CALIFORNIA
David Sotos an international tax principal at PwC has relocated to the Bay Area.
GEORGIA
Harrison Enfinger and Robert Skibicki are new members at Hancock Askew & Co., Savannah. Robert Faust has joined the firm as a senior accountant.
LOUISIANA
Bonnie Hunt Marcantel, a director in the accounting and assurance services group at Postlethwaite & Netterville, has been appointed as a member of the AICPA's Employee Benefits Plans Audit Quality Center Executive Committee for the 2013 - 2014 service year.
MASSACHUSETTS
David Dorsey and Lawrence Beebe, principals at Bond Beebe Accountants & Advisors, taught educational classes to benefit plan industry accountants and trustees at programs sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans in Boston, MA, Sept. 16 – 18, 2013. Beebe and Dorsey taught various sessions at the Collections Procedures Institute, the Construction Industry Benefits Conference, and the Benefit Plan Professionals Institute for Accountants. … Robert Croak has joined Baker Newman Noyes, Boston, as a principal.
MISSISSIPPI
Christopher Brantley has joined WealthPartners, Ridgeland, as a financial advisor
MISSOURI
Melissa Gragg has joined Stone Carlie, Clayton, as the newest member of the firm's valuation and litigation support services group. Carlie operated as a solo practitioner over the last three years and is now combining her practice with Stone Carlie.
NEW YORK
Jack Brister has joined Prager Metis as a partner in the firm's international tax division in New York City. … Joseph Puglisi has joined Citrin Cooperman, New York, as a partner. … Noam Hirschberger has joined O'Connor Davies LLP, New York, as a director in the financial services and business valuation groups. …
OHIO
Chris Debo has joined Schneider Downs & Co. Inc. as a senior manager in charge of the firm's Columbus office IT audit services within the internal audit and risk advisory services practice. … Eli Wagler has joined Holbrook & Manter, Columbus, as a senior accountant.
PENNSYLVANIA
Luke Bartlinski, CPA, has joined the tax accounting group at the Philadelphia-based law firm, Duane Morris LLP. ... James Jarrett, Jacob Kutz, Kent Moorhead, Karen Larsen and Danielle Shanaberger have joined ParenteBeard as a partner. John Reynolds joined the firm as an accounting and auditing director.
TENNESSEE
Jamie Hart and Andrew Lowe were promoted to managers in the valuation, litigation and business transition services group at Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain P.C., Nashville. Brandon Raff was promoted to a senior analyst. Nicole Alford and Kara Allen were promoted to marketing supervisors at the firm. Mindy Vail has been promoted to online marketing specialist at the firm.
TEXAS
Darla Kerico has been promoted to professional standards partner at Grant Thornton's Dallas office. Cassy Nack was promoted to tax partner and Andre Nel has been admitted as an audit managing director at the firm. … Jane Schmidt has joined UHY LLP as a business development manager in Houston.
VIRGINIA
Victor Miesel, a national leader and chief economist at Cherry Bekaert LLP, has been recognized as one of the world's top transfer pricing specialists. Miesel serves on the transfer pricing committee for Baker Tilly International.
WASHINGTON
Aaron Weller, a managing director who specializes in data protection and privacy in PwC's Risk Assurance practice, will share best practices in alerting C-Suite to privacy risk and challenges. The presentation will take place at the IAPP Privacy Academy in Bellevue, on Oct. 2, 2013 at 2p.m. PT.
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