ARKANSAS

EGP PLLC was recently named one of the 2022 Most Admired Companies by Arkansas Money & Politics

CALIFORNIA

Bella Wang was promoted to tax partner at Windes, Long Beach. 

COLORADO

Matt Baldwin was hired as a tax partner at Armanino, Denver. 

FLORIDA

Julian Dozier began his tenure as the chair of the Florida Institute of CPAs, Orlando, becoming the 95th chair of FICPA. 

ILLINOIS

The Black CPA Centennial, Chicago, named the recipients of the $93,500 it raised and committed to giving to 100 Black accounting students to enable them to study to become CPAs. (Read the full story.)

The National Association of Black Accountants, along with sponsor Xero, awarded a $2,500 scholarship to Caymen Woods, a Naperville, Illinois resident and current Tippie College of Business student at the University of Iowa.

INDIANA

The Indiana CPA Society, Indianapolis, announced its directors for 2022-23. On the executive committee is: chair Diane Sturek, senior lecturer, Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis; chair-elect Carrie Minnich, director, DWD CPAs & Advisors, Fort Wayne; vice chair Melanie King, CFO, The Hagerman Group, Fishers; vice chair Kyle Simmerman, partner, BGBC Partners LLP, Indianapolis; and vice chair Lisa Tressler, partner, RBSK Partners PC, Greensburg; as directors: E. ZeNai Brooks, controller, corporate responsibility & foundation, Cummins LLC, Indianapolis; Jacob Buehler, audit member, Dauby O'Connor & Zaleski LLC, Carmel; Colby Chamberlin, manager, Pile CPAs, Indianapolis; Douglas Fahrnow, principal, Somerset CPAs & Advisors, Indianapolis; Trevor Gregory, director, PwC LLP, Indianapolis; Jody Grunden, CEO & co-founder, Summit CPA Group, Fort Wayne, and partner, Anders CPAs + Advisors, St. Louis, Missouri; Corbin Miller, partner, Insight Accounting Group PC, Goshen; Jennifer Neal, chief financial officer, Church of God Ministries, Anderson; JoAnna Simek, assistant managing partner, FORVIS, Indianapolis; and Michael Still, audit partner, EY, Indianapolis; as public members: Mandy Parris, executive director, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Indianapolis; and Ron Pelletier, founder & chief customer officer, Pondurance, Indianapolis.

KENTUCKY

The Association for Accounting Marketing, Lexington, appointed four new members to its board of directors: ​​Ralph MacNamara, principal, business development at Kaufman Rossin; Brunella Reid, director of marketing at Moore Colson CPAs and Advisors; Gabe Tevrizian, director of marketing at REDW; and Mary Yanocha, chief marketing officer at Global Tax Management.

MASSACHUSETTS

Gray, Gray & Gray, Canton, awarded $2,000 scholarships to four local 2022 high school graduates who will be attending a four-year accredited college and majoring in accounting: Alex DeVincentis, Burlington High School, who will be attending Bentley University; Delaney Gover, Norwood High School, who will be attending UMass Amherst; Yongmei Yu, North Quincy High School, who will be attending UMass Boston; and Luis Batitay, Canton High School, who will be attending Bryant University.

NEW JERSEY

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Evan Palmer
Bowman & Co., Voorhees, promoted Evan Palmer and Dennis Skalkowski to partner; William Reilly and Jonathan Wascovich to senior managers; and hired Ralph Picone as a senior manager. 

Gwen van Berne, director of finance and risk at Oikocredit in Amsterdam, was appointed chair of the global board of directors of the Institute of Management Accountants for its 2023 fiscal year.

​​Joseph Caplan, partner at RRBB Accountants and Advisors, assumed the role of vice president for the New Jersey Society of CPAs Monmouth/Ocean Chapter.



NEW YORK

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Ryan Sievers
Ryan Sievers was hired as a partner in the real estate advisory services group at EisnerAmper, New York. 

EY announced 1,033 executives across the globe were promoted to partner, representing the largest class of new partners in the firm’s history.

NORTH CAROLINA

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Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis was promoted to partner at Blackman & Sloop, Chapel Hill, where he has worked since 1998. 

OHIO

Clark Schaefer Hackett, Dayton, announced the promotion of 89 professionals, and promoted to shareholder: Brad Billet, Rob Kitchen, Mat Whited, Carly Devlin, Christine Vaughan and Lisa Wineland. 

Cohen & Co., Cleveland, promoted to partner, in tax: Ryan Broze in Pittsburgh, Dan Sexton in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, Andreana Shengelya and Samantha Smudz in Cleveland, and Christie Stravino in Baltimore; in assurance: Sean Abrams and Joshua Swander in Cleveland; and in advisory: Ken Randazzo in Cleveland. 

PENNSYLVANIA

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Jen Barker Worley
Schneider Downs, Pittsburgh, added six members to its ownership group: David Mitros, who has worked at the firm since 2019; Patricia Giudici, who has been there since 2016; Carley Taslov, who joined in 2009; Eric Fair, who joined in 2011; Derek Eichelberger, who has been with the firm since 2015; and Michael Bucci, who has worked there for 12 years.

Patrick Collins was hired as a manager in the tax department at Ross Buehler Falk & Co., Lancaster. 

GTM, Wayne, launched online learning program GTM Training Institute to help in-house tax department staff build income tax compliance and tax provision competencies. 

​​Grove City College, Grove City, announced it is launching a new school of business featuring 15 majors, including in accounting and finance. 

TEXAS

Weaver relocated its headquarters to a 60,000-square-foot office space at Five Post Oak Park in Houston’s Uptown Galleria area.

WISCONSIN

Greg Apollo and Brandon Panka were named partners at Reilly, Penner & Benton, Milwaukee.

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