revels; manager Mike Zyborowicz; and senior tax and consulting specialist Matthew Suckle.

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

Rick Davis, managing shareholder of Elliott Davis LLC, has been named Business Person of the Year by Greenville Business and Clemson at the Falls.

 

TENNESEE

Hoskins & Co., Nashville, announced a number of new hires and promotions: Dawit Aynachew has been named partner, Michael Tesfahuney has been promoted to audit manager, and Deborah Spenser to office manager, while Jennie Smith-Howard has joined the firm as a tax director, Alex Carey as a management support specialist, and Thomas Okokhere and Stephanie Braden as staff auditors.

 

TEXAS

Jay Tompkins, a tax partner at Karlins & Ramey LLC, The Woodlands, has been accepted into the Leadership Montgomery County Class of 2012. ... Jeanne A. Smith, a tax and strategic business services partner at Weaver, Dallas/Fort Worth, has been appointed to a two-year term as a national regional director of the American Society of Women Accountants.

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Michael A. Conley has been promoted to deputy general counsel in the Office of General Counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 

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