ARIZONA
Thomas M. Cooper has joined Henry &
Horne LLP, Tempe, as managing director of
the Health Care Consulting Group.
CALIFORNIA
Gavin Lau, of Greenstein Rogoff Olsen &
Co., Fremont, has earned his CPA certification, while the firm’s Mark Ireland and
Bat-Erdene Gongorbaatar have earned
the Accredited Valuation Advisor credential
from the National Association of Certified
Valuation Analysts. In addition, firm director Mary Kay Foss received the 2009 Saul
Braverman Award from the Committee on
Taxation of the California Society of CPAs,
in recognition of her contributions to the accounting profession in the tax field. ...
Manuel J. Ramirez, president and chief executive
officer of Ramirez International, has been
elected president of the California Board of
Accountancy. ... Steve Wolowicz, president
of Zdonek & Wolowicz Accountancy Corp.,
Torrance, has been selected as mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes for the second time.
FLORIDA
Katie Gilden has joined Fiske & Co., Plantation, as a principal in the Business Valuation,
Forensic Accounting and Litigation Services
Practice Group.
GEORGIA
Eboni N. Moss, of Moss Solutions Group
LLC, Atlanta, has been appointed an Area 3
member of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
ILLINOIS
Timothy J. Voncina has been promoted to
partner in the Chicago office of RGL Forensics. ... Audit partner Jeff Robinson has been
elected to the Partnership Board of Grant
Thornton LLP, Chicago, while audit partner
and West Region – South international business center director Scott Farber, financial
services national managing partner and New
York cluster managing partner Jack Katz, and
Mid-Atlantic managing partner Rich LaFleur
were re-elected, and Katz was re-elected
chair. In addition, national managing partner
of professional standards John Archambault
has been named a member of the Financial
Accounting Foundation’s Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
KENTUCKY
Dennis Thomas has joined Jones, Nale &
Mattingly, Louisville, as a partner.
MAINE
William H. Brown, a principal at Berry,
Dunn, McNeil & Parker, Portland, has
earned the Certified Forensic Financial Analyst credential from the National Association
of Certified Valuation Experts.
MARYLAND
Allen DeLeon, a founding partner at
DeLeon & Stang, Gaithersburg, was honored
as the outgoing chairman of the board of the
Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of
Commerce in December. ... Susan Keller has
joined the Tax Department of Ellin & Tucker
Chartered, Baltimore, while Carl Kampel,
the firm’s director-in-charge of professional
standards, has been named to the Board of
Directors of j-ref, a nonprofit dedicated to
fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in Howard
County. ... Jeffery P. Capron has been elected
managing officer of Aronson & Co., Rockville,
while current managing officer Lisa J. Cines
has been named officer-in-charge of business and corporate development. ... Aimee
San Ramon has joined the Bethesda office
of cbiz MHM LLC as a senior associate in the
International Tax Department.
MICHIGAN
Mark Hughes and Steve Wisinski have
become partners at ShindelRock, Novi. ...
Michael A. Lamfers has joined Plante & Mo-ran PLLC as a partner in its Grand Rapids
office.
MINNESOTA
Dick Schmit and Victor Aspengren have
joined RSM McGladrey, Minneapolis, as
Central Midwest business development director and national ESOP business development director, respectively, to help the firm
expand its focus on retirement plan consulting and administration.
MISSOURI
Julie Cummings has joined BKD LLP,
Springfield, as human resources director. ...
Casey Rust has joined the Tax Services Group
of Brown Smith Wallace LLC, St. Louis, as a
staff accountant. ... Theresa E. Stading, of
Kiefer Bonfanti & Co. LLP, St. Louis, has
earned the Certified Trust and Financial Adviser designation from the Institute of Certified Bankers.
NEW JERSEY
Wilfredo Fernandez, a partner at Citrin
Cooperman & Co. LLP, has been selected
as vice chair of the Board of Trustees for St.
Joseph’s Healthcare System.
NEW YORK
Kathy Hopinkah Hannan has been appointed to the newly created position of national
managing partner for diversity and corporate social responsibility at KPMG LLP, New
York. ... Eric Altstadter has been appointed
Long Island partner-in-charge at Eisner LLP.
... Karan Sampson has joined the Alternative Investment Group of Marcum LLP, New
York, as director of business development.
... Donald P. Musgnug has been named national director of auditing at Fuoco Group
LLP, Hauppauge, and been elected a member
of the firm’s National Committee. ... Thomas
Lanning has joined J.H. Cohn LLP, New
York, as a tax partner. ... Drew M. Donovan
has joined Grimaldi & Nelkin CPAs PLLC,
Syracuse, as a staff accountant. ... Zafar Bin
Basher has joined Friedman LLP, New York
City, as a partner, while Scott E. Testa has
been admitted as a partner, and John W. Sullivan has been admitted as a principal.
NORTH CAROLINA
Laurie D. Williams, manager of the Burlington office of Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co.
LLP, received a 2009 Women Extraordinaire
Award as one of the top businesswomen in
the Triad area from Business Leader Media.
... Walter Mc Nairy has been named member-in-charge of the Financial Institution Services
Group of Dixon Hughes PLLC, Raleigh, while
Karen Furstenberg has joined the Charlotte
office as a member.
OHIO
Daniel Cross and Brian Church have joined
the Cincinnati office of SS&G Financial Services Inc. as associates in the Assurance Department, while Sean Kilbane has joined the
Cleveland office as a senior associate in the
Assurance Department, and Lynette Szabat
has joined SS&G Healthcare Services LLC,
Akron, as a billing specialist.
OREGON
Kristin Dahlin has joined Kernutt Stokes
Brandt & Co. LLP, Eugene, as a level II associate.
PENNSYLVANIA
Michael Jaeger has joined the Philadelphia
office of cbiz MHM LLC as a senior associate
in the Audit Department.
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FT Director of Finance sought to
handle all aspects of accounting
function for not-for-profit Catholic
Television Network. Must be
hands-on with a background in
investment, financial reporting, G/L
maintenance and financial strategy.
Expected to provide problem solving
and analytical analysis to management.
CPA,background in Media
Communications and knowledge of
MAC all a plus.
