and Elena Ovstein in Los Angeles. ... Kevin
M. Hyams and Peter Manzetti have joined
Friedman LLP, New York City, as a partner
and a director, respectively, to launch the
;rm’s new governance, risk and compliance
practice. In addition, administration and human resources partner Michael Gaines has
been re-appointed to the Executive Board of
the Nassau County Chapter of the New York
State Society of CPAs. ... Frederick Kautz
has joined the New York o;ce of UHY Advisors FLVS Inc. as a principal. ... Ed Heben,
a partner in the White Plains o;ce of Citrin
Cooperman, has been named treasurer of
the Board of Trustees of Flexitoon Puppet
Theatre, a nonprofit dedicated to the appreciation of puppetry as an art form. ... Joe
Hargrove has joined KPMG LLP as a principal in its New York ;nancial services tax
practice, while Brian Trauman has joined
the economic and valuation services practice
as a principal and the new East region leader
of the transfer pricing controversy services
practice. ... Robert Derbabian has joined
Marcum LLP as director of new business
development, with a primary focus on supporting the Assurance Services Division. ...
;e Syracuse Chapter of the New York State
Society of CPAs has elected and installed its
officers for 2010-2011: John B. Dubiel, of
Grimaldi & Nelkin CPAs PLLC, will serve
as president; Anthony Abboud, of Firley,
Moran, Freer & Eassa PC, as president-elect ;
Eric T. Campbell, of Fust Charles Chambers
LLP, as vice president; Diana Kanfer, of
Testone Marshall Discenza CPAs, as treasurer;
and Steven A. Stanek, of Grimaldi & Nelkin.
... Tim Van Noy has joined Amper, Politziner
& Mattia, New York City, as a director in the
Litigation & Valuation Group.
NORTH CAROLINA
Michelle ;ompson, an audit and consulting
partner at Cherry, Bekaert Holland LLP, has
been appointed to the Board of Directors of
Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina, while audit partner Scott Duda has been
named to the Board of Directors of the Wake
Education Partnership.
OHIO
Mike Swallow, vice president and senior retirement plan consultant at ;;;;, Cleveland,
has been named one of the 300 Most In;uen-tial De;ned Contribution Advisors for 2009
by 401k Wire.com. ... Todd Deindoerfer has
been named partner-in-charge of the Toledo
o;ce of Clifton Gunderson. ... Christopher
M. Allegretti, managing principal and chief
executive o;cer of Hill, Barth & King LLC,
Boardman, has been appointed by Newt Gin-
grich to the Jobs and Prosperity Task Force
Advisory Board.
PENNSYLVANIA
Frank B. Sangster has joined the Philadelphia o;ce of KPMG LLP as a principal in its
U.S. indirect tax practice. ... Gil Davis, managing director of CSD Financial and a partner
at Case | Sabatini CPAs, has received a Five
Star Wealth Manager Best in Client Satisfaction Award for the second year in a row from
Crescendo Business Services. ... Carolyn M.
BryNildsen, a senior manager, and Dellise
Rivera, an advanced sta; accountant, at
Herbein + Co. Inc., Reading, have been named
to the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs’ 40
Under 40 Members to Watch list of up-and-coming young leaders.
SOUTH CAROLINA
James King and Patrice Sebastian, of the
Columbia o;ce of WebsterRogers LLP, have
earned the Certi;ed in Financial Forensics
credential from the American Institute of
CPAs.
TENNESSEE
Peggy Richardson has joined the Shared
Services Department of Lattimore Black
Morgan & Cain PC as an office manager.
In addition, the ;rm announced a number
of promotions: In its Nashville o;ce, Anna
Hooker, Candace Hooker, Courtney Howell, Matt Hudgins, Julie Meisner, Hunter Ray
and James Travis have been promoted to senior in audit, Nathan Miller, Rachel Null and
Krystal Usrey to senior in tax, Kris Miller to
manager in tax, and Ryan Meadows to senior
manager in consulting; in its Chattanooga
o;ce, Diane Dobbs has been promoted to
senior in audit, and Christina Edwards to
manager in audit; and in its Knoxville o;ce,
Andrew Pitts has been promoted to senior
in audit, Kristen Hicks to manager in audit,
Clay Irby to senior in tax, and Natalia Bere-stovskaya and Kelly Fitzpatrick to manager
in tax. And ;rm partner Pam Morris has been
appointed president-elect of the Downtown
Council of the Chattanooga Chamber of
Commerce.
TEXAS
Karen Schak-Potter has been named busi-
ness development manager of the forensic,
litigation and valuation services practice of
UHY Advisors. Schak-Potter is based in the
Houston o;ce. In addition, Julie Gersten-
haber has been promoted to senior manager
in the Assurance & Business Advisory Servic-
es Department of UHY LLP. ... Chris Shepard
has joined Grier, Reeves & Lawley PC, Tex-
arkana, as a junior accountant. ... Melvin F.
Hunt has been promoted to audit partner in
assurance services, and Mary K. ;omas to
international consulting partner in tax and
strategic business services at Weaver, Dallas-
Fort Worth. ... Former congressman and chair
of the IRS Oversight Committee Jim Ramstad
has joined alliantgroup LP, Houston, as a se-
nior advisor. ... Sharon R. Watson has joined
the professional sta; of Mark M. Jones & As-
sociates PC, Fort Worth.
VIRGINIA
The Virginia Society of CPAs has named
Dian Calderone, a partner at Hunt & Calderone PC, Newport News, and chair of the
Virginia Board of Accountancy, its first-ever Outstanding Member of the Year. ;e
award was established this year to recognize
a CPA member who has provided outstanding service to the profession. In addition, the
society named its ;rst list of the Top 5 Under
35, which identi;es rising stars of the CPA
profession in Virginia: Alan Hostetler, an
auditor with ;omas C. Stott CPA PC, Charlottesville; Clare Levison, an analyst with
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Radford; Ryan
Losi, a partner at Piascik & Associates PC,
Glen Allen; Andrew Martin, a vice president/
manager at Corbin & Co. PC, in Chesapeake;
and Niki White, a manager at Yount, Hyde &
Barbour PC, Glen Allen.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Devon M. Bodoh and Monica M. Coakley
have joined the Corporate Group of the Washington National Tax Practice of KPMG LLP
as principals. Bodoh will be based in Washington, D.C., and Coakley in New York. ...
Michael Stein, a professor of accounting at Old
Dominion University, has been named the
inaugural academic fellow at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Washington, D.C. He will be assigned to the O;ce of
Research and Analysis for 2010-2011.
WISCONSIN
Clifton Gunderson, Milwaukee, announced
a number of new partners: Doreen Shute and
Nancy Gunza in Calverton, Md.; Matt Robertson in St. Joseph, Mo.; Rod MacLachlan
in Toledo, Ohio; and Herbert Hoffman in
Tucson, Ariz. In addition, ;rm CEO Krista
McMasters has received the 2010-2011 Distinguished Career Award from the
Wisconsin Institute of CPAs, while the ;rm’s Kelly
Sics has received the 2010-2011 Outstanding
Young Professional Award.
