Accounting Today - April 19, 2010

BRAZIL

BornHallmann Auditores Associados, Belo Horizonte, has joined Enterprise Worldwide. The firm serves clients in most Brazilian states.

FLORIDA

Kaufman, Rossin & Co. PA, Miami, has been named the No. 1 Best Place to Work in its size category by the South Florida Business Journal. This is the sixth straight year the firm has been on the list.

GEORGIA

CCH Small Firm Services, a Wolters Kluwer business, will open a new headquarters facility in Kennesaw in the third quarter of 2010. The first employees will move to the new facility in the summer of 2010, with complete transition of the company’s currently dispersed operations to be completed in 2012.

ILLINOIS

The Springfield office of Sikich LLP has moved to 3201 West White Oaks Drive. Sikich has 80 local employees. ... Crowe Horwath LLP, Oak Brook, has received a number of

Cohen, Jeffrey A. Grossman, David Kahn and Jerry L. Lerman have joined as partners. ... Kevin Gregson has joined the New York office of Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC as a managing director in the compensation and benefits practice. ... Dennis Dijanic and John Schmuck have been appointed audit partners at Margolin, Winer & Evens, Garden City and New York City.

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NORTH CAROLINA

Anita Hester has joined the Healthcare Services Practice Group of Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP, Raleigh, while Clayton Christian and firm partner J. Mark Livingston have been re-elected as officers on the Triangle Benefits Forum leadership team. Christian is serving his second term as chief operating officer of the forum; Livingston continues as treasurer, a position he has held since 2005. ... Arthur M. Winstead Jr., a partner with Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co. LLP, Greensboro, has been named the national accounting and auditing consul-tant-director for CPAmerica International. ... Karen J. Costantini has joined Bober

honors: It received the National Balance Award from the American Society of Women Accountants Educational Foundation; it was named one of the Best Places to Work in Tampa, Fla., by the Tampa Bay Business Journal; for the fifth consecutive year, its Grand Rapids, Mich., office was named one of West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the Michigan Business and Professional Association, as well as receiving a top 10 Elite Award; its Oak Brook and Chicago offices were named to the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For list for the fifth consecutive year, and won an Elite Award, from the National Association for Business Resources; it was named one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for the fourth consecutive year; its Louisville and Lexington, Ky., offices were named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky for the fifth consecutive year by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; it was named one of the Best Employers in Tennessee for the third consecutive year by Business Tennessee magazine; and for the fourth straight year, its Cleveland and Columbus offices were named one of the Best Employers in Ohio by the Society for Human Resource Markey Fedorovich, Akron, as a senior manager of taxation services. ... Dr. Kathy Kraw-czyk, professor of accounting and director of the Master of Accounting Program in the North Carolina State University College of Management’s Jenkins Graduate School of Management, has been awarded the Dixon Hughes Professorship.

OHIO

Aaron T. Cook has joined Meaden & Moore, Cleveland, as a senior manager in the Assurance Services Group. ... Christopher Flaig has been named a principal with the Cincinnati office of Joseph Decosimo and Co. ... Amanda Kollman has joined the Audit and Accounting Services Group of Ciuni & Panichi Inc., Cleveland, as a senior accountant. ... Skoda Minotti, Mayfield Village, announced a number of new hires: Jonathan Stocker has joined the firm as a senior staff accountant, and Diane Thompson, Michael Gross, Kyle McClear and John DiGeronimo as staff accountants.

PENNSYLVANIA

Susan D. Cunningham has been named a partner in the Tax Advisory Services and

Management – Ohio State Council.
MICHIGAN

Clayton & McKervey, Southfield, has opened a Chinese Web site to attract Chinese businesses expanding to the U.S. The firm provides start-up services for Chinese businesses such as initial tax filings and computer hardware and software selection, as well as ongoing services such as bookkeeping functions and payroll preparation. For more, visit www. claytonmckervey.cn.

MISSOURI

Craig Kaminer, Cliff Campeau and Keith Yahl have formed Evolutionize, St. Louis, to help small and midsized financial service firms grow. It specializes in providing a broad range of business development support, including lead generation, prospect conversion and client retention solutions using a suite of marketing services supported by Web-en-abled products and analytics. Services are offered on a monthly subscription basis.

NEW JERSEY
Members of Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tan-

Real Estate Services Groups of Marcum LLP, Philadelphia.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Elizabeth J. Mierta has joined the Greenville
office of Moore Beauston & Woodham LLP
as an intern.
TENNESSEE

Pam Dolle and Sandy McClarty, of Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC, Nashville, have earned the Certificate in State and Local Taxation credential. ... Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC announced a number of new hires: Ryan G. Warren and Caleb Carnes have joined the firm in staff positions in the Tax Department, while David Babb has joined the firm in a staff position in the Audit Department.

TEXAS

Jay Tompkins has been named a partner at Karlins & Ramey LLC, The Woodlands. ... Kevin P. Barber has joined the San Antonio office of Weaver as a senior manager for assurance services. ... Ernest A. de Lachica has been promoted to principal at UH Y LLP, Houston, in the Assurance & Business Ad-

kel, LaPilusa LLC, Cranford, participated in their second Go Red Jean Day to raise awareness and help the American Heart Association. Members were encouraged to wear red and denim in exchange for a $5 donation, and raised over $450.

NEW YORK

KPMG LLP, New York City, was named the first winner of the Financial Stewardship Award for high ethical standards in the financial services industry by the University of Pittsburgh’s David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership and Beta Alpha Psi.

NORTH CAROLINA

Breslow Starling, Greensboro, has received approval of its registration with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. ... Blair, Bohlé & Whitsitt PLLC, Charlotte, was a sponsor of the sixth annual CharlotteSaves Community Partnership Luncheon. The firm has been involved with CharlotteSaves, a financial literacy program, for five years. ... Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP, Raleigh, sponsored the 19th annual CED Biotech Conference in February, and will serve as a Gold Sponsor for all 2010 CED events.

visory Services Department. ... Monica M. Shelton, of Padgett, Stratemann & Co. LLP, San Antonio, has earned the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager certfication.

VIRGINIA

Dexter Tucker has joined Argy, Wiltse & Robinson PC, McLean, as director of the newly formed Enterprise Software Solutions Group. ... Shawn M. Howard has joined Thompson, Greenspon & Co. PC, Fairfax, as a manager in the Tax Department.

WASHINGTON

Ron Rauch, a shareholder with Clark Nuber, Bellevue, has been installed as chair of the Bellevue Downtown Association. ... Matt Matson, a partner at Peterson Sullivan LLP, Seattle, has been selected to chair the United Way Audit Review Committee. He has served as a board member for the committee for over seven years.